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Carey Limousine serviced several high-profile
accounts, including Opryland Hotel, Country
Music Awards, Dove Awards, and Stellar
Awards, to name a few. Veronica mentioned to
her father that Carey Limousine was for sale
and that her husband knew the business
owners. He trusted her leadership skills so
much that he sent her the money to purchase
the limousine service. Veronica and Abraham
ran Carey Limousine for two years. The fleet
consisted of 8 limousines, two town cars, and
one limo party bus.
While Veronica remained faithful in her
corporate development, Abraham was getting
his business training as an apprentice of sorts
to his grandfather. Ollie Whitaker, Abraham's
grandfather, owned a taxicab company that
operated six taxicabs in Columbia, TN.
As a child, Abraham would ride alongside his
grandfather and often work in dispatch, taking
orders booking rides with a budding interest to
one day own his own business, too.
Holding tight to his dream, Abraham attended
Columbia State Community College for two
years before transferring to Tennessee State
University. Soon after, Abraham's dream to own
his own business materialized when he
ventured into the mobile detailing business,
establishing Whitaker's Detailing in 1989.
Whitaker's Detailing would eventually flourish
to eight mobile detailing units, servicing
commercial clients throughout Atlanta, GA,
Charlotte, NC, Chattanooga, Knoxville, and
Nashville, TN.
Veronica remained in corporate life for several
years before she and Abraham realized they
were equally ambitious. In 2012, Abraham
began transporting cargo van fleet, running
loads for Panther Logistics, which eventually
enabled the couple to purchase sleeper trucks
for the long-haul road routes. When Veronica
finally went full-time to help Abraham run the
business, she hit the ground running. Veronica
was able to take years of management
expertise and apply it to successfully running
their trucking company and was able to start up
a few of her own.
Today, Veronica has launched three businesses,
including Music City Dent & Scratch (2015 in
Nashville, TN), Music City Freight Line, Inc. (2018
in Nolensville, TN), and Music City Auto Repair
LLC (2022 in Hermitage, TN). While the two are
always supporting one another, Abraham now
also owns three automotive and trucking
companies, including Whitaker Detailing Service
(1989 in Antioch, TN), Whitaker Enterprise LLC
(2014 in Nashville, TN), and Autoworks of
Atlanta (2020 in Forest Park, GA).
Proverbs 13:22: " A good man leaves an
inheritance to his children's children.... "
Continuing their family tradition of business
ownership and spiritual faith, the Whitakers
have laid claim to take their faith a little further
by proclaiming, " Anyone thenceforth with our
blood, will work for the businesses that we
built. " In other words, as the Whitakers are
carrying the ownership mentality they learned
from their ancestors, they have hope that their
grandchildren and great-grandchildren will
continue it and so on.
Knowing the value of mentorship, Veronica has
also begun preparing the next generation of
female truck owners by starting a free
mentoring program in 2020. Through the
mentoring program, Veronica aims to inspire
young women to venture into owning their own
trucking companies.
Veronica and Abraham Whitaker are proud
minority business owners residing in the
growing community of Nolensville, TN. They
know that success comes not only from work
but also from consistency. These two impressive
visionaries have been blessed with the mentality
to create profitable businesses doing something
they love with the love of their life.
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