New Member Elected to DTC Board of Directors

Members of DeKalb Telephone Cooperative (DTC Communications) have elected a new member to the Board of Directors.
Michael Alexander defeated Incumbent Jean Chumbley Ferrell from the Woodbury Exchange in the director election. The results of the voting were announced Saturday during the annual membership meeting held at the fairgrounds in Alexandria.
Two other incumbent members, Jim Vinson of the Milton Exchange and Terry McPeak of the Norene Exchange ran unopposed.
Alexander was elected in the Woodbury Exchange with 233 votes over Ferrell who received 179 votes.
In the Milton Exchange, Vinson received 303 complimentary votes and McPeak, from the Norene Exchange had 289 votes.
Vinson was appointed by the board in June 2016 to fill the unexpired term of his father, Charles Dwight Vinson, who passed away in May, 2016. Dwight Vinson had served on the board for almost three decades.
Also serving on the DTC board are Bennie Curtis of Alexandria, Roy N. Pugh of Auburntown, James H. Dillard, Jr. of Gordonsville, Randy Campbell of Liberty, Ronnie Garrison of Smithville, Jimmy Oakley of Temperance Hall, and David Parker of Woodland.
A total of 418 members cast votes in the DTC election this year. Of those, 235 took advantage of early voting.
Following the annual meeting, the board of directors met to elect officers including Roy N. Pugh, president; Bennie Curtis, vice president; Terry McPeak, secretary; and Randy Campbell, treasurer.