The 31st Annual Hemphill Brother’s Christmas Party was held in December for employees and their families at Gaylord in Nashville, TN. Everyone enjoyed a sit down dinner and giveaways throughout the evening. Music was provided by the Silver Strings before and during dinner. Later that night, Russ & Becky Jeffers and the Smokey Mountain Sunshine Band played and sang for everyone in attendance. They performed for many years at Opryland Theme Park until it closed. Trent and Joey Hemphill were presented with checks for their favorite charities from the employees. Trent’s check was for the Bridge Ministry, while Joey’s went to Make A Wish. The night was filled with many memories, family fun and celebration of a wonderful year and season.
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The Travel Channel is set to re-air the highly acclaimed “Extreme RV’s” block on Sunday, February 19, 2012. Hemphill Brother’s Coach Company will be featured during the 6:00 pm (est) hour and will showcase the making of two brand new buses. The hour-long program highlights the Hemphill Brother’s facility, their shop employees and their unique craftsmanship of their custom coaches. Be sure to tune in!
Sunday, February 19th
6:00PM E/P
Extreme RVs
It’s the best of the band buses with Hemphill Brothers, a family’s dream of sprinting in style comes true thanks to CMI, and big things from the Tumbleweed Tiny House Co. TV-PG, CC.
For the Fourth time Hemphill Brothers has been awarded as the Coach Company of the Year during the 2011 Parnelli Awards. This year the event was held in Orlando, FL and Joey Hemphill was on hand to accept the awards. Way to go Hemphill Brothers!
For more information on the Parnelli Awards please visit http://www.parnelliawards.com
Trent and Joey Hemphill were recently interviewed for an article on Hemphill Brothers Coach Company for Country Weekly Magazine.
Hemphill Brothers Leasing Co., LLC. has hired Randy Pitman as their Chief Financial Officer.
Pitman, a CPA, received his Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from Tennessee Tech University. Before joining Hemphill Brothers he worked for Comdata Corporation where he served most recently as the Executive Vice President of Finance. Prior to Comdata Pitman was an Audit Senior for Arthur Andersen & Co. in Nashville, TN.
Hemphill Brothers was once again named Coach Company of the Year for the third time at the 2010 Parnelli Awards. Thank you to everyone that voted for us, we appreciate and value your support. Trent and Joey Hemphill
For more information on the Parnelli Awards please visit http://www.parnelliawards.com/
In mid-December Hemphill Brothers Coach Company held their annual Employee Christmas Party to bring everyone together for the holiday season. Each year the event gets bigger and bigger as they host 150+ employees and their families. For the past few years this gathering has been held at Gaylord Opryland’s Springhouse Golf Club and this year they welcomed a special performance from a long time client, Dierks Bentley http://dierks.com/. Past performers have included The Silver Cornet Band, Phil Vassar and many of their very talented employees and their children. The Nashville Strings played in the background as all enjoyed a family style dinner with all the trimmings. In between bites everyone checked their raffle tickets that they had been given to see if they were lucky enough to win one of the many door prizes given out during the party. In lieu of gifts for the owners, Trent and Joey Hemphill, the drivers and employees pooled together their money and donated $1,200 to each of Trent and Joey’s favorite charities, The Bridge Ministry (http://www.bridgeministry.org/) in Trent’s name and The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle TN (https://www.legalsportsbettingstates.com) in Joey’s name. As things winded down the evening ended with everyone singing along to Silent Night.
Each January Hemphill Brothers Coach Company brings together all of their drivers to go over the past years accomplishments and to hand out awards. This year we also awarded Paul Hortop with a Rolex watch for 20 years of excellent service to our clients…keep on rolling Paul! CLICK HERE for a list of the awards given each year and their 2010 recipients.
If you tuned your televisions to The Oprah Show on May 5th, 2010 you got some valuable fashion tips. Oprah’s broadcast on that day included a segment called “Make Over My Man” and Hemphill Brothers was able to provide the mobile salon for the unsuspecting gentlemen. Check your local listings for show times and channels. Here is a photo of the Mobile Salon.
Hemphill Brothers has been nominated in the category of Coach Company of the Year for the 2009 Parnelli Awards. This year’s ceremony will be held November 20, 2009 in Orlando, FL. They hope to follow up their 2006 win by bringing home the top prize. Check out www.parnelliawards.com to see how you can cast your vote for Hemphill Brothers Coach Company. Thank you for all your support!
And the winner is…HEMPHILL BROTHERS COACH COMPANY!
Each January Hemphill Brothers Coach Company brings together all of their drivers to go over the past year’s accomplishments and to hand out awards. This year was another great year for our drivers with 97% clear MVR’s. We also logged 5,890,000 miles and this year Terry Ford celebrated his 20th year of driving for Hemphill Brothers. Way to go drivers! See Below for a list of the awards given each year and their 2010 recipients.
Leadership Award: DWAYNE HARPER
For displaying the ability to lead by setting a standard that others will want to follow.
Award of Excellence: TY SAUNDERS
For showing the greatest improvement in their dedication to excellence in their duties by completing and submitting all required paperwork with minimal violations.
Honorable Mention: STEVE EASTER , DWAYNE HARPER, TONY HAMMONDS, LASHAWN LUNDSTROM, EARLE SINGLETON, CURLY JONES, DANNY SHELNUT, JOHN MORGAN
Most Improved: MIKE WARBINGTON
Driver of the Year: CURLY JONES
For showing outstanding leadership, being helpful to other drivers, being a team player, keeping a positive attitude, being a safe driver and keeping their bus spotless
Honorable Mention: TONY HAMMONDS
Helping Hands Award: FRED REED
For displaying the highest willingness and greatest abilities to help other drivers with their mechanical and interior repairs while on the road.
Maintenance Achievement: MICHAEL KERSH
For setting the highest standard in preventative maintenance and equipment quality.
Honorable Mention: DALE BROCK
Rookie of the Year: BRETT PREMER
For showing that even though they have only been with Hemphill Brothers for a relatively short time, they have what it takes to someday be a driver of the year.
Each year the employees and drivers of Hemphill Brothers Coach Company collect money for a gift to show their appreciation to their employers, Trent and Joey Hemphill. This year the money was collected and was turned into two $1,200 donations to two local charities. Joey presented his check to The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Middle Tennessee which helps grant wishes for very ill children. Trent presented his check to The Bridge Ministry which provides food, clothing and fellowship to Nashville’s homeless.
Hemphill Brothers was honored to have one of their long time clients, Diamond Rio, perform at their 29th Annual Employee Christmas Party. They played many of their hits and some Christmas classics. The employees and their families were welcomed into the Gaylord Springs Golf Club by the string quartet Silver Strings. All enjoyed a lovely buffet style dinner and the night included wonderful gifts and prizes.
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