‘Be Like Mike’: MLGW honored fallen lineman Michael Stewart
From left to right: Beth Henderson, MLGW; Carl Person, MLGW Board of Commissioners; Cheryl Pesce, MLGW Board of Commissioners; Coshando ‘Shun’ Stewart; and Mitch Graves, MLGW Board of Commissioners, honor Michael Stewart who died because of electrical conact while working as a lineman for MLGW in December 2022. (Courtesy Marc Riesling, MLGW)
“Mr. Stewart was admired for his warmth and compassion,” Graves said. “So much that community members created T-shirts urging people to ‘Be Like Mike.’”
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Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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