Lauderdale County Cooperative had its beginnings in 1935, when farmers joined forces to provide a service and take advantage of an educational procedure – things no other organization was set up to do for them. Organizing into the Lauderdale
County Soil Conservation Association, these farmers began operation of terracing equipment, and handling materials for the new test-demonstration farm work being set up with the help of TVA and the Alabama agricultural extension
service. Gaining business experience in
the management of these two activities, and convinced that other services could be provided by working together, the membership in 1944 reorganized into the Lauderdale County Cooperative, adopting a constitution and by-laws that would permit expanding into additional services for farmers.
Store Management
Reggie Shook - General Manager
Sean Belew - Florence Store Manager
Larry Murphy - Elgin
Store Manager
Board of Directors
Lawrence Smith, Jr, President
A.L. Behel, Vice President
R.L. Behel
John Joe Eckl
E.L. Lawson
C.O. Haddock
Buster Thornton
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