In a follow up to the report linked below, Deer Valley Homebuilders, which a corporate source there says is a formerly publicly traded company that used the DVLY symbol, announced their new senior management positions in the wake of the tragic loss of Charles “Chet” Murphree.
According to their media release, Deer Valley said the following.
Deer Valley Restructures Senior Management
Mr. Joey Aycock will be promoted into the position of Executive Vice President and General Manager, with primary responsibility for both daily operations and sales and marketing. Joey has over 25 years of experience in the manufactured housing industry in a variety of leadership roles. In 2004, Mr. Aycock was one of the founders of the company and has served as Vice President and Director of Sales since 2015.
Mr. Steve Lawler will add the position of President and continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer. This expanded capacity covers several operational duties and responsibilities of the company’s corporate strategy and strategic business development, as well as full responsibility for financial reporting and managing the company’s financial performance. Mr. Lawler was one of the founders of the company and has served as served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2004.
The Board of Directors issued the following statement: “We are greatly saddened by the recent passing of Chet. The entire Deer Valley family, as well as the many people he worked with and mentored over the years, mourns this loss. Chet led our company with intelligence, integrity and passion. The contributions he made to the transformation of our business cannot be measured. Chet’s impact on Deer Valley and the communities we serve will forever be felt. On behalf of our management team and employees, we extend our deepest sympathies to Chet’s family.
The promotion of Steve to President and CFO and Joey to Executive Vice President and General Manager is the culmination of several years of internal planning. Both of 
About Deer Valley
Deer Valley designs and manufacture factory-built homes marketed through a network of independent dealers, builders, developers and government agencies located primarily in the southeastern and southcentral regions of the United States. The Company is dedicated to building premier heavily constructed high-quality, energy-efficient homes for our valued homebuyer.”
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Per a source at Deer Valley, “Some sources will still show DVLY stock since a very small percentage of the stock remains with outsiders and those shares are technically still registered but the number of shares and shareholders is so few we are considered private with no SEC reporting.”
Deer Valley has long been known for building upper end HUD Code manufactured homes, as well as modular-coded housing. An example of one of their promotional videos is posted below.
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By L.A. “Tony” Kovach – for MHLivingNews.com.
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