Small Business of the Quarter

The Wooden Casket LLC is a Kentucky Proud business owned by Michael & Stacy Watson.  In 2019 they opened a storefront and a workshop on the square in Tompkinsville, KY.  The original inventory of 8 caskets has grown to 15, available in cedar, maple, walnut, oak, hemp, and barn lumber.   They also offer handmade urns.  They recycle the byproducts as much as possible, providing kindling to a local restaurant and selling the shavings from their dust collector as mulch and animal bedding.  Michael says he got his love of building from his ancestors, who were carpenters, craftsmen, and basketmakers.

Large Business of the Quarter

Roy Anderson Lumber was established in 1950 as a stave and circular grade mill, founded by Roy Anderson and later joined by his sons David and Lowery in 1989 and 1990, respectively.  Today, Roy Anderson Lumber operates as a globally recognized brand, employing 250 families between its Tompkinsville and Eubank, KY locations.  As a grade sawmill, Roy Anderson Lumber prides itself on manufacturing the highest quality Appalachian Hardwoods used in flooring, molding, and  cabinetry around the globe.  Bark and chips are converted into mulch, colored chips and AnderSoft playground mulch and sold through Anderson Mulch & Soil.  Anderson Mulch & Soil was the first mulch company in the United States to earn the Mulch & Soil Counsel’s ‘Elite Bulk Member’ Status and remains one of five companies with this distinction.  Roy Anderson Lumber was recently recognized as a “World’s Greatest” company and aired on Bloomberg TV as a best-in-class operation.