Lamar Electric Membership Corporation was dedicated on August 11, 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and rededicated to service in 1988. Its officers were E.J. Martin, Jr., president; W.H. Averett, Jr., vice president; J.H. Gunnels, secretary; H.B. Cromer, treasurer; Harvey J. Kennedy, Jr., attorney; and Thomas M. Weldon, manager. Those associated with it also included J.H. Barnes, Jr., J.C. Caldwell, F.C. Chapman, W.C. Elliott, B.A. Garner, Jr., and S.R. Pippin.