JODY& C A M E R O N
K N OX
JESSICA
B AT E S
H AV I N G
H O R S E
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ODY CAMERON KNOX and JESSICA BATES are a mother-daughter team in real estate, share a love of horses, and are proprietors of “Cluckingham Palace.” Yup, you heard it right.
When it comes to investments, most financial advisors will tell you that being diversified is a good thing. Some stocks, some bonds, maybe some real estate, and even perhaps a little Bitcoin will help your portfolio handle the ups and downs of the financial markets. Jody Cameron Knox and her daughter Jessica Bates have also used that strategy when it comes to perhaps an even larger investment … the one we make in ourselves. “When we lived in California, I worked in the construction industry and owned a water truck service company for 38 years. We were a private contractor, supplying water to the forestry wildland vehicles on the fire line, along with dust control at the fire camps for the U.S. Forest Service and CAL Fire for over 28 years,” said 32 • December 2022
Knox. “I also worked with the California Construction Trucking Association recruiting members and writing for their monthly magazine.” Industry regulation changes in California made Knox start thinking about doing something else, and a change in her husband’s career path gave her the green light. “I have always loved real estate. My grandmother was an agent for many years, and my grandfather was an architect and, at the time, an ultra-modern-day custom home builder. My husband was in the pipeline industry, and when he got transferred to Texas, I saw it as the natural thing to do to get my real estate license.” Knox and her husband started out in South Texas before a few more transfers landed them in Weatherford. “I had always wanted to be in Weatherford since showing my paint stallion at the world paint horse show there in 2003,” Knox said. She’s owned horses since she was a young child and has even bred quarter horses, paint horses, and Aztecas for many years. She’s also a certified animal therapist and has helped successfully treat paralyzed dogs to the point of being able to walk again. Knox’s love of animals, and her affinity for horses, was something that her daughter Jessica Bates picked up pretty much from birth. “I grew up on the back of a horse,” Bates said. “As far back as I can remember, I was always on a horse as a child. I would come home from school and go straight out to ride. My love for riding grew as @realproducers