About Our Business
Taylor Bedding Company, a 105-year-old manufacturer of fine sleep products, offers incredible beds using the latest
technology and components. Taylor Bedding continues to make Morning Glory brand and manufactures Lady
Americana brand. With its unique, patented Ameri-Spring and Ameri-Guard construction, and a host of foam-encased
products, Lady Americana represents the best in value in America today. We offer LATEX, VISCO ELASTIC MEMORY
FOAM & AIR TECHNOLOGY BEDS.
Taylor Bedding Company, a 105-year-old manufacturer of fine sleep products, offers incredible beds using the latest
technology and components. Taylor Bedding continues to make Morning Glory brand and manufactures Lady
Americana brand. With its unique, patented Ameri-Spring and Ameri-Guard construction, and a host of foam-encased
products, Lady Americana represents the best in value in America today. We offer LATEX, VISCO ELASTIC MEMORY
FOAM & AIR TECHNOLOGY BEDS.
 | |  | |  | |  | |  | |  |
Current Events - January 2008
Founded by D.F. Forwood & his family, Taylor Bedding Company in 1900 as a way to
use the cotton produced on the family's plantation. The Forwoods developed their mattress
business, and in 1914 acquired the location where the company still manufactures today.
"The Forwood family was very entrepreneurial", says Rodney Frazier, CEO & President
of Taylor Bedding. "They succeeded in developing a mattress business, which was very
small - basically just three people."
The company diversified into several other businesses and products through the years,
including pillows and other bedding accessories. Forwood invented a way to make cotton
fire retardant and won a contract to produce bedding for the troops during World War II.
During World War II, the company made $43 million a year and employed 1,100 people.
In 1991, the family liquidated the company, and Rodney Frazier purchased the mattress
portion and company name.
Currently, the manufacturer generates $17 million in annual mattress sales, produces in
excess of 1,000 pieces a day and employs approximately 80 people.
"Our success is attributed to being able to offer consumers the highest quality at a
recognized value," Rodney said.
Rodney worked with his parents at a mattress company in New Orleans before
purchasing Taylor Bedding. In 2000, he merged the two companies.
His son Ray, who works with him, will someday take over the family business, he said.
Ray will be the third generation Frazier to manufacture bedding. "It's in our blood," Rodney
said. "Very few companies ever get to reach a million dollars, much less tens of millions.
Statistically, companies that are third generation, as we are, are very rare, and we are set
up to go beyond three generations. That allows us to maintain continuity and focus and achieve our mission statement, which is to provide high-quality
bedding to the American people at a good price."
Through the years the company has had its challenges, he said. "It is a difficult business to be in because it is extremely competitive and labor intensive,"
Rodney said.
Taylor Bedding products are sold at retailers in 5 states - including Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, & Mississippi.
The company has a full hospitality division that services hotels and motels in the Southwest and a government services division, which supplies
mattresses to the United States government. "People sleeping in hotels or motels in the Southwest are more likely to sleep on one of our mattresses than
anyone else's," Rodney said.
use the cotton produced on the family's plantation. The Forwoods developed their mattress
business, and in 1914 acquired the location where the company still manufactures today.
"The Forwood family was very entrepreneurial", says Rodney Frazier, CEO & President
of Taylor Bedding. "They succeeded in developing a mattress business, which was very
small - basically just three people."
The company diversified into several other businesses and products through the years,
including pillows and other bedding accessories. Forwood invented a way to make cotton
fire retardant and won a contract to produce bedding for the troops during World War II.
During World War II, the company made $43 million a year and employed 1,100 people.
In 1991, the family liquidated the company, and Rodney Frazier purchased the mattress
portion and company name.
Currently, the manufacturer generates $17 million in annual mattress sales, produces in
excess of 1,000 pieces a day and employs approximately 80 people.
"Our success is attributed to being able to offer consumers the highest quality at a
recognized value," Rodney said.
Rodney worked with his parents at a mattress company in New Orleans before
purchasing Taylor Bedding. In 2000, he merged the two companies.
His son Ray, who works with him, will someday take over the family business, he said.
Ray will be the third generation Frazier to manufacture bedding. "It's in our blood," Rodney
said. "Very few companies ever get to reach a million dollars, much less tens of millions.
Statistically, companies that are third generation, as we are, are very rare, and we are set
up to go beyond three generations. That allows us to maintain continuity and focus and achieve our mission statement, which is to provide high-quality
bedding to the American people at a good price."
Through the years the company has had its challenges, he said. "It is a difficult business to be in because it is extremely competitive and labor intensive,"
Rodney said.
Taylor Bedding products are sold at retailers in 5 states - including Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Colorado, & Mississippi.
The company has a full hospitality division that services hotels and motels in the Southwest and a government services division, which supplies
mattresses to the United States government. "People sleeping in hotels or motels in the Southwest are more likely to sleep on one of our mattresses than
anyone else's," Rodney said.
