Hello. My name is Becky.

I won't start at the very beginning; I will give enough to at least set the stage for my current situation.

 

In 1981, I earned a music scholarship for my trumpet-playing abilities at Tennessee Technological University, where I also entered the engineering program. In 1983, I met my future husband – a dairy farmer by birth and a poultry entrepreneur by vision. We married in 1985 and had two children - Robert in 1989 and Rachael in 1991. In May 1995, a tragic accident took the life of my first husband, and my new path was created.

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At the time, my path was not clear and was also full of unexpected challenges. The first challenge occurred within two months of the accident when I was asked to leave the farm because my mother-in-law could not bear the grief of losing her only child. I honored her wishes, purchased a new home, and my two children and I left the farm.

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Although there is much more to this story, this initial challenge caused me to use everything I had learned from my (then) 32 years of life to pull up my bootstraps and move forward. I have remarried, started and sold a company, received BS in marketing, an MBA, and most recently (09/24/2024), a doctor of management in organizational leadership.

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I do, in fact, live by the first words I spoke: "Becky, do it." And, even in the most dire of situations or the most joyful celebrations, these words continue to resonate in my thoughts. I wrote a blog article that will explain more about my journey to becoming me, which you can read  using the link below.

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