Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott heads to Huntland, Tennessee to spend some time with Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc. Nordeck Thompson, President, CEO and founder of Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc. is at his core a family man, and his business reflects that fact. He grew up at his father’s company, Thompson Hardwoods, Inc. in Hazlehurst, Ga. (that mill was purchased by Nordeck’s sister and brother-in-law Phyllis and Steve Johnson and later sold to the Beasley group). “That’s where I was trained and where I toiled and labored through many a long hot summer day in my teenage years, in college and for about 12 years after,” Thompson, now 55, recalls. By his early 30s, Nordeck felt the need to start something of his own. His wife, Mary, had family in Tennessee, so they relocated there.

Featured Story: “Family At Work”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc.
Location: Huntland, Tennessee
SLT Issue: June 2015

Check out other featured articles in the June 2015 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s June 2015 issue features Many, Louisiana’s Jenkins Logging, Tanner Williams, Alabama’s Pearce Timber Co. and Legacy Logging, LLC, Osyka, Mississippi’s Robert W. Wall, Inc. and Wall Timber, and Huntland, Tennessee’s Thompson Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc. Other articles highlight the upcoming InWoodsExpo, coming to Hot Springs, Arkansas June 18-20, Beard Equipment’s recent John Deere demo event, and a recent milestone for the Southern Loggers Cooperative. Also covered is the latest industry news and new machinery and technology.