Nancy Widner is a prime example of someone who has achieved great success in the face of adversity. She inherited A-1 Smith’s Septic Service in Huntsville, Texas, when her husband and company founder, Doug Smith, died of cancer in 2004.
Since then, she’s done a tremendous job managing the family business, growing the portable restroom side of the company from 350 units to 1,500 units.
“When he died [in 2004], the goal was to grow the business,” says Widner, 53, who now runs the company with her second husband, and former A-1 driver, Milton Widner. The company — located 60 miles
How a Texas Restroom Operator Turned Tragedy Into Triumph
After losing her husband to cancer in 2004, Nancy Widner has made some savvy moves to grow the family business she never intended to run
