Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 8828 • Between Turnrows After about ten years in the seed business, Carl was ready for even greater challenges and became the General Manager of Cullum Seeds. His son Kelly says, “Sherman was a lot more ‘hands on’ than Mr. Taylor; he was there working every day. Dad was his General Manager and Sherman was the Owner and CEO; Sherman did all of the visionary thinking and my dad ran the physical operation. They were very happy with that arrangement, and it made them very successful.” Local farmer and longtime Cullum customer David Wilson remembers what stood out to him when dealing with Carl. “There is a lot of competition in the seed business and not everyone conducts their business the same way. Seed treatments on rice can really affect germination and not everyone puts as heavy a rate on the seed as Carl does. He’d rather spend more money to make sure the treatment is right than run the risk of not having enough. He thinks about the farmer first.” Keith “Pig” Houchin is another longtime Cullum customer and friend of Carl Phipps. “I first met Carl when he worked for Mr. Taylor,” Houchin says. “He has always been a go-getter, always moving. If a farmer ever got in a bind he knew he could call Carl and if it could be done, Carl would get it done.” Former Armor Production Manager and farmer Jason McGee remembers Carl as always in motion. “When I was a kid sometimes we would catch a bumblebee in a Coke bottle and shake it to really get the bee stirred up, then let him out,” McGee says. “That’s what Carl is like all the time. He’s that bumblebee turned out of the bottle! He’s one of the hardest working, most ethical men I have ever been around in Carl Phipps on a forklift living up to his reputation for “getting it done.”