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John Aaron originally purchased the land in the early 1900's. At his death the property was divided among several children. The youngest child, Retha Ellen Aaron (Age 82 today), married Lawson L. Rice and together they purchased most of the siblings interests and converted the farm into a cotton farm in 1956. In the early 1970's the farm was converted into a cattle farm where the Rice's raised some of the finest Black Angus cattle in Alabama. Lawson and Retha Rice had two sons Johnny and Donald who grew up on the farm. Both have a passion for horses, but it was the youngest son, Donald, who started to ride and show horses as a teenager and on into his college years. After college, with a wife and three children plus some 18 years, Donald returned to the family farm resulting from the death of his father in 1986, and built a new home. Donald continued the cattle farm started by his father, until early 2000 when he decided to transform it into a World Class Breeding Farm for Quarter Horses. When trying to decide the perfect name for the farm it was only appropriate that he would name it after his father (Double L). And because the original land came from his mothers side of the family it was also appropriate to name the stables after her maiden name (Aaron Stables). While living out a dream of raising Quarter Horses, Donald still continues to run his own Registered Investment Advisory Firm full-time in Birmingham, Alabama. |
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