FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Jackson Jerry D.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Entergy Corporation (ETR)		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President
(Last) (First) (Middle) Entergy Corporation 639 Loyola Avenue	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 02/24/03
(Street) New Orleans, LA 70113		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Entergy Corporation Common Stock	02/24/03		M⁽¹⁾		22,573	A	23.00		D
Entergy Corporation Common Stock	02/24/03		F		15,275 (1)	D	45.00		D
Entergy Corporation Common Stock	02/24/03		J		7,298 (1)	D	45.00		D
Entergy Corporation Common Stock								9,136	I	Savings Plan 12/31/02 Balance

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security

(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

23.00

02/24/03

22,573

Note 2

1/27/10

ETR Common

22,753

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Filing individual engaged in cashless exercise of in-the-money stock options, exempt under Rule 16b-6(b). The shares subject to option reported in this Form 4 were all sold on the same day that the options were exercised. The sales took place over the course of the day at two different prices. Although the average sale price is shown in Column 4, the actual prices were: 800 shares at 45.05 and 21,773 shares at 45.00. A portion of the sale price of the shares (Code F) was used to pay the exercise price, commission and the tax withholding. The remaining portion of the sale price of the shares (Code J) was retained by the the filing individual.
(2) Of the 58,500 options granted on January 27, 2000, one-third of the options became exercisable on each of the first three anniversary dates.

By: /s/ Christopher T. Screen
for Jerry D. Jackson
**Signature of Reporting Person

02/26/03
Date

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JACKSON JERRY D 4