Shown are, from left, front row: Derek Lane, CACC; John Harris, Maxie Jones, both of Good Hope City Council; James R. Smith, Founder/CEO; Good Hope Mayor Jerry Bartlett; Kellie Emerson, VP of James A. Smith Transportation; Kristy Day, Drafter/Designer, Childers Construction Company; Teressa Quick, Executive VP/James R. Smith Trucking Company; Ashley Graves and Matt Kinsland, Cullman County Economic Development; back row: Garry Marchman, Associate Commissioner; State Representative Corey Harbison; Kerry Watson, Associate Commissioner; Randy Childers, Childers Construction Company; Alan Smith, President of James A. Smith Transportation; Ben Smith, Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce. Present but not pictured: Jimmy Cockrell, Peoples Bank.

The Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon cutting for the new office of James R. Smith Trucking Company at 240 County Road 222, Cullman 35055. This is a company started by a trucker for truckers in 1955. For the past 60 years, James R. Smith Trucking Company has come to set the standard in the trucking industry. They’ve remained a family-owned and operated business and strive to make their drivers and owner/operators feel like part of the family as well. The new office was designed with the drivers in mind, knowing that they are away from their families and home quite often, so there was extra thought given to the design to help make the drivers feel more “at home” even when they are in the office.