Record #:

10975

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Thomas Jennings Hackney, Jr. is the fourth Hackney generation to lead the Hackney Brothers Body Company in Wilson. The company began in 1854 as a wagon wheel repair shop and has evolved through the years as the mode of transportation changed. The company is the nation's largest manufacturer of custom-built refrigerated truck bodies and the fifth-oldest manufacturing firm in North Carolina.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 28 Issue 5, May 1970, p11-12, 51-52, por

Subject(s):

Truck equipment industry--Wilson; Hackney Brothers, Inc.--History