Grady Williamson Jr.

Grady Williamson, Cargill

TFI Person of the Month: Grady Williamson Jr. Dragline Operator, Cargill
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Grady Williamson, Jr.
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Grady operates a dragline, 7 million pounds of steel, to capture phosphate.At 210 feet tall, a dragline boom can be seen for miles.He uses the bucket to remove top soil, expose the raw phosphate and remove the exposed phosphate from

Grady has logged more than 212,260 hours as a dragline operator in the past 12 years.He is a second generation miner, as his father was also a dragline operator for Cargill.
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Grady strongly believes in giving back to the community.He is actively involved in the Ft. Meade Dixie Youth League and works countless hours at his children's (Tamara, Hunter and Gracie) school Word of Life Christian School.Grady adopts a kindergarten class each year and provides monthly ice cream rewards as a means for encouraging good citizenship.