Water Rails & Oil - Historic Mid & South Jefferson County
An illustrated history of the Mid and South Jefferson County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the Mid and South Jefferson County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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STONEBURNER-<br />
VERRET ELECTRIC<br />
CO., INC.<br />
For ninety-four years, Stoneburner-Verret<br />
Electric Co., Inc., has served residential,<br />
commercial, industrial and institutional electric<br />
markets with design, installation and repairs. Its<br />
complete lighting showroom offers stateof-the-art<br />
fixtures and parts, and an electrical<br />
supply warehouse stocks hard to find, as well as<br />
common electrical items. Stoneburner-Verret,<br />
<strong>South</strong>east Texas’ premier electrical, data,<br />
telecommunications and instrumentation<br />
contractor, offers 24-hour emergency service,<br />
365 days a year.<br />
The company was ounded by F. E. “Stoney”<br />
Stoneburner at 600 Proctor Street in 1913. Upon<br />
his death, his son Frank took over the business.<br />
In 1948, Frank sold the business to Joseph A.<br />
Verret, Sr., and Joseph A. (Jack) Verret, Jr.<br />
Renamed Stoneburner-Verret Electric Co., it was<br />
operated as a limited partnership. After Joseph,<br />
Sr. passed away, the company was incorporated<br />
with Jack as president and Beverly Verret as vice<br />
president and secretary-treasurer. Under their<br />
leadership, it expanded three times, adding<br />
additional warehouse and garage area, a gifts<br />
showroom, and a state-of-the-art, full service<br />
lighting showroom representing over 154<br />
different lighting companies. Stoneburner-Verret<br />
now occupies over 43,750 square feet under<br />
roof. A portion of its space is the framing<br />
members of the Texaco Island grain silo. Steve<br />
Verret, who joined the company in 1973 and was<br />
named vice president in 1989, purchased the<br />
company in 1991. It currently operates under six<br />
generations of continued family ownership.<br />
Stoneburner-Verret is committed to on-time,<br />
in-budget performance for all customers, and to<br />
forging and maintaining lasting relationships by<br />
providing complete and professional service.<br />
“We provide qualified, trained professionals<br />
at all levels,” Steve says. “Our field technicians<br />
are fully trained and licensed. Many are further<br />
certified in specialty areas (high voltage splicing,<br />
digital programming, motor controls, and<br />
data/communications) to serve customers’<br />
evolving needs. For many, our technicians are<br />
further trained to operate and maintain<br />
customer-specific systems, such as software for<br />
motor or lighting controllers.”<br />
Emphasizing safety for customers and<br />
employees, the operations staff fully supports<br />
logistic requirements of all projects. Professionals<br />
staff the accounting department to provide<br />
needed items on a timely basis. Project managers<br />
are all master electricians who know how to<br />
assemble and coordinate the company’s team to<br />
ensure unified, well coordinated projects.<br />
Stoneburner-Verret supports the community<br />
through a host of activities and organizations.<br />
92 ✦ WATER, RAILS & OIL
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