LARRY AND HIS WIFE LINDA HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE 1978. THEY HAVE TWO SONS MICHEAL AND PRESTON. THEY ARE PAPA AND GRAN TO COLBY, HARLEE, DYLAN, JASE AND CHAMBLEE. DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION WAS FOUNDED IN 1986 IN KENNESAW,GA WHERE LARRY AND LINDA LIVED WITH THEIR TWO SONS. LARRY HAD WORKED AS A MASON BY THE HOUR FOR MANY YEARS BUT ONE DAY HE DECIDED HE NEEDED A CHANGE. LARRY STEPPED OUT ON A LEAP OF FAITH AND FOLLOWED HIS DREAM TO BUILD SOMETHING TO BETTER HIS FAMILY AND TO BE PROUD OF SOMETHING FOR HIS FAMILY TO BE PROUD OF AND THAT‘S WHERE IT ALL BEGAN WITH HIM, HIS TRUCK AND 1 HELPER.. BY THE EARLY - MID 90’s DC HAD GROWN FAR BEYOND HE IMAGINED AND LARRY’S DREAMS WERE NOW REALITY.. BUT ALL OF THIS DIDN‘T COME WITHOUT SACRIFICE THERE WERE MISSED FAMILY EVENTS, VACATIONS, SPECIAL OCCASSIONS AND THERE WERE A LOT OF LONG NIGHTS SPENT IN HIS OFFICE PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DAY OR JOB… BUT HE HAD DONE WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO AND MORE.. IN 2000 HE MOVED TO THE FAMILY FARM IN ALABAMA BUT HE CONTINUED TO MAKE THAT DRIVE TO ATLANTA 5-6 DAYS A WEEK LIKE CLOCKWORK…. AS OF TODAY DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION HAS HAD MORE THAN 100 EMPLOYEES AND LARRY HAS BUILT MORE BUILDINGS IN THE METRO ATLANTA AREA THAN WE COULD COUNT.. IN LATE 2022 MUCH TO EVERYONES SURPRISE LARRY CAME HOME AND ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AND EVERYONE THOUGHT NO WAY BUT BY THE HOLIDAYS HE CAME HOME LAID THE TROWEL AND THE INFAMOUS NOTEBOOK FULL OF PLANS DOWN AND THAT WAS IT…. LARRY IS ENJOYING RETIREMENT TRAVELING WITH LINDA, ENJOYING TIME WITH ALL THE GRANDKIDS, TAKING CARE OF HIS COWS AND FINDING PROJECTS TO DO ON THE FARM… BUT LARRY DID WHAT HE SET OUT TO DO AND MORE AND HAS BUILT SOMETHING THAT HIS FAMILY IS PROYD OF BUT MORE SO PROUD OF HIM!
MICHEAL IS THE OLDEST OF LARRY AND LINDA’S SONS. HE HAS BEEN A COMMON FACE AROUND DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION SINCE DAY ONE. AS JUST A LITTLE BOY IF HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORK WITH HIS DADDY HE WENT. MICHEAL AND HIS WIFE TIFFANY HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE 2002, THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN COLBY AND HARLEE AND THEY ARE THE BEYOND PROUD PAPAW AND YAYA TO THEIR FIRST GRANDBABY COYE. THEY TOO LIVE IN ALABAMA ON THEIR FARM JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM LARRY AND LINDA’S. IN 1998 MICHEAL BECAME A FULL TIME PROJECT MANAGER OVERSEEING HIS OWN PROJECTS AND CREWS DOING WHAT HE DID BEST BUILD. IN 2008 WHEN THE ECONOMY TOOK A MAJOR HIT AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALL BUT CAME TO A STANDSTILL MICHEAL STEPPED ASIDE AND BUILT CHICKEN HOUSES ON HIS FARM TO GROW CHICKENS FOR KOCH’S FOODS. DURING THIS SAME TIME HE ALSO STARTED A FORESTRY MULCHING & GRADING BUSINESS WHICH GAVE