TONY Stinnett wasn't the first driver hired by the late William A. Usher Sr., longtime owner and president of Usher Transport, but he may have been Usher's favorite-almost like a third son. "I was very close to him," Stinnett said. "He was my mentor, my boss and my friend for many years." Stinnett insists he's doesn't know why Usher took an interest in his success, but he's grateful. Their connection surely was strengthened by their shared hometown of Paducah, Kentucky, where Stinnett still lives, and where Usher first helped his father, founder Harlan Usher, build the company into what is today. And as with many considerations in Usher's considerable career in the tank truck industry, which included a stint as chairman of National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC), Usher, who died in 2016 at the age of 86, knew what he was doing.
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