Alabama native Marty Luffman has called the Smyrna area home for 48 years since he finished college in 1972.
He’s worked for the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, wrote the state’s first equine trail guide, competed in rodeos, helped to create the 23.1-mile Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail and sold insurance for 45 years.

“It’s an honor and a privilege, at my age, to have a legacy like this that I can leave,” said Luffman, 72, who was recognized by the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce for his longtime insurance business last September.

On Aug. 3, the Antioch resident celebrated another life milestone: he went home to his ranch in Cane Ridge after an 81-day stay at a physical rehabilitation facility following a near-fatal car crash on March 6.
