T. R. Miller

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Wickes Lumber (io. is selling 37 retail locations in North ('arolina. South Carolina. Virginia. lrlorida and (ieorgia to Kenneth L. Miron and an investor group led by Peter J. Solomon ('o. Ltd.

No price was revealed for the transaction which includes truss plants in Kinston, N.('., and lrort Myers, ljl., nnd a door plant in llay Pines, l;1.

Money from the sale, which includes the majority of Wickes Lumber units in the southeast. will be used to pay down debt from a management buyout in 1988 olthe company from Wickes ('os., Ric L. Morphet, vice president of administration. said.

Scotty's Driver Kllled

A truck driver for Scotty's Inc., Winter Haven, F-l.. was killed as he checked a tire on a Gainesville, Fl., highway offramp.

Joe Hollis Hammock, 46, was struck at 12:20 a.m. June 7 by a second vehicle as he checked the company truck, said police.