It started in Mt. Vernon

Growing up, there were small sawmills in almost every community.  In Mt. Vernon, the Anthony's had a sawmill.  It was less than a mile from our house.  The name of mom and dad's road, is Anthony Mill Road. Riding the bus as a little kid, some of the older boys worked there stacking boards.  They were strong and tough.  I wanted to be like them, and figured one day I would stack boards too.      Sports kept me busy, and working at dad's grocery store.  Also, watching Sheri play basketball, and softball, and Melanie in the band kept us all running the roads and, mostly, out of trouble.  I never worked at the sawmill. Fast forward thirty years.  I was working for Marvin Neely, and Guy Christopher at Respond First Aid.  We sold and delivered safety and first aid supplies to businesses.   One of my good customers was Pallatec in Fayetteville.  Randy and Rocky Cowley are brothers.  They owned and ran Pallatec....