Exhibit 99.1

  Boyd Bros. Transportation Completes Merger With BBT Acquisition Corporation

     CLAYTON, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2004--Boyd Bros. Transportation
Inc. (NASDAQ/SmallCap:BOYD) (the "Company") today announced that it has
completed the merger of BBT Acquisition Corporation ("BBT") into the Company. As
a result of the merger, the Company's shares will cease trading on NASDAQ at the
conclusion of market trading hours today and will no longer be registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
     BBT is a company owned by Dempsey Boyd, the founder of the Company, Gail B.
Cooper, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and certain of
their family members. Stockholders of the Company (other than BBT and the Boyd
family stockholders of BBT) will receive $9.18 in cash for each share of Company
common stock owned.

     Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc. is one of the largest flatbed trucking
companies in the United States. The Company provides transportation services to
high-volume, time-sensitive customers, primarily in the steel and building
materials industries, and operates throughout most of the continental United
States. For more information about the Company, visit Boyd Bros. on the Internet
at www.boydbros.com.

     CONTACT: Boyd Bros. Transportation Inc., Clayton
              Richard C. Bailey, 334-775-1221