HIM THE CHANCE TO BUILD A GOOD CLIENT BASE AND MANY NEW BUSINESS ORIENTED RELATIONSHIPS. IT WAS ALWAYS THOUGHT MICHEAL WOULD TAKE OVER DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION WHEN LARRY RETIRED BUT WHEN THE TIME CAME HE DECLINED BUT AFTER A LOT OF THOUGHT AND TALKING WITH HIS SON COLBY ABOUT HIS FUTURE PLANS HE COULDN’T STAND THE THOUGHT OF SOMETHING HIS DADDY HAD BUILT AND WORKED SO HARD FOR THE LAST ALMOST 40 YEARS FOR HIS FAMILY JUST SHUT THE DOORS FOR GOOD WHEN AT THE SAME TIME IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THE PLAN AND DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION WAS ONE REASON HE IS WHO HE IS AND THE MAN HE‘S BECOME. PLUS COLBY HAD ALWAYS DREAMED OF OWNING DC ONCE HIS DAD RETIRED SO AFTER SOME PLANNING, CHANGES AND RELOCATING DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION AND SUGAR CREEK FARMS LAND SERVICES MERGED TOGETHER TO CONTINUE AS DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION, LLC WHICH IS NOW LOCATED IN BALLPLAY, ALABAMA MICHEAL IS THE SECOND GENERATION OWNER OF DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION WITH HIS FIRST EVER BUSINESS PARTNER (and the last he says) -> ->
COLBY IS THE SON OF MICHEAL AND TIFFANY AND THE OLDEST OF LARRY AND LINDA’S GRANDCHILDREN. HE IS A 2021 HONORS GRADUATE AND THE SALUTATORIAN OF HIS GRADUATING CLASS. COLBY AND MARY-KATE MOVED INTO THEIR FIRST HOME IN 2022 AND ARE PROUD PARENTS TO THEIR NEWBORN SON COYE. COLBY HAS BEEN ON CONSTRUCTION SITES AND FARMS HIS ENTIRE LIFE. HE HAS BEEN GOING TO WORK WITH HIS PAPA AND HIS DADDY SINCE HE COULD WALK AND TALK AND HASN’T STOPPED WORKING SINCE. HE IS AN OLD SOUL THAT HAS A HUGE HEART, STRONG VALUES, HE BRINGS NEW IDEAS, MORE CONVENIENT USES OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND A FRIENDLY SMILE TO THE TEAM. COLBY HAS KNOWN SINCE A YOUNG AGE THAT HE WANTED TO WORK IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND HE WANTED TO BE THE 3rd GENERATION OWNER OF DC AND THE CHICKEN FARMING AND COWS ARE JUST A WAY OF LIFE TO HIM . PEOPLE HAVE ASKED COLBY WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD SOMEONE AS SMART AS HE IS NOT GOT TO COLLEGE AND FURTHER HIS EDUCATION AND ' AS COLBY DEVOTIE WOULD SAY “FIRST OF ALL COLLEGE ISN’T FOR EVERYONE AND IT TAKES ALL TYPES OF PEOPLE TO KEEP THE WORLD GOING. BUT IT DEPENDS ON TRADESPEOPLE LIKE MYSELF TO KEEP THE WORLD FED, CLOTHED, AND SHELTERED…SOMEONE HAS TO GROW THE NEEDED MATERIALS TO MAKE OR BUILD EVERYTHING PEOPLE NEED OR WANT TO BUY THAT STUFF DOESN‘T HAPPEN TO JUST POP UP IN THE STORES ITS THE BLUE COLLAR PEOPLE LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY AND ALL OTHER TRADESPEOPLE THAT KEEP US ALL GOING. BESIDES THAT COLLEGE JUST ISN’T FOR ME…” THIS SWEET YOUNG COUPLE HAVE AN AMAZING FUTURE AHEAD OF THEM WE WILL SEE THEM DO GREAT THINGS. COLBY IS HIS DADS BUSINESS PARTNER AND THE THIRD GENERATION OWNER OF DEVOTIE CONSTRUCTION.
GEORGE F. WILL