Ray Receives Varnell Leadership Award
CLEVELAND, TN – Barry Ray, CEO and Co-founder of Legacy Senior Living, has been chosen as the 2025 Robert W. Varnell Jr. Leadership Award winner, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Chamber. Barry Ray was acknowledged as the 2025 winner at the Chamber’s 99th Annual Meeting on Thursday, January 23. He was nominated and chosen by his peers and former award recipients not only because of his success with Legacy Senior Living, but also for his community leadership, service, and dedication to his faith.
2025 Free Enterprise Award Goes To Isaac Libbey
CLEVELAND, TN – The 2025 M.C. Headrick Free Enterprise Award, one of the highest awards given by the Chamber, is presented to Isaac Libbey, Owner of Best Buy Metals. At the 99th Chamber Annual Meeting, set on Thursday, January 23, Isaac Libbey was honored as the 2025 M.C. Headrick Free Enterprise Award winner. This award honors the memory of one of the most outstanding businessmen Cleveland and Bradley County has ever produced, M.C. Headrick. Headrick was a man who believed wholeheartedly in the
Trae Cody Receives Bedwell Award
CLEVELAND, TN – Trae Cody, Owner/operator of Companion Funeral & Cremation Services, has been chosen as the 2024 Mel Bedwell Small Businesspersons of the Year by the Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce award search committee. Cody becomes the 31st recipients of the award. Companion Funeral & Cremation Services opened its doors in 2008 under the name Constant Companion Pet Crematory. Trae’s father and mother, Robbie and Shelli Cody, opened the facility just after the economic downturn. Trae
