ARKANSAS MILL CELEBRATES 100TH ANNIVERSARY
The staff of Arkansas Mill Supply celebrates! Arkansas Mill Supply has been serving industry since 1905. That was the year Brown & Brothers of Camden, a hardware and mill supply company owned by Edward M. Brown, merged with Camden Machinery and Supply to create Camden Hardware and Mill Supply Company. In 1912, eyeing a location more central to the lumber industry and a bustling rail center, owners of the business moved to Pine Bluff, and the rest—as they say—is history. The company now has additional locations at Little rock, Fort Smith, Rogers and Texarkana.
Arkansas Mill Supply—a family owned Pine Bluff company—marked its 100th anniversary on May 6. City and county officials, friends and colleagues joined the family in celebrating with a barbecue lunch and displays by their vendors. The day began with a ribbon-cutting event that included The Chamber’s Redcoats. Those marking this special event were Vice President-Sales Bobby Wade (from left), Kayla Cheatwood, Vickey Warriner, Jim Parker, Susan Cole, Pine Bluff Mayor Carl Redus, Jr., company President Cliff Cheatwood, Chair of the Board Pat Brown, Jefferson County Judge Jack Jones, Buster Crook, Sherry Desy, Kandy White and Leon Crumblin.