Obltuarles

Wllllem lhermarr' Jr.,40, a vice prcoident and part owner of Southern Lunber Co., Jackson, Ms., died Sept. 9,1992, in Jrckson.

A native of Forest, Ms., Mr. Deaman had been with Southern Lumber about l0 years.

John Pcdler,60, senior account manager for Weyerhaeuser's Hot Springs, Ar., Sales Center, was killed in a car accident in Hot Springs Sept. n,1992.

Mr. Pedlar joined Weyerhaeuser in sdeq ig 19i5, moving o Hot Springs in 1977.

Jlmmy M. Grrner, 53, sales nanager of Olon Belcher Lumber Co., Brent, Al., died July 6,1992 in Brcnt"

Born in Gurdon, Ar., he spent 15 yea$ at Mid-States Wood Prreservers, Simsboro, La., before joining Olon Belcber in 1990.

Jan Mahaffcy, 30, comptroller for Atlantic Trading, Bimringhan, Al., died in a car accident in Binninghant Sept- ll, 1992.

A native of California, Mrs. Mahaffey joined Atlantic Trading in 1987.

P&M Joins George G. Brown & Co.

George C. Brown Cedar Co. has been formed by Geneva Corp., Greensboro, N.C., and P&M Consuner ProducB, Inc., Stockton, Ca.

Based in Greensboro, the new oompany, forned Aug.24, combines Geneva's Aromatic Cedar products division currently operating as George C. Brown & Co. with all P&M Consumer Aromatic Cedar operations and P&M's plank paneling and incense cedar moulding products. Over the next two months all sales, production and administrative functions will be consolidated at the George C. Brown plant in Greensboro. P&M's production e4uipment will be relocated there with key manufacturing management and hourly personnel. George C. Brown Cedar Co. will retain a reload location in Liule Rock, Ar., to serve as

Dean Lumber's Fall Seminar

DeanLumberCo., Gilmer, Tx., will host its annual Pressure Treated Wood SeminarOcr 21.

Activities will begin at 9 a.m., accuding to president Steve Dean. Customers, suppliers and associates will hear a Wolnan presentation by Pam Mitchell, Hickson national accounts manager, and a Dricon presentation and live burn demonstration by Scott Hoffman, Hickson Dricon products rumager. A tour of sawmill and reating facilities will be conducted.

Following a catfish fry, guests will participate in a skeet shooting contest with prizes for both beginners and non-beginners.

Pro bass fishing, open cockpit hi- a consolidation yard for aromatic codar resource purchased in Arkansas and Missouri. have been sent !o members by Emest J. Stebbins, executive manager, along witb a letter urging tbem to concact local media early in October lo anange for their use and present copies of the Forest Resource Fact Book !o editors, news and p,fogram directors. National Hardwood Day publicity includes an invitation for the public to contact the association for a free copy of the book.

Janes Becher will be chairman and ceo. Brown's president David Kruse and P&M's national sales manager Mark Fish and regional sales manager Randy Klatt will bold the sane positions in the new company.

The company will produce traditional tongue and groove planks, Cedarsran oriented strand board, veneer panels and trim moulding under the CedarPro, Osage and Super Cedar brand names as well as P&M's Cedarberry Hill line of specialty cedar storage items, wainscot kits, boards, veneer and lumber items for retail and industrial use, shavings for kennel bedding and garden mulch and distillation of cedar oil.