This committee, made up of a representative from each of the directorate districts, will make recommendations for directors from districts 1, 2 and at large.

Anyone interested in running for a seat in any of the districts up for election in 2026 can contact any member of the committee by Dec. 31 or send an email to nominations@sremc.com. A member must have their primary residence in the district, which they plan to represent. You can find your district by visiting the “My Cooperative” section of sremc.com.

Members can also be placed on the ballot by submitting an authorized petition form 40 business days prior to the 2026 annual meeting.

The petition must include the full name of the member and the district they wish to represent. The petition must also contain the printed names, addresses, telephone numbers and signatures of at least 100 official South River EMC members.

District 1

Glenda Taylor, 10081 McDougald Rd., Broadway; represents South River EMC service area west of Highway 401 in Harnett County.

District 2

Raylon Wood, 71 Unity Church Rd., Four Oaks; represents South River EMC service area east of Highway 421 and north of Highway 13 in Sampson and Johnston counties.

District 3

Joseph R. Anders, 2055 Carr Church Rd., Clinton; represents South River EMC service area east of Highway 242 and south of Highway 13 in Sampson County.

District 4

Johnnie Baggett, 1108 Fayetteville Hwy., Dunn; represents South River EMC service area in Sampson County southwest of Highway 421 and west of Highway 242, east of Dunn Road and Carroll Store Road to Maxwell Rd., east of South River School Rd. and Bluman Rd. to the Harnett- Sampson- Cumberland county lines and north to Highway 421.

District 5

Anthony “Tony” Warren, 2392 Andrews Chapel Church Rd., Roseboro; represents South River EMC service area south of Maxwell Rd., west of Carroll Store Rd. and Dunn Rd., west of Highway 242 and Highway 411 to Highway 701, northeast of Old Fayetteville Rd. and Turnbull Rd. to the Sampson-Cumberland county line and north to Maxwell Rd.

District 6

Carol Hudson, 3661 Murphy Rd., Fayetteville; represents South River EMC service area in Cumberland County north of Highway 24, east of the Cape Fear River, south of the Cumberland- Harnett county line and west of the Cumberland- Sampson county line.

District 7

Warren Paul Jones, 5280 Loop Rd., Linden; represents South River EMC service area in Cumberland County north of Highway 24, west of the Cape Fear River, south of the Cumberland- Harnett county line, and all of Harnett County east of Highway 401.

District 8

Glenn Riddle, 3175 Odom Rd., Hope Mills; represents South River EMC service area in Cumberland and Bladen counties, south of Highway 53.

At Large

Robert Earl Butler Jr., 3036 Odom Rd., Clinton; may nominate from any South River EMC district.