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The Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA) recently recognized three member companies and one individual for outstanding contributions to the Association and the industry with the ‘2025 Industry Achievement Awards’.
AMHA Executive Director J.D. Harper congratulated the recipients, saying: “The AMHA Achievement Awards recognize companies and individuals which have demonstrated dedicated service and unwavering support to the factory-built housing industry in Arkansas and to those Arkansas families that choose manufactured homes as their source of affordable home ownership.vThese award winners and their personnel have shown outstanding support and commitment to the industry and the Association in Arkansas over the past year. It is truly fitting that they are recognized with organization’s 2025 Achievement Awards.”
The awards were announced during the organization’s Annual Meeting & Convention – October 22-23 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs, Arkansas
This year’s honorees are:
Wilson Homes of Arkansas in Searcy was recently named the 2025 ‘Retail Sales Center of the Year’ by the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA)
ABOUT WILSON HOMES OF ARKANSAS…
The manufactured home retail sales facility, located on a six acre site at 1208 Eastline Drive in Searcy, received the award in recognition of outstanding service to the industry, the organization and the community.
Established in 2007, Wilson Homes of Arkansas is a family-owned business operated by L.V. Wilson, Martha Taylor, Landon Wilson and Melissa Keeney. The company has a staff of four and sells homes produced by Champion Homes of Tennessee, Hamilton Home Builders, Prime Homes of Kentucky, Timber Creek Homes and TRUmh.
The business has earned a sterling reputation for its unparalleled commitment to customer satisfaction. The company and its personnel have repeatedly received recognition for ‘Excellence in Customer Service’ from home manufacturers and financial services providers.
The staff at Wilson Homes of Arkansas participates in educational workshops and training programs presented by the state’s regulatory agency, home manufacturers, lending institutions and insurance providers.
The business and its personnel support an impressive number of charitable organizations, philanthropic efforts and school programs in the community as well, including:
Optimist International and the Optimist Club of Searcy
Searcy High School Lion Foundation and Lion Backers Booster Club
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Searcy Festival – ‘Get Down Downtown’
Center Hill Cemetery Association
Center Hill Volunteer Fire Department
White County Samaritans
Mr. Wilson is active in industry, as a long-time member of the Association’s Board of Directors. He is active in community affairs as well and currently serves as Governor of the Tennessee-Arkansas District of Optimist International.
(L to R) L.V. Wilson, Martha Taylor and Landon Wilson of Wilson Homes of Arkansas in Searcy accept AMHA’s 2025 Sales Center of the Year Award.
Clayton – Savannah of Savannah, Tennessee – a division of Berkshire-Hathaway’s Clayton Home Building Group subsidiary – was named the 2025 ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ by the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA)
The award was announced during the organization’s Annual Meeting and Convention, held October 22-23 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs.
ABOUT CLAYTON HOMES – SAVANNAH…
Established in 1981, Clayton – Savannah produces and markets quality housing at affordable prices through corporate-owned and independent retail locations to home buyers in 15 states throughout the Southeast. The company employs more than 220 workers in its state-of-the-art 420,000 square-foot production facility, located on a 50 acre site in Savannah (Hardin County). The company produces nearly 2,500 new homes each year.
Clayton – Savannah consistently ranks as one of the leading producers of new HUD-Code manufactured homes shipped into the state of Arkansas each year. The facility led all builders of manufactured homes in homes shipped into the state in 2018, 2019 and again in 2020.
Scott Smotherman serves as sales manager for the company and Blake Gibbs is the territory sales representative for Arkansas.
(L to R) Scott Smotherman, brand experience manager and Blake Gibbs, customer success manager for Clayton – Savannah, TN accept AMHA’s Manufacturer of the Year Award.
Who will be named the 2025 ‘Factory Sales Representative of the Year’
by the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA)?
Which provider of services or supplier of parts and supplies for manufactured homes will be named the
2025 ‘Supplier of the Year’ by the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association (AMHA).
Again this year, AMHA will recognize three member companies and one individual for outstanding contributions to the Association and the industry with the ‘2024 Industry Achievement Awards’. Honorees are chosen from nominees recommended by members of the organization.
Established in 1967, the Arkansas Manufactured Housing Association is dedicated to the protection and promotion of the state’s manufactured home industry through legislative representation, continuing industry education, public relations and communications efforts. AMHA members are businesses in all segments of the factory-built or site-delivered housing industry – including: manufacturers, retailers, community owners, suppliers, financial institutions, and developers.