Pit & Quarry, March 2015
OPERATIONS GROWING family Having started small family owned Conners Crushed Stone now operates five quarries near Waco Texas T he Conners family settled into the aggregate business by way of a spontaneous purchase at an auction Gary Conners patriarch and founder of Conners Crushed Stone brought home a vintage B Model Mack truck and another small steal a 1940sera rock crusher I didnt know the front from the back of that crusher son Scott Conners recalls Gary came to central Texas from the coalfields of northwestern Pennsylvania and sons Scott and Jeff insist the notion of getting back into the minerals business was always simmering in their fathers mind That was in 1989 Today Conners Crushed Stone is a multi quarry limestone operation with locations scattered within a 150 mile radius of Lott Texas a dot on the map along state Highway 77 in Falls County 25 miles south of Waco Gary Conners his wife Mary Helen sons Scott and Jeff and daughter in law Pam form the management team of Conners Crushed Stone The company has stayed family owned independent and competitive no small feat in an industry seeing buyouts and consolidations even among aggregate giants In 25 years the company has grown to five quarries and 100 pieces of equipment including six rock crushers and a workhorse fleet of 18 Volvo wheel loaders and two Volvo excavators The story of how the Conners have carved a living for themselves and 48 employees is a mix of happenstance necessity and a dose of down to earth values Thinking thrifty In 1964 Gary and Mary Helen were faced with overwhelming medical bills and no insurance for care for their eldest son who was born with BY AMY CROUSE 76 PIT QUARRY March 2015 www pitandquarry com
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