William Reed Jr., CEO of Skyline Transportation and prominent in the trucking industry for advocating for a broad number of issues, died suddenly Dec. 17 at his home in Farragut, Tenn. He was 71.
January 10, 2019obituary
Business
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Industry Leader Bill Reed Jr., CEO of Skyline Transportation, Dies
John Sommers II for Transport Topics
Business
Former ATA Chairman Ernest Cox Dies at 89
Ernest Stedman Cox, a former American Trucking Associations chairman and prominent figure in the industry, died Oct. 1. He was 89.
October 4, 2018
Business
John Conkin, Longtime Commercial Lender in Trucking, Dies at 62
John Conkin, a longtime commercial lender and supporter of the trucking industry who most recently was managing director at BMO Transportation Finance, died June 3 after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.
June 19, 2018
Business
Doyle Coatney, Longtime Owner of Acme Truck Line, Dies at Age 82
Doyle Coatney, the longtime owner and CEO of Acme Truck Line in Gretna, La., died May 1. He was 82.
May 10, 2018
Business
Harris Saunders, Truck Leasing Executive, First Trala Chairman, Dies at Age 93
Harris Saunders Jr., the former head of Saunders Leasing System and picked to be the first chairman of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association in 1978, died May 6. He was 93.
May 10, 2018
Business, TCA
Jay Kaplan, Owner of Freightway Corp., Dies at 76
Jay Kaplan, who owned the trucking firm his father founded and led industry advocacy groups, died Feb. 24 in Hospice of Northwest Ohio, Perrysburg Township. He was 76.
March 2, 2018
Business, Equipment
Harvey Brodsky, ‘Voice of Retreading,’ Dies at Age 81
Harvey Brodsky, known around the world as the “voice of retreading” and who was the former managing director of the Tire Retread & Repair Information Bureau and the Retread Tire Association, died Sept. 17 of complications from lung cancer at his home in Pacific Grove, Calif. He was 81.
September 28, 2017
Business
'C.B.' Crook Dies at 80; Built N.C. Used-Truck Dealership
Retired businessman Cletus Beatrix “C.B.” Crook Jr., who helped turn his father’s automobile dealership into a major platform for used-truck sales, died May 28 at his home in Albermarle, North Carolina. He was 80.
June 6, 2016
Business
Trucking Executive Bill Bender Dies at 84
William “Bill” Bender, a former senior executive at IU International Corp. and co-founder of Customized Transportation Inc., died Sept. 10 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He was 84.
September 25, 2015
Business
Mike Pennington, Photo by John Sommers II for TT
University of Memphis Establishes Award Honoring Trucking-Industry Figure Mike Pennington
Mike Pennington, Photo by John Sommers II for TT
The University of Memphis has established the D. Mike Pennington Award for Outstanding Mentoring to honor a longtime trucking-industry figure who died in December.
May 15, 2015Pages
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