Carolyn Sorrell
With
a lifetime of experience in the cattle business, Carolyn is an expert on cattle
and the cattle market. She takes pride that her business is family owned and
operated. A savvy businesswoman who combines professionalism with her
plain-spoken honesty, she can be trusted with your business. Carolyn has three
daughters, Laurie, Leslie, and Lee Ann, a granddaughter, Carson, and a grandson,
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Laurie Sorrell
Pemberton
A second generation cattle professional, Laurie manages
Fox Creek Cattle Company's, order buying, as well as, pre-conditioning. Laurie tracks
sales, purchases, pasture, feed, and seed. You name it, she's learning it.
With her extensive knowledge of the cattle business,
Laurie is a valuable asset to the company.
Laurie is a graduate of
Transylvania University. She is married to Don Pemberton, and they have a
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Don Pemberton
Don and Laurie were married in April of 1997. He grew up
in the order buying business in Southern Missouri. Six foot seven,
Don towers over the "little" ladies at Fox Creek just like his late
father-in-law would have wanted him to.
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Bobby Broadbent
Bobby is our backgrounding manager. He has been with the family
forever, about 30 years. He handles thousands of our pasture cattle and knows a great
deal about animal health. We count on Bobby's know-how to see us through
this ever changing Kentucky weather year after year.
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Jeff Leavell
Jeff is our resident cowboy. He rides the pastures
and doctors sick cattle. He works side-by-side with Bobby. He is married and has
two children. He was born and raised in Hopkinsville.
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Bobby Robertson
Bobby and his sorting crew diligently work in the alley to sort inbound
cattle into uniform groups to suit a customers needs. They are
constantly counting, penning and sorting cattle from the auction barns.
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Processing Crew
The cowboy crew is versatile and hardworking. They sort and work
the cattle coming in and out of the barn each week. They also ensure our
pens are stocked with fresh hay throughout the week.
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Cow Boy Crew
These men ride the pasture
checking, pulling and doctoring cattle no matter what the weather
conditions. They manage to background over several thousand head
of cattle during the course of a year.
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Lee Ann Marie Sorrell
Lee Ann is the youngest of the
Sorrell daughters. Lee Ann juggles the constant flow of the office, and
assists Laurie and Carolyn in the office managing the
phones and running the computers. Calling in you are most likely
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Carson Pemberton
A Third Generation of cattle women learning the industry from the ground
up. She comes to the office with her mother and nana every
day. She enjoys the daily life at the office. Typing on the
computer, answering the phone and entertaining the two dogs. Andy
she loves to sit with nana and watch the boys process the cattle from
her bird's eye view up in the office.
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Chase Montgomery Pemberton
Chase is the youngest addition at Fox Creek and he plans on keeping all
of us active since he never slows down. At age two he already
thinks he needs a cap and sorting stick, ready to head to the middle of
the alley. The days of watching from the office are not up to his
standards.
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Leslie Sorrell
Leslie is Carolyn's second daughter. She lives in
Dallas, Texas. She heads and manages the
Magnolia Group, a political consulting group based out of Texas. |
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Magnum & Domino
Magnum and Domino are not your typical cow-dogs. They come into work each day with Carolyn, but chasing cattle would take a little more energy than they usually care to expend. They prefer to lay at Carolyn's feet and share cookies with
Carson & Chase. |
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