Wheaton World Wide Moving | Bekins Van Lines names Drivers of the Year

INDIANAPOLIS - Oct. 28, 2015 - PRLog -- Announced recently at Wheaton | Bekins 61st Annual Partnership Conference, five drivers were awarded top honors as Wheaton World Wide Moving | Bekins Van Lines Drivers of the Year. These awards are given to individuals who earned a Driver of the Month award from September 2014 through August 2015 and who consistently provide superior service to Wheaton | Bekins’ customers. By their excellent records in claims, customer service and safety, these drivers are among the best in the van lines’ fleet.

Direct Lease Fleet Driver – Delroy Kennedy
Kennedy earned Direct Lease Driver of the Month two times this past year and once previously in 2013. He qualified with Wheaton | Bekins in 2007. Originally from Jamaica, he resides in Waterbury, Conn. with his wife Noreka and three children Curtis, Kathryn and Gabriel.

Bekins Permanent Fleet Driver – Jose Longoria
Longoria earned Driver of the Month in May 2015. After a stint in the construction industry, Longoria turned a casual conversation with the owners of A & W Transfer & Storage into a job opportunity in 2001 and has been with the agency ever since. He lives in Amarillo, Texas with his wife, Nancy, son, Joshua, and daughter, Ashley.

Wheaton Permanent Fleet Driver – Grover Wood
Wood was named Driver of the Month for June 2015 and previously in March 2014. Before joining Olympic Moving & Storage four years ago, Wood previously worked in the agriculture and iron industry. He currently resides in Silver Springs, Fla. with his four daughters, Dusty, Kristen, Paige and Jessica.

Bekins Intermittent Fleet Driver – Phillip Schrepel
Despite driving for Bekins for only two and a half years, Schrepel has already proved he is a quick learner of the trade. Schrepel was named Driver of the Month for June 2015. He drives for Cross Town Movers of Eugene, Ore., and resides in Springfield, Ore. Schrepel was previously selected as Driver of the Month in June 2014.

Wheaton Intermittent Fleet Driver – Richard (Scott) Houston
Houston has been qualified with Wheaton since 2011 and drives for Bell Moving Systems in Burly, Idaho. He was selected as Driver of the Month in June 2015. Houston resides in Boise, Idaho with his wife, Bronwyn, and two sons, Brian and Beau. Beau is following in his father’s footsteps by obtaining his CDL later this year.