Background
Powell, Jim Wayne was born on April 8, 1952 in Colquitt, Georgia, United States. Son of William Carey Powell and Jessie Kirkland.
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Jim Wayne Powell
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Education
A in Business, Wallace Junior College, 1981.
Career
Salesperson, sales manager, Station WBBK, Blakely, Georgia, 1973-1976; operations manager, Station WTVY-FM, Dothan, Alabama, 1976-1979; sales person, Station WTVY-FM, Dothan, Alabama, 1981-1984; sales manager, Station WOOF-AM-FM, Dothan, Alabama, 1979-1981; sales manager, Station WLWI, Montgomery, Alabama, 1984-1986; sales manager, Station WRJM-FM, Troy, Alabama, 1986-1987; owner, general manager, Station WSEL-AM/FM, Pontotoc, Mississippi, 1986-1989; registered representative, GNA Securities Insurance Annunities, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1988-1989; general sales manager, Station WWZD/WPMX Radio, Tupelo, Mississippi, since 1989.
Achievements
Membership
Coach soccer league, Dothan, 1976-1984, Pee Wee football, Pontotoc, 1987. Member agricultural advising committee United States Conservation Committee, Pontotoc, 1987. Member of advisory county 4-H Club, committee chairman.
President United Way, since 1989. Served withU.S. Army, 1971. Member Ducks Unlimited (committee advisor, president since 1989, area chairman 1990), Pontotoc Chamber of Commerce (advisor), Pontotoc Lions (program chairman 1988, president since 1990, director 1991-1992), Toastmasters International (division governor district 43 1991-1992, sergeant-at-arms since 1989, vice president 1991, Able Toastmaster since 1991).
Connections
Married Virginia Easton (divorced April 1976). Married Julie Harpe, March 17, 1967. Children: Mark, Michael.
