Robert Milton Walters, Jr., 44, of Andrew Jackson Highway, Laurel Hill, died after a tree fell on him, according to a Robeson County sheriff's report.
Walters was working at 208 Jam Drive, Parkton when a rope supporting a tree snapped, the report said. The tree fell on Walters, who was cutting the base of the tree.
He was taken by EMS to Southeastern Regional Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
He was the owner of Robert's Tree Service in Laurinburg.
His wife, Hilary, said Walters had been working in lumber trade since he was 16.
"He was doing something he loved and something he was very good at," she said. "He loved tree work."
Paul Blackwelder, the owner of another tree removal company, says he worked with Robert Walters a number of times and found he was an honest businessman.
"The times I've dealt with him, everything has gone smooth and easy," Blackwelder said.
Robert Walters went to Texas last year with two of his employees as a contractor in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.
Robert's Tree Service also helped clean up East Laurinburg in June of 2008 after a storm downed trees and blocked roads. The town would later seek the state's help on who should pay Walter's business for the $145,000 clean up.
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