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The Lester Group, Martinsville, Va., has acquired and re-opened Taylor Brothers Lumber Co., Lynchburg, Va., from bankrupt Roper Brothers Lumber Co., Petersburg, Va. In December, Roper filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and shuttered its six yards, incliuding 58-year-old Taylor Brothers. Lester operates yards in Martinsville and Fredericksburg, Va., and four Fortress Wood Products treating plants [...]

The 84 Lumber store in Madison Heights is opening again and bringing 12 jobs with it. On Thursday, the store began receiving shipments to restock the store, which sells lumber and other materials, mainly to contractors building new homes. Jeff Nobers, 84 Lumber spokesman, said the store should be fully functional in a couple of [...]

Taylor Brothers, Inc., founded in Lynchburg in 1952, has closed for good. Roper Lumber, who bought the company in 2006, went bankrupt. The 29 employees only had a day and a half to prepare for the closure. The director of Roper Lumber says it was a combination of things such as poor management out of Petersburg, [...]