James D. Gilliam Electric, Inc.
119 Buena Vista Road, Hot Springs, AR 71913
501.525.1381
James “Buster” Gilliam and Lynn Gilliam
Owners of our family owned business who oversee its day to day progress. Lynn takes care
of human resources, accounts payable and receivable, and payroll just to name a few of her
many talents! Buster is a man of many talents including lighting layout and design, electrical
service diagramming, and business management.
In Memory of Gary Roberts
Commercial and light industrial project manager. Gary was with the company for almost 30
years and was quite knowledgable in areas such as motors, lighting, power distribution,
Ansul systems, and more!
Gary’s personal interests were hunting, fishing and outdoors.
Gary went to be with our Lord in August 2018. His memory will forever live on through us.
Melvin Bates
Melvin has been around since the start of Gilliam Electric and handles most of our A&E
commercial estimates and A&E project management. He is very knowledable in lighting and
industrial motor controls, controls design and layout, and NEC electrical code.
Melvins hobbies include golfing. watching his grandsons play baseball, and sitting on a
beach reading a book.
Loyd Hutzel
Our residentail project manager and generator specialist has been with us since 1998. Loyd
keeps busy juggling multiple residential new construction projects along with generator
installations and maintenance. If you need your new home’s electrical and lighting designed,
laid out, and estimated, Loyd is the man to call.
Loyd is a volunteer fireman and assistant fire chief of his local department.
Rob Hendrix
Rob is our resident do everything guy. He heads up our lighting retrofit projects and even
repairs lamps and light fixtures for walk-in customers. He can fix almost anything and
provides technical support to our electricians. Rob has been with the company since 1996.
Rob enjoys LEGO, video games, and his cats and dogs.
Stephanie Henshaw
Call our office manager Stephanie for any electrical repairs you need scheduled. She is in
charge of all service calls, scheduling, dispatch, and billing. Stephanie has been with us
since 1998 and helps keep all our electricians’ paperwork in order which is a tough job!
Stephanie loves interior decorating and hanging out with her grandkids.
