731-772-0567 731-772-0946 Fax Owner/Manager — Glenda Autry Employees — 25 Grain Elevators and Mill Established — 1956
Sellari Natural Wax Co. 2758 Highway 70 W. Brownsville, TN 38012 731-772-1338 Established — 1921 Stitching Wax Manager — Tommy Sellari Employees — Family Operated Established 1919
731-779-1578 Fax Manager — Whitney Mann Employees — 2 Established — 1997
731-772-7520 731-772-7575 Fax Manager — Harvey Ambrose Employees — 20 Established — 2002
Teknor Apex / Haywood 751 N. Dupree Brownsville, TN 38012 731-772-3690 731-772-4832 Fax Manager — Rob Lincer Human Resources — Diana Tate Employees — 610 Garden Hose, Plasticizer, Tread Rubber Established — 1972
Valley Crating 801 E. Main Brownsville, TN 38012 731-779-0897 731-779-0931 Fax Manager — Rose Lott Human Resources — Rose Lott Employees — 25 Crates Established — 1997
Tripp Country Hams Simmco 415 Morgan St. Brownsville, TN 38012 731-772-0221 731-772-1752 Fax Manager/Owner — David Blurton Established — 1977
207 S. Washington Brownsville, TN 38012 731-772-2130 731-772-6798 Fax Manager — Charlie Tripp Employees — 20 Country Ham Distribution Established — 1963
Technicolor Embroidery 2567 Anderson Ave. Brownsville, TN 38012 731-779-1577
TVA Power Lagoon Creek Site
Weyerhaeuser 1621 Welch St. Brownsville, TN 38012 731-779-0200 731-779-0230 Fax Manager — Kevin McCartney Human Resources — Sharon Harley Converting & Distribution of Paper Employees — 26 Established — 1998
615 Elm Tree Road Brownsville, TN 38012
Catch a Ride With Donnie Hatcher
Carrying on a Family Tradition
Donnie Hatcher, owner of the Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac and GMC Trucks dealership in Brownsville, is one of our local success stories. He’s been in the auto business for 33 years. He came to Brownsville in 1986, and the rest is history. He owns one of the largest dealerships in the area and sells an average of 900 cars and trucks — new and used — each year to people all over West Tennessee and beyond. He employs about 30 people, and his business pays more sales tax than any other business in the county.
Golden Circle Insurance Agency Inc. is an independent insurance agency offering life and health, auto and home, and business and bonds. It was established in 2001 with an initial focus on developing profitable personal lines business from the former Golden Insurance Life Insurance Company, as well as from all of Haywood and adjoining counties. Golden Circle Insurance Agency writes insurance for nationally known companies, which allows the lowest rates for customers. The agency also offers competitive rates for businesses and churches, as well as bonds. Customer service is its biggest asset, following in a family tradition — they want to make everyone feel at home with their company. With more than 50 years of continued insurance business success, the descendants of Charles Allen Rawls have now established the Golden Circle Insurance Agency in an effort to provide a broader range of services in Brownsville-Haywood County, as well as to develop new business opportunities in the communities in which this family is already so well entrenched.
Two of the agency’s principals, Malitmore and Cynthia Rawls Bond, have been in the family business for the past 40 years. Additionally, both have strong business and political ties on both the local and state levels. Key agency staff members include principals Dwight and Andrea Bond Johnson, who have also worked on the life insurance side for many years. All agency staff members hold property and casualty licenses for the state of Tennessee. Dwight Johnson is a graduate of Tennessee State University and holds a mechanical engineering degree. He is a board member of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce and serves on the INSOUTH Bank Advisory Board. Andrea Bond Johnson is also a graduate of Tennessee State University, with a degree in business administration, and is a graduate of the senior executive MBA program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has also served on the Chamber board and the Tennessee Tax Structure Commission and was a member of the INSOUTH Bank Advisory Board. The office is located at 39 South Jackson Avenue near the heart of downtown Brownsville. Staff members include Hattie Boyd, office manager, who is also www.brownsville-haywoodtn.com 13