Jasper Hemphill received the Governor’s Volunteer Service Award earlier this year.

Service with a smile is more than a motto at Timberwoods Family Restaurant; it’s a way of doing business.

Take away the green beans, replace them with either cole slaw or pinto beans, and you’ve got one of my favorite Timberwoods’ meals — country-s…

Timberwoods owner Phil Scarboro (far left) and staff members during a recent lunch shift at Timberwoods Family Restaurant. From left are Marsh…

Drexel’s Phil Brendel enjoys a four-item vegetable plate for lunch on a recent afternoon at Timberwoods Family Restaurant.

Phil Scarboro, owner of Timberwoods Family Restaurant for the past quarter of a century, stands proudly in the dining room of the Morganton re…