Southern Loggin’ Times magazine Associate Editor Jessica Johnson has the opportunity to visit ARK-LA Timber Harvesting, Inc. in Hermitage, Arkansas. Shannon Lassiter, 38, a former college football player for the University of Arkansas at Monticello, is a man who keeps his priorities in order. He says, “God’s first and family’s second.” That’s how he lives his life, and how he runs his logging crew. “If it wasn’t for the good Lord, I don’t think you could be successful. To me, that’s the most important thing.” Lassiter and his wife Heidi have two sons, Hayden, 15, and Maddox, “Mad Dog”, 9. Maddox is just like his Daddy, the little logger in the family. It’s clear to Lassiter that Maddox wants to take over the family business. “I think he wants to. But I don’t know if I recommend it,” he says with a good-natured laugh. “I told him he had to go to college before he can come out here. My oldest has no interest in it at all. I know he won’t be taking it over.” Lassiter says that Maddox really loves the woods.

Featured Story: “Crossing The Border”

Written By: Jessica Johnson
Company: ARK-LA Timber Harvesting, Inc.
Location: Hermitage, Arkansas
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.