inc. type private industry lumber founded 1970 headquarters abbeville alabama u.s. key people james w. rane president and chief executive officer william ray chief financial officer mark callender chief operating officer revenue 620 million usd 2004 number of employees 750 2004 website greatsouthernwood.com great southern wood preserving inc. based in abbeville alabama is a manufacturer of lumber products . founded in 1970 great southern wood has 15 plants located in alabama arkansas florida georgia mississippi missouri louisiana maryland virginia pennsylvania and texas . 1 history edit great southern wood preserving inc. was founded in 1970 near dothan in abbeville alabama and today is one of the largest producers of lumber in both the united states and the southeast united states . the company was founded by james w. jimmy rane and has grown from one facility in abbeville to 15 . in 1976 the company opened its second lumber production facility in mobile alabama . references edit great southern wood s plants external links edit great southern wood s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title great southern wood & oldid 647133879 categories companies based in abbeville alabamaprivately held companies based in alabama navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 18 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view