Blossman Gas history

John Blossman retained the young managers his father hired in the mid 1960’s, Bob Mayer and Al Allen.

In 1969, Woodrow Blossman asked his son, John Blossman, to join the company.

The federal government lifted energy controls in 1981 (Regan-era) and Blossman Gas took a leadership role in the propane industry in the Southeast.

The 1990s began on a sad note, Blossman Gas founder and Chairman E.W. Blossman passed away on February 26, 1990.

In 1991, with the company committed to capitalizing on the potential in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and eventually Virginia, current CEO and President Stuart Weidie, also John Blossman’s stepson, joined the company.

In 1996, leadership pinpointed the company’s growth potential toward the northern half of Alabama and Georgia, the western half of North Carolina, and the eastern section of Tennessee.

With a strong austerity program in place and a cold winter season, the company regained strong footing by the year 2000.

With President Bob Mayer’s “final” retirement in the summer of 2001, the Board named Stuart Weidie President, and much like John Blossman in his early years, Weidie led a full scale analysis of opportunities for future growth, and created the vision for the new decade ahead.

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, severely impacting thousands in in the US, including Blossman’s home office in Ocean Springs, MS, and 15 other southeastern branches, leaving employees homeless and shutting down the company’s computer network.

In 2007, the Board named David Reynolds Chief Operating Officer.

On March 30, 2009, John Blossman passed away following a long, courageous battle with cancer, leaving the entire company in mourning for one of the “kindest men who ever lived”, as the Blossman family knew him.

Taken from a historic video made for the company’s 60th anniversary in 2011, Blossman said, “My objective was to create the work environment where employees could develop their full potential.

In 2012, Blossman expanded into the Miami, FL market with its acquisition of Green Tech Energy Solutions.

Blossman Services, Inc. became the exclusive United States distributor of Westport’s Prins Autogas products, and in October of 2014, Alliance AutoGas and Blossman Services, Inc. opened their Alliance AutoGas Research & Development Center in Asheville, NC.