Shane Williams began his career with the United States Postal Service in 1976 as a carrier in his hometown of Tucker. In August he became Covington’s postmaster.Soon after starting in Tucker he transferred to the federal annex in Atlanta — there are now two federal annexes in the city — and then to Covington in March of 1979.When he began delivering mail to Covington residents 30 years ago, the post office had five city routes and eight rural routes. Today the post office services eight city routes and 43 rural routes.Williams said that carrying is not as easy as people may think.