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 8834 • Between Turnrows ing” bean and rice fields pulling off-type plants. After the walking was done, Carl moved her to a job in the seed plant, and after about a month working there a position opened up in the office. Becky says, “I started doing inventory and typing letters. At that time, Mr. Sherman was chairman of the Arkansas State Plant Board, so I typed letters and letters and letters! “Back then we had ten-wheeler trucks for delivering seed, and we kept them rolling. I kept all the inventory on a ledger sheet. I remember speaking to Mr. Sherman and telling him if we were go- ing to keep up with it all, we were going to have to go to computers because there was just too much volume to keep up with on paper.” Brandy Grissom, another long-term Cullum employee, remembers what it was like working with Sherman and Linda as the company grew. “Back then we would have extremely, busy weeks and Mr. Sherman wanted all the employees to know, so he would double everyone’s paycheck that week,” she says. “We’d cook out, and everyone knew it was a double check week! “They were such great people to work for; Mrs. Linda had a desk in Mr. Sherman’s office. Mrs. Linda was a motherly figure to us all, especially the girls in the office. She made sure that we got everything the guys did. There were days when we would all be worn out and dragging and she would do something special like buy Chinese food for everyone. In our busy season we worked so many hours, and she would come in and check on us and just make sure we were all right. That really meant a lot.” Barry Walls has farmed west of Crowley’s Ridge his entire life. “We started doing business with Sherman in 1977, when he bought the company from Anderson Weld,” Walls says. “We bought seed from Sherman and before long we were growing Sherman Cullum in the straw hat, Carl Woodham, Barry Walls and a young Whit Walls in the white ballcap. Enjoying fellowship at a grower fishing trip hosted by Cullum Seeds.