LAGRANGE, KY – Julia Waters will be installed as the 39th Postmaster of LaGrange on Saturday, June 26, 2010, at 2 p.m. The Installation will take place at the LaGrange Courthouse Gazebo, 100 W Main St. The Oath of Office will be administered by Rosemary Miller, Post Office Operations Manager for the Kentuckiana District.
Ms. Waters began her postal career 25 years ago as a city carrier at the Okolona Post Office in Louisville. Prior to her promotion, she was a customer service supervisor in Okolona. She has served details in Customer Service at the Lyndon Post Office and as a Station Manager at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Post Office, both in Louisville.
For the past several years, she served as coordinator of the flag retirement ceremony in Louisville – an event in which thousands of American flags are retired in a dignified way.
The LaGrange Post Office services nearly 9,000 delivery points with three city routes and 10 rural routes. She will oversee a workforce of 27. The LaGrange Post Office generated over $2.4 million in revenue in 2009.
Waters is the proud mother of three daughters – Sheryl, Valorie and Jessica – and three grandchildren.
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