This cherry wood ink pen was hand turned from a tree grown in Lawrence County, Mississippi by Jimmy Tyrone, the lay leader at Monticello United Methodist Church.  

The wood was rescued by a logger who saw it lying in someone's yard and asked to buy it.  The tree was given to him for removing it.  He cut it into 1-inch boards and air cured it for two years.

Mr Tyrone acquired the wood from the logger, Larry Williamson.

The pen has been laser engraved with the United Methodist Cross & Flame.