Kathleen CraftKathleen Craft is special projects manager of Overdrive magazine. She helps organize the Trucker Talent Search and Overdrive's Most Beautiful contests. Reach her via email at [email protected].HomeCheryl LanniganName: Cheryl D. LanniganOccupation: Owner OperatorCompany: Road RunnerYears driving: 8 yrs.What do you haul? Containers 1. Why did you get into trucking? I became a truck driver because it was my lifelong dream. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted to be a big rigger. On many trips to Florida as a kid […]March 31, 2014HomeCarol LoganCAROL LOGANHometown: Panama City BeachOccupation: Owner-operatorCompany: Tennessee Steel Haulers Lol I’m bored and have nothing better to do. I’m always told how pretty I am and how white my teeth are and that I don’t look like a flatbedder in any way lol.March 31, 2014HomeBlair RobertsBLAIR ROBERTSHometown: Salt Lake CityOccupation: Company driverCompany: C.R.England I am a classy, eloquent woman who prides herself on her professionalism.March 31, 2014HomeBarbara OdomBARBARA ODOMHometown: SpringOccupation: Owner-operatorCompany: A&B Transport The first thing I would like to say is I was born and raised in Oakdale, La., by two of the most important people in my life. I had five children, four living, with 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. I have pulled a box across this world many times […]March 31, 2014HomeAmanda WiseAMANDA WISEHometown: IndianapolisOccupation: Company driverCompany: FedEx Ground I started driving just over three years ago. I came into the industry with very little knowledge of it and with the help of my boyfriend/co-driver and others in the industry I quickly discovered that this is what I’m supposed to be doing at this point in my […]March 31, 2014HomeAleah MeineckeALEAH MEINECKEHometown: Kendleton, TexasOccupation: Company driverCompany: Tri Hi I have a beautiful heart. I love people and enjoy helping anyone out when in need.March 31, 2014HomeKatie BrockKATIE BROCKHometown: Fresno, Calif.Occupation: Owner-operatorCompany: Brock Liquid Transportation Inc. Because I’m a mother of two grown boys, and they have given me three great grandkids and I also have a living husband that we both grown and loved each other and I also love being a trucker and a trucker’s wife.March 31, 2014HomeAbbiegayle ShaferABBIEGAYLE SHAFERHometown: CorsicanaCompany: Crete Carrier Corporation Not sure why I am the most beautiful. I have never really thought about it, but I have been told that what makes me beautiful is my strong will and big heart as well as my desire to help out fellow truckers and people in general when I can. […]March 31, 2014HomeAmy ThompsonAMY THOMPSONHometown: Lawrence, KansasCompany: Prime Inc.Nominated by: Kelly Rogers Amy is a beautiful person both inside and out. She is a hard worker and determined to succeeed in the trucking industry. She has been on my truck for five months in Prime’s training program and will be getting her own truck next month. Amy went […]March 31, 2014HomeSharon KirvenSHARON KIRVENHometown: Tyler, TexasOccupation: Owner-operatorCompany: Team Drive Away/Quality Drive AwayNominated by: Misty Kirven My mom is most beautiful inside. To really know her is to love her. She’s saying she’s going to retire this year. She started her driver career in 1998 and always said how things have changed to the worse in her profession. […]March 31, 2014Previous PagePage 14 of 30Next PageTop StoriesBusinessIndiana wants to toll I-70, truckers' worst road in the nationThe state's application for a federal waiver to toll the existing interstate posits a possible 54-cents/mile toll for large trucks along the 156-mile entirety of I-70. In 2025, Overdrive readers named the Indiana route the worst haul road in the nation.Custom RigsArkansas-based Jerry Whittmore's 2005 Peterbilt 379X a 'labor of love'BusinessDiesel nears $5 per gallon national average as spot van, reefer rates retractOverdrive RadioDiesel deja vu, and documenting an independent Trucker of the Month's road aheadTrucker of the YearOverdrive's 2026 Trucker of the Year honors: Enter your business
