The logging family of Joe and Florence Cone surprised the Summerville, SC couple with a special “60 Years in Logging Celebration” on May 2. About 140 family members, friends, foresters, loggers, landowners, and past business associates participated in the merry making. The event doubled as a birthday celebration for the couple—Florence turned 80 on May 4 and Joe 83 on May 14. Both are still involved in the business they founded in 1954, which today operates as Cone & Sons Logging, Inc. Florence assists their daughter, Jennifer Craven, with the paperwork side while Joe runs a loader every day. Their son, Jeff, who was brought up in the business, assumed control of the company 11 years ago. Another son, Johnny, worked in the business for many years before successfully venturing out on his own as Cone Logging Corp. in the early ‘80s.

Event: “60-Year Celebration For Cone Family”

Company: Cone & Sons Logging, Inc.
Location: Summerville, South Carolina
SLT Issue: June 2014

Check out other featured articles in the June 2014 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times magazine’s June 2014 issue features Iuka, Mississippi’s D.L. Cutshall & Sons Logging, Hermitage, Arkansas’ ARK-LA Timber Harvesting, Inc., and Summerville, South Carolina’s Cone & Sons Logging, Inc. Also highlighted is the 2014 East Coast Sawmill Logging & Equipment Exposition (the Richmond Show) held last month in Virginia. Other articles discuss logging business financial solutions and the latest industry news and events.