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“Our newest trailers have cowboys year, Barr was honored to find himself Clarksville. As a kid, he wanted to be a
along the back doors,” he said. among a vibrant mix of business lead- farmer, but watching Smokey and the
Over the years, JMB built a reputa- ers. Bandit as a child turned his attention
tion as a company that takes care of its “I enjoy being on the board, and I toward the trucking life. As he told the
people and always puts safety first. No especially enjoy the camaraderie of the Arkansas Trucking Report in 2008, he
one has any business working in the board members,” he said. “When you’re would ride his bike down a country road
trucking industry without the No. 1 in a room with that many smart people to I-40 just to watch the trucks drive by.
priority of safety, Barr said. who are as passionate about trucking as In his teen years, Barr developed a defi-
“You have to be safe in order to be you are, it’s an honor. We don’t always nite interest in the truck driving indus-
in this business,” he said. “Our primary agree, but we always respect each oth- try, but he figured he could be happy
responsibility as a motor carrier is shar- ers’ opinions greatly. We’re competitors, with either farming or truck driving. He
ing the highways with the public.” but we work together well.” ended up choosing both. After graduat-
Barr and Bozeman have woven ing with a degree in business manage-
CIRCLING THE WAGONS a strong work ethic into the fabric of ment from Arkansas Tech University in
The commitment to safety is some- JMB. Over the years, both men have led 1992, Barr went to work for American
thing that unites every member of the by the principle that hard work is not Freightways and then Transco Lines
ATA board, which Barr joined in 2021. enough. before partnering with Bozeman at
“The ATA’s mission is to make the “You have to work smart, too, and JMB. He also owns Five Barr Farms,
industry safer,” he said. “Of course, you have to work together,” Barr said. LLC. As owner of this cattle farm in
we’re all competitors, but there’s no “If we’re not working together, success his hometown of Clarksville, Barr was
competition when it comes to safety. So will be very difficult. Trucking compa- named a county winner in the Arkansas
anything that can help in the area of nies can become so compartmentalized. Farm Bureau’s Farm Families of the Year
safety is something we share with each It’s always difficult to get everyone on program for 2018.
other. Anything we can do to improve the same page.” Barr and his wife of 30 years,
safety is a noble act for trucking.” Barr’s work ethic and values began Liz, raised their three children in
After joining the ATA board last taking shape while growing up in Clarksville, and now the next genera-

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