Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Managing Editor David Abbott visits with Lance Whittington Logging, located in Ellerbe, North Carolina. We’re told the Lord works in mysterious ways, and Lance Whittington, 37, certainly believes in that. He believes in miracles, too. In fact, he might say that he is living proof of miracles. He’s looking back now on just over 10 years since the night when he had his doubts he’d survive to see the next morning, or if he did, what kind of life he’d be able to live. He was 27 in 2004 and married to his high school sweetheart, Jessica (Jessie), with five kids, all of them under 10 years old—the youngest was two then. He’d already been working in the woods for the better part of a decade, on his father-in-law’s crew. He and a young farm helper, Derrick Housely, had spent the afternoon tearing down a hog house at the family farm and replacing it with a 38X140 shop. “We had the trusses up and had put the tin on one side, and we quit kind of early,” Whittington recalls the day in detail.

Featured Story: “Beating The Odds”

Written By: David Abbott
Company: Lance Whittington Logging
Location: Ellerbe, North Carolina
SLT Issue: April 2014

Check out other featured articles in the April 2014 issue of Southern Loggin’ Times magazine.
Southern Loggin’ Times April issue features Read Logging, Inc., based in Warren, Tex., Jeremy Ray Construction, LLC, based in Lugoff, SC, and Lance Whittington Logging, based in Ellerbe, NC. The issue also highlights the upcoming 2014 Richmond Expo. Also covered is cutting tool maintenance and the latest machines and equipment.