Parton Lumber Company
Past, Present, & Future
Three Generations Strong
Parton Lumber Company was founded by Verno Parton in 1948, nearly a century after his family first settled in Rutherfordton, NC and established itself in the lumber industry. Three generations since its first customer, Parton Lumber remains a staple of Appalachian lumber production and is now owned and operated by his grandsons, Furman and Patrick Parton.
Adapting to Change
To stay successful for the past 70+ years, Parton Lumber has had to evolve several times, adapting product offerings and services to meet the ever-changing needs of the lumber industry. In the early days of the company, Verno only sawed southern yellow pine for home building. Since then, it has supplied hardwood for the furniture boom that dominated the mid-1900s, as well as helped eastern white pine gain a foothold in the window and millwork industries when milling operations in the western United States became threatened by the now endangered spotted owl.
Building on Tradition
Today, under the leadership of Furman and Patrick, Parton Lumber employs 130 people, owns 3.2 million feet of kiln space, and each year produces approximately 54 million board feet of eastern white pine, Appalachian red oak, white oak, and poplar, all procured out of the Appalachian Mountain chain. From our humble beginnings selling to local builders, we now ship our products across the United States and export throughout the world.
“The company is the result of the efforts of a lot of people. There are a lot of people who do not have Parton as a last name that have been instrumental in the success of Parton Lumber Company. A lot of what you will see today is the result of these people’s efforts.” – Carl Parton, Former Owner
