Quarterly Update

 

West Virginia-Virginia  4th Quarter09


RETIREMENTS

Jerry Slack (Corporate) who at the time of her retirement had more service at Jefferds than any other employee on the payroll – 43 years, decided to retire on October 30. Jerry was hired in the Parts Department in 1966 by Loyd DeJarnett. Jerry’s many abilities and skills enabled her talents to be utilized in the Parts, Service Sales and Administrative departments over her career. Next to Joe Jefferds, Jerry has the longest tenure at Jefferds Corporation.

 In 2006, Jerry was voted Corporate Employee of the Year by her peers. Jerry’s work ethic was extremely commendable and she was meticulous and deliberate in her attention to detail. The last 21 years of her career were spent as Inventory Control clerk where she utilized her skills in various reconciliations for the Accounting Department. Her vast knowledge and experience will be missed by all of us.

 Jerry plans to spend more time with her family. She is a devoted NASCAR fan and should get more time to tune into all the events. Our hopes and prayers are with her and her family for a long and restful retirement.

Oscar McComas (St. Albans) retired on October 12, 2009 after 30 years of service. Oscar was our truck driver in the Huntington Branch and treated each truck as though it was his own – he took very good care of all trucks and the State Inspectors eventually stopped bothering him as he got to the point where he knew more than they did! Oscar competed several years in the West Virginia Motor Truck Association Annual Rodeo and he won it at least once. Simply stated, he was very good at his craft. He drove the big truck until his health required a job change and then moved into the St. Albans warehouse. He continued to make local deliveries using the Parts pick up truck and customers loved him from one end of the Valley to the other.

We wish him the very best for his retirement years – may they be long and fruitful.

Clint Burdette (St. Albans) is scheduled to retire in early January – more on that later!


CUSTOMER COMMENTS


Teresa Ranck of Diamond Electric writes “Thank you for your attention to this matter and great customer service. I am glad that we made the switch to Jefferds.”

Carol Costello, a Cross Lanes Bobcat compact tractor customer, wrote about Landon Johnson, “excellent service, friendly and knowledgeable; good demonstration, great price; excellent piece of equipment.”

Cathy Reynolds of Little Bear Trucking wrote that Steve Lewis (Cross Lanes) was “very nice and very courteous.” She said that Chad Redman was “nice and seemed very experienced in his job.”

Dave Fleak of Gatewood Products recently commented that “everyone in the (Parkersburg) building is a pleasure to deal with and Tom Parrish and John MacIver have been very helpful to me answering questions and offering advice as I learn-needs about forklift maintenance.”

John C. France of Cheat Ranch said about Earl Huff (Clarksburg) “Earl is great when I need extra help. Charlie Gough is a wonderful man to deal with. I’ve bought about 8 different pieces of equipment from him. Connor Thompson is a very nice and honest person to deal with.”

Lyn Wolfe of Wolfe Paving wrote “The Stonewood office takes good care of all my parts needs.”

Abbot Labs praised Corey Cash (Lynchburg) for doing such a good job repairing his trucks and helping to make his operators happy campers.

Earnie Dotson from Simex recently said about Tim VanDale (Parkersburg) “if I could do his performance review, I would give him excellent in every category. He does a good job of explaining what repairs need done and what needs to be watched.” Mr. Dotson also said that Jim Wroten (Parkersburg) “does a good job of working on our Crown pallet jacks and keeps us advised of items that need attention and we enjoy having him do our Crown work.”

Tim from Septic Solutions wrote, “Jefferds is by far unmatched in work, tools, equipment, price and especially personnel. Thanks for your support.”

Greg Wallace of US Foods said that Eric Barnette and Sean Loring (St. Albans) have shared several details with US Foods to enable them to be more efficient. Greg is very grateful to both men.


TRAINING IS OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT


The following were trained on Doosan Tier 3 Engine Fuel Systems on November 3rd: Steve Cooper, Merlin Rarick, Ken Keaton, Junior Short, Sean Loring, Mark Cooper from St. Albans. Randy Mick and Dave Marcozzi from Clarksburg.

On November 4th Keith Tyler, Roger Doneff, Mark Cooper, Stan Holley and Ed Schultz from St. Albans and David Davis and Earl Huff from Clarksburg received the training.

On October 12-14 Clark conducted Basic LPG through Tier 3 training for the following: Shawn Holbrook, Melvin Shanteau, Danen Ballard, Ron Pacitto, Tony Smith, Glenn Gibson, Eric Barnette, Ron Fuller, John Thomas from St. Albans and Jay Gamache and Chris Johnson from Clarksburg and Travis Wigal from Parkersburg.

On October 15-16 the following were trained on the GE EV 100 – Shawn Holbrook, Melvin Shanteau, Danen Ballard, Glenn Gibson and Mark Cooper from St. Albans.


EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR


Each Year we use a lengthy list of criteria to determine who the Best Employee in Each Branch is. The process is exhaustive and this year’s winners are:

Clarksburg – David Davis, II

Cross Lanes – Landon Johnson

Glade Spring – Buddy Hayden

Lynchburg – Bruce Layne

Parkersburg – Tom Parrish
Roanoke – Buddy Ferrill III

St. Albans – Kennith Keaton

Verona – Hank Couto

 

SERVICE AWARDS

 

We recognized the following employees this year after attaining these service levels with us:

                   5 YEARS                                                10 YEARS

Terry Akers          Roanoke                       Brain Bennett               Lynchburg

David Davis          Clarksburg                    Sherry Caruthers          St. Albans

Kevin Fluharty      St. Albans                    Hank Couto                  Verona

Gary Hale            Roanoke                       Kelly Dillard                 Lynchburg

J.R. Hamilton       Cross Lanes                 Bobby Leber                 Roanoke

Michael Legg       St. Albans                    J.T. Shaffer                   St. Albans

Josh Loudermilk   Cross Lanes                 David Sorrells               Verona

Randall Mick        Clarksburg

Kirk Miller            Lynchburg                                       15 YEARS

David Parrish       Lynchburg                    Mark Cooper                     St. Albans

David Perry         Verona                         Jim DeWeese                   Parkersburg

Jason Rector       Lynchburg                    Bruce Layne (deceased)    Lynchburg

Steve Smith        St. Albans                    Tom Parrish                      Parkersburg

                                                             Blain Wells                       Roanoke

                                                             Randall Vaughan               Glade Spring

                 20 YEARS                                                25 YEARS

Bob Evans           Lynchburg                    Frank Blake                  St. Albans

Dave Gartner       St. Albans                    Tom Dukas                    Parkersburg

Mark Greene       St. Albans                    Terry Jacobs                  Glade Spring

Albert Johnson    Roanoke                       Mark Johnson                St. Albans

G.W. Ralston      Verona                         Chase Turner                 Roanoke

John R. Shaffer    Roanoke

                30 YEARS                                                 35 YEARS

Roy Bolton III        Roanoke                     Rod Brown                     Corporate

Craig Burdette      St. Albans

Paul Gladwell       Verona

Lee Gibson          St. Albans                     That’s 730 Years of Service!

Don Freeman       Cross Lanes

Jerry Marshall      Verona                          Congratulations!

Oscar McComas St. Albans

Tom Webster      Roanoke

 

NEW PLAYERS

William (Billy) Neumann is a new technician in Lynchburg. He is married (Leslie) and they have a two year old daughter. Billy’s hobbies include hunting, fishing and ATV’s. He joins us from VBS.

 

BIRTHS

 

Ryan Beaver (Verona) had a Baby Boy on July 17 and somehow we missed it in the last Update! Sorry!.

Joanna Stoots (Glade Spring) had a Daughter born on October 14.

Butch Loudermilk (St. Albans) had a Grandson born on October 14.

Eddie Jackson (St. Albans) had a Grandson born on December 4.

Andrea Parsons (St. Albans) had a Grandson born on December 6.

 

      Congratulations!

DEATHS

   

Thomas Price(Roanoke) lost his Grandfather on October 16.

Roger Doneff (St. Albans) lost his Grandfather on November 2.

Steve Lewis (Cross Lanes) lost his Father on November 12.

Jerry Marshall (Verona) lost his Father-in-law on November 28.

Mike Jarrett (Cross Lanes) lost his Father on November 21.

Ron Mantiply (Lynchburg) lost his Grandmother on November 6.

 

We extend our sympathies.

 

MOVING UP

 

Daryl Morrison (Lynchburg) has moved from Mechanic III Road to Mechanic II Road.

Melvin Shanteau (St. Albans)   has moved from Mechanic III Road to Mechanic II Road

Lewis Price (Roanoke)   has moved from Mechanic III Road to Mechanic II Road

Congratulations!

 

We hope that everyone had a most Merry Christmas and that each of you will enjoy a spectacular year throughout 2010!