Employee Spotlight

Mickey Ward has been a member of the transportation industry for 40 years and employed as an equipment sales representative at Ledwell for 17. Mickey spiked his connection with Ledwell when he purchased his first truck body in 1978. He is Ledwell’s Oil and Chemical truck body expert. Mickey has overseen hundreds of pieces of equipment shipped all over the world for several major companies. His most memorable sale was when he worked with Mr. Buddy Ledwell on a shipment of twenty trucks to a copper mine in Chile.

Mickey is realistic, outgoing, and motivated, all of which makes him a perfect fit for Ledwell. His family is his top priority and he works very hard to ensure that life is good for them and everyone around him.

Serving Ledwell for 22 years, Tim Snider started his career working in Brake and Shear and remained there the majority of his time before making his way to the Machine Shop. His current position is the Pattern Torch foreman. His main projects include cutting parts for Feedbody, Hydratail, Vacuum, and many other pieces of equipment.

“I can remember my first day at Ledwell. Mr. Ledwell came to my shop and called me over to him and said ‘Boy you haven’t worked hard today, you aren’t even sweating!’ I loved that man, he was very funny.” Starting at Ledwell when he was 18 years old, Tim has grown up at Ledwell and loves the support and family he has gained working for such a great company.

Tim and his wife of 14 years, Angie, have a daughter Morgan, 13 and a son Talan, 8. They enjoy going camping, fishing and taking weekend trips as a family. “I will always be a kid at heart, so I just love doing things like dressing up for Halloween with my kids,
coaching t-ball, playing video games, and basically anything my kids want to do.”

Frankie began working in the Brake and Shear shop in 2000, and is currently over Ledwell’s Trailer Alignment and Tire Shop. His favorite part of his job is helping everyone at the plant, and hopes to be at Ledwell for many years to come. The most memorable part about working at Ledwell were the heart to heart talks Frankie would have with Mr. Ledwell. “Many life lessons were learned from him”

Frankie and his wife Mandy have two children, Cole and Hope. He enjoys fishing and spending time with his family.

January 1986 started a new year and a career for Steve Carter. When he started at Ledwell 31 years ago, Steve ran parts to the different shops and parts counter. Currently he is over Shipping and Receiving in the Parts Warehouse. Steve receives anything from a small bolt to a large vacuum pump that comes into the plant. He also ships everything, besides trucks and trailers, all over the United States and overseas. Steve says, “My favorite part of my job, it’s always changing. Shipping always has new forms or rules. When I started every order was handwritten, and now it is all electronic. A lot of things have changed over the years, in shipping and receiving, except one thing, I still enjoy my job.”

Steve and his wife, Tammy, of 30 years have three children. Whitney and her husband Mike live in Oklahoma with their son Brayden and another on the way. Asilyn and her husband, Chris live in South Carolina. Steve and Tammy’s son Hayden lives in Texarkana.

Jason has been with Ledwell for 17 years. He has worked in the Feedbody, Hydraulic, and Truck Shop over the years, and currently works in the Kit Fabrication portion of the Parts Warehouse. Jason’s main focus is fabricating plumbing for Water Trucks, tarp kits for Dump Trucks and welding parts for Vacuum Units. He likes to weld and build new parts every chance he gets. His most memorable project was a Water Truck for Kiewit, Jason said “That truck was a beast!”

Jason and his wife of 17 years, Barbara, have three girls; Haylea, 15, Jaysi, 10, and Bryleigh, 8. He loves to coach softball and watch all of his girls play. Hunting, fishing and having cookouts with family is how Jason spends his time away from work.

Kenney Cecil has been a part of the Ledwell team since 1989. He started his career in the Truck Shop building various pieces of equipment. And then after 11 years in the Truck Shop, he was promoted to shop foreman.

Since 2003, Kenney has been an integral part of the Ledwell Sales Team. He enjoys talking to new people about Ledwell and explaining everything we have to offer.

One of his most memorable times at Ledwell was when he and Phil Bocox drove a feed trailer up to a feed mill in Arkansas to demo the trailer. Things got a little intense and complicated, but ended on a positive note. This particular customer showed them true hospitality that they had never received before. “That is one trip I will never forget,” Kenney said.

Kenney has been married to his wife, Mona, for 27 years and they have three children: Stephanie, Lisa, and Lee. Both Lisa and Lee also work at Ledwell and Stephanie is a 911 operator. In his free time Kenney enjoys hunting, fishing and camping with his family.

“I have known Kenney for the last 27 years. He impressed me with his energetic learning ethic. As he went from the plant to sales, he was conscientious in becoming a salesman. Kenney has honed his craft to the point of almost perfection. I am very proud of him as a friend and a valued asset to Ledwell. ~ Phil Bocox