One of our heroes, Laurie Codding
Laurie Codding proudly says that she was Florida’s first female plumbing contractor in the 1980s.
The 53-year-old former Bradenton resident — she lived off Cortez Road in the 1990s and now lives in Venice — says being a plumber with all its bending, lifting and stretching made her so strong and healthy that people would ask her what gymnasium she worked out in.