The retirement luncheon recognizing Jeff Watkins 45 years with the Cherokee County Farmers Coop became an all-around retirement event. Also noted were Rick Atkinson for his recent retirement and Lorrie Scott is retiring in two weeks.
Watkins recalled his first day in 1978, he was told to fill 90-pound burlap bags with soybeans, “By the end of the day I was thinking it might be my last day. I though…