The Southern Christmas Tree Association
Officers and Directors
Past President / Parliamentarian
​Steve Mannhard
Fish River Trees
13982 Wood Haven Dairy Rd. E.
Summerdale, Al 36580
x251x988x8114x
xFishRiverTrees@GulfTel.comX
President
​​Kevin Steele, Sr.
Steele's Christmas Tree Farm
56459 Dollar Road
Angie, LA 70426
x985x966x1041x
xSheridanRN@Yahoo.comx
Alabama
Extension Director
Dr. Jeremy Pickens
Extension Specialist
Auburn University
P.O. Box 8276
Mobile, AL 36689
x251x342x2366x
xJeremy.Pickens@Auburn.edux
Senior Vice-President
​​Wesley Bass
Bass Christmas Tree Farm
​103 Riley Road
Columbia, MS 39429
x601x731x8232x
xBassTreeFarm@Gmail.comx
Officers
2024 - 2025
Directors
2023-2024
​Appointment
2024-2025
Alabama Director
(2024 interm)
​Ray Gilbert
Gilbert Christmas Tree Farm
1230 County Road 296
Lanett, AL 36863
x706x585x5306x
xGilbertTreeFarm@Gmail.comx
Louisiana Director
Bentley Curry
Curry Farms
548 Robinson Road
Rayville, LA 71269
x318x366x3575x
xBentleyCurry@AOL.comx
Louisiana Director
​Gray Anderson
Grant Christmas Tree Farm
716 Whitaker Road
Grant, LA 70644
x337x789x3072x
xGrantFarms1983@gmail.comx
Louisiana
Extension Director
Dr. ​Valerie West
Area Forestry Agent
LSU Ag Center
204 Burt Boulevard
Benton, LA 71006
318x965x2326
Mississippi
Extension Director
Dr. Joshua Granger
Assistant Professor
Mississippi State University
Department of Forestry
Thompson Hall, Box 9681
Mississippi State, MS 39762
x662.325.0596x
xJoshua.J.Granger@msstate.edux

Mississippi Director
​Brittany Anderson
Talson Farms
88 Arnold Pryor Road
Laurel, MS 39443
x601x433x4794x
xTalsonOutdoors@hotmail.comx
Mississippi Director
​Lowell Worthey
Worthey Tree Farm
60025 Worthey Lane
Amory, MS 38821
x662x305x2545x
xLowellWorthey@yahoo.comx
Alabama Director
Michael Duncan
Neely Farms
275 Dakota Road
Thorsby, AL 35171
x205x389x1832x
xNeelyFarmsTrees@Gmail.comx
Vice-President
Jacob Wadsworth
Wadsworth Christmas Tree Farm
3247 Dexter Road
Wetumpka, AL 36092
x334x207x5981x
xJWadswor@icloud.comx
NCTA Representative
​Bentley Curry
Curry Farms
548 Robinson Road
Rayville, LA 71269
x318x366x3575x
xBentleyCurry@AOL.comx
Executive Secretary
Michael Buchart
5444 Lost Oak Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 USA
Telephone: x225x505x6335x; E-mail:xsctaes@gmail.comx
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