RURAL LIFE
Tennessee River Music FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA
Photography by Taylor Walker Photography, KC Photography, Phil Pyle, and Matt Sims
Family ties run deep in this land, and for the Starnes and Owen family, those aren’t just song lyrics, but words they live by. As a youngster, Randy Owen and his father dreamed of owning a purebred cattle operation. In 1981, that dream came true. Tennessee River Music is a registered Hereford and Angus operation, named after the group Alabama’s first number one single. Kelly and Randy Owen’s youngest daughter, Randa, inherited her dad’s passion for agriculture. She began showing Herefords at an early age, and had a highly celebrated junior show career, winning Champion Polled and Horned Female at Hereford Junior Nationals. After graduating from Auburn University with a degree in animal science, Randa and her husband John took the reins of the operation. Their youthful energy has taken TRM to a higher level, and now they are passing down the love of agriculture to their children. TRM hosts the “Dixieland Delight” production sale, “High Cotton” bull sale, and “Close Enough to Perfect” online sale. By working together, striving for excellence, and never giving up, the Starnes and Owen’s have fulfilled Randy’s childhood dream of purebred cattle industry success. -RHJ 108 | Ranch House Journal