There isn't a team member more influential in SUI's corporate building than Cephus Prophitt, the man responsible for our corporate building maintenance. Let's define maintenance first and foremost. Maintenance is replacing light bulbs, cleaning restrooms, emptying trash, fixing anything that's broke, setting up every office, accommodating any requests made by other team members, and conversing with our people, asking about their lives and sharing wisdom so profound that you can't help but lend a listening ear. 

We're all busy in support of our office teams and technicians and it's hard to slow down with the demands of our business. This man seems to always make the time to deliver a timely joke or say a kind word as you are passing by. It is a distinct privilege to have the kindred spirit of Cephus injected into our lives on a daily basis and without him, our company would be without a vital source of influence that epitomizes our Core Values. 

We are all a byproduct of our environment. Sharks will only grow as large as the tanks they are placed in. They will never outgrow their environment. The SUI corporate environment is allowed to flourish because of the consistent execution of and oftentimes, overlooked, mundane tasks that are required to keep our headquarters operating in the capacity necessary to be successful.

Cephus will be celebrating 17 years with us on March 7th and how he ended up here is an interesting story. After working at Avondale Mills, in Alex City, AL for 19 years; he then worked for an electrical supply company for eight and a half years. He lost his job and after being out of work for a month, he solicited the help of his son Jonathan. Jonathan gave his dad's information to his mother-in-law and she put together an application package that was sent out to the area abroad.

Cephus, a man of faith since 6/30/62, had been praying about the situation and he was pleasantly surprised when SUI called him seemingly out of nowhere and inquired about his application. Upon meeting the CFO Tommy Burleson and Roddy McKinney, he was hired and has been happy to call SUI his home for many years. He said that he never dreads coming to work and enjoys the people he works with. He said that that is one of the differences from the places he has worked in the past. There was often conflict, drama, and tension and he has experienced none of that during his time here. This difference has been the culture of our company.

One day while working, Lee McKinney told him that it was a blessing to have him here and Cephus kindly looked up and told Lee that God put him here. He still feels that way and he's a man of conviction. Cephus has been a preacher for 14 years and has served in that capacity for seven years at his current church, Church of God of Prophecy in Pinson, AL.

Cephus will celebrate 37 years of marriage to his wife Debbie on March 9th and has two children, Jonathan and Gina. Gina worked here as a receptionist while she was going to school and Jonathan is a worship leader at a local church. Cephus Prophitt, the man who can be seen in the shadows cleaning or fixing something is a man of many talents but the skill that sets him most apart, is the art of serving others, whether it be serving 138, his congregation, or his Lord and Savior. Known as our "maintenance man", he does his best maintenance work on others.