Faulkner Lifestyle June/July 2018 Edition

and Ethan Sewell, and a stepson, Miles
Allen. Torre raised his nephew, Jeffrey
Wilson. The Sewells are Conway
natives and are graduates of Conway
High School.
Sewell Construction, Inc. was founded
by their father, Jasper “Jack” Sewell, in
1978. “The original name was Jasper
Sewell Construction. However, when
we took over the business in 2000,
we shortened the name to Sewell
Construction.” The business is located
at the aptly named number one Sewell
Lane in Conway.
Jack started the business with only
two employees. “Our mother, Joyce,
handled all the bookkeeping and secretarial
work. When he began, people
he knew would give him concrete
jobs in and around the Conway area.
Eventually, he built his reputation
and contractors began contacting him
to complete concrete projects such
as sidewalks, curbs, and gutters. His
business then expanded to the greater
Little Rock area,” shares Torre.
Once the boys were old enough, Derrick,
Torre, and Ashley attended work
regularly with their father. As teens,
the boys’ summers were spent pouring
concrete and learning the value of hard
work. According to Torre, one of Jack’s
mottos was, “If hard work were to
kill a man, I’d have been dead a long
time ago.” Jack retired in 2000, and his
sons took over the family construction
business.
“Our company name was already
established. The hard work we put in
with our dad all of those years carried
over into today,” says Torre. Sewell
Construction, Inc. remains a family
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