The Navarro Family
The Navarro Family has been a strong part of the Smithville community for six generations. Our Company was started fifty years ago by Joe Navarro Jr. and has been in operation continuously as a family owned business ever since.We started out building KOA facilities nationwide and have been building a variety of projects ever since. These have