Corporate History

 

McKee Electronics, Inc. was founded in June 1932 by John P. McKee, Sr. as an electronic sales and service company and has been in continuous service since then.  Today the company is still owned by the McKee Family with its corporate center in West Monroe.

 

In October 1958, the company acquired the Executone franchise for 13 parishes in Northeast Louisiana.  At that time the company moved into the electronics contracting industry, involving the company in sales, installation and maintenance of various types of voice communication systems.

 

McKee Electronics entered the telephone industry in October 1977 providing the company's new telecommunications customers the same dedicated 24-hour service and system monitoring that made the company successful in the electronics industry.

 

The company began serving the Mississippi Delta in September 1986 with an established office in Greenwood, Mississippi.  In September 1987, the company purchased the Tupelo, Mississippi Executone franchise and in May of 1989 the company acquired Jackson, Mississippi office and Executone franchise.  In 2003 we consolidated our Mississippi offices in Greenwood.  Today, the corporate office in West Monroe and our Mississippi office in Greenwood give the company a combined customer base of 1,600 customers in 79 parishes and counties.  The entire McKee Electronics staff embraces sound project management principals and is dedicated to providing the highest quality service and equipment to company customers.

 

In 2000 McKee Electronics joined with 40 other Executone Distributors throughout United States to form a company called IDeACOM.  By uniting with other entrepreneurs like ourselves, McKee Electronics was able to take advantage of synergies and purchasing power within this group, which ultimately results in a broader arsenal of products, services, and technical support, at a better value, for our customers.