Two newcomers join the 2009 PURE Co-op Board

Jeremy Holmes representing District 1, while Buddy Lisle represents District 4

by Dr. Chris Wood • February 06, 2009

(Left to right): Buddy Lisle, newly elected member of the PURE Co-op Board, enjoys the opening reception at the 2008 annual stockholders meeting in Savannah with his wife Julie, as well as Debbie and Lynn Keffer.

(Left to right): Buddy Lisle, newly elected member of the PURE Co-op Board, enjoys the opening reception at the 2008 annual stockholders meeting in Savannah with his wife Julie, as well as Debbie and Lynn Keffer.

The PURE Oil Jobbers Cooperative membership elected two newcomers to the 2009 Board of Directors. Jeremy Holmes, with Pigott Oil Company in Tylertown, Mississippi, and Buddy Lisle, Manager of Gilbert Oil Company in Okeechobee, Florida, have been selected to serve Districts 1 and 4, respectively, on the PURE Co-op Board of Directors this year.

While this is the first time these two members have served on the PURE Co-op board, they are not newcomers to the organization, bringing a wealth of industry experience to these leadership positions.

Buddy has been with Gilbert Oil Company since 1986, and his company has been a member of the PURE Co-op for 10 years. Gilbert Oil, which Buddy describes as “an old style jobber,” delivers gas, diesel, oil and lubricants, to wholesale accounts, as well as to its own retail sites.

“I couldn’t ask for better people to work with,” says Lisle, who hopes to make the PURE Co-op stronger and help it maintain its competitive edge in product pricing for the benefit of all members.

“We joined PURE because we’re a small jobber and the Co-op allowed us to buy a product with a recognizable brand name at competitive prices,” he adds.

Buddy also says he chose to serve on the Co-op Board in order to give back to an organization that has done a great deal for his company. PURE is the only brand this independent petroleum marketer handles.

“The Co-op helped us grow, and I want that to continue,” he says. “I’m willing to put in the time to make that happen.”

Buddy and his wife Julie have been married for 30 years and are the proud parents of two adult sons, one who played baseball for four years at Palm Beach Atlantic, and another who is graduating this spring from Florida Atlantic University.

Jeremy Holmes (below photo, center, with fellow board member Johnny Fair, left, and District Sales Manager Mike Dickerson, right) brings a unique skill set to his post as a first-time member of the PURE Co-op Board of Directors. A licensed pharmacist, Jeremy also manages Pigott Oil Company, which was founded by his father-in-law Steve Pigott approximately 25 years ago.

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Pigott Oil is a petroleum marketer for PURE and Chevron, providing diesel, gas, and lubricants, primarily to construction and agricultural clients in northeast Louisiana and south Mississippi.

Holmes and his staff say that one of the primary benefits of being a member of the PURE Co-op is the security it offers by guaranteeing supply volumes each month to its petroleum marketers.

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Chris Wood, Ph.D.
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