[Family Owned Trucking Company | Howard Sheppard Homepage In 1943, Howard Sheppard, Inc. started hauling started hauling rock and sand. Since that beginning, we have grown into transportation and warehouse and logistics experts with over 500 employees. Serving mainly the southeastern United States transporting crude kaolin and rock, kaolin products (liquid, dry, and bagged), hazardous and non-hazardous chemicals, and containerized goods, our services are available to all 48 continental states. Howard Sheppard]