Tyler, Texas, located 100 miles southeast of Dallas, boasts picturesque antique shops, mom-and-pop specialty stores and charming brick streets. It is here that Kenneth W. Threlkeld established Threlkeld & Co. Insurance Agency (TCI) in 1982, and it has grown to one of the premier insurance agencies in East Texas.
Threlkeld began his insurance career with Clyde-Prestridge Insurance Agency in 1965 as an accountant and producer. When partner Prestridge became ill, Threlkeld bought 50 percent of the agency, and in 1974, took a financial risk and bought the remaining 50 percent of the company. Success of the agency hinged on retaining the largest client, T.B. Butler–which Threlkeld did.
The T. B. Butler Publishing Co. Inc. is in its fifth generation of family ownership, publishing the Tyler Morning Telegraph, the Sunday Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph and the online edition www.tylerpaper.com.
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