Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jay Donnell visits Church Hill Logging located in Preston, Georgia. One word that quickly comes to mind when describing Jimmy Bearden, Sr. of Church Hill Logging is “experienced.” Make that two words: “experienced and skilled.” About a decade before Jimmy was born, his grandfather came to Webster County in the 1930s and started a sawmill operation. His father, Clarence Roland Bearden, bought the sawmill operation in the 1940s and around 1949 bought his first pulpwood truck and used a cross cut saw to cut timber and loaded pulpwood by hand. Jimmy got into the timber industry in 1959 when he started working at Pineland Pulp Wood Company in Milner, Ga. That’s where he learned to operate a pulpwood yard and later he was assigned to train others how to operate one.

Featured Story: “Mister Reliable”

Written By: Jay Donnell
Company: Church Hill Logging & Church Hill Trucking
Location: Preston, Georgia
SLT Issue: May 2016

Check out other featured articles in the May 2016 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s May 2016 issue features Inez, North Carolina’s Inez Forest Industries, Inc. and IFI Trucking, LLC, Preston, Georgia’s Church Hill Logging, and Columbia, Virginia’s Dunivan Logging. A special section highlights exhibitors at the 2016 East Coast Sawmill & Logging Equipment Expo (EXPO Richmond), held in Richmond, Virginia May 13-14, and takes a look back at the first EXPO Richmond 40 years ago. An article reports on the special ‘Chip Chip Hooray!’ event held recently as part of the 2016 Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. Other articles cover the latest industry news, logging business tips, and new machinery, equipment and products.