Sarah Emily and Cody Fortson were married on the Saturday after Hurricane Michael made landfall. Cody returned to work the next day. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KIRSTEN STEVENSON PHOTOGRAPHY.
Band of brothers
PUTTING IT ALL ON THE LINE A lot of planning goes into a wedding, but you can’t prepare for everything, especially a Category 4 hurricane. Cody Fortson, an apprentice lineman with Wiregrass Electric Cooperative, was getting ready for his upcoming nuptials 6  DECEMBER 2018
as Hurricane Michael made landfall a few days before the ceremony. When a storm of such magnitude hits, everyday life is placed on hold, even preparations for a wedding. And Fortson was not the only one who embraced a
commitment to the cooperative. Charlie Daugherty, who holds a storekeeping and warehouse position at WEC, was preparing to bury his mother in Florida. Billy Tingle, a working foreman, was vacationing in the Smoky Mountains. www.alabamaliving.coop
