Franklin farm life Lindsey family enjoys peaceful rural living
Story and photos by ALISON JAMES
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or Deanni and Willie Lindsey and their four children, farm life is the best life. Lindsey Family Farm and Custom Milling, located in the Frog Pond area, is home to the Franklin natives and children Hunter, 16, Crimson, 15, Will, 12, and Wyatt, 11. They’ve dabbled in
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most farming ventures over the years – working cattle, cutting hay, raising sheep and goats – but these days their primary industries are chickens, horses, a vegetable garden and the sawmill. Poultry houses have been a mainstay for the family since the 1970s, when Deanni’s father built his first chicken house in 1979 – two years before she was born. After the couple married in
2001, they worked with her father for about 10 years before taking over the poultry operation from him. Working three chicken houses for Pilgrim’s might be the bread and butter of their farm life – or at least, it was, until Willie discovered a love for sawmill work in 2021. “I like being able to take something raw, like a log, and turn it into some-
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