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Coombs Gas recognizes drivers during Truck Driver Appreciation Week

Coombs Gas is recognizing its truck drivers during Truck Driver Appreciation Week, highlighting their work delivering propane to customers in area communities.

The company said its drivers spend long hours on the road, including early mornings and late nights and travel through difficult weather, to make deliveries to families and businesses. Coombs Gas described the drivers as a significant part of the company and thanked them for their work.

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The company also asked people who see a Coombs truck during the week to wave, allow extra room on the road and thank the driver.

Source: New Albany Main Street Association.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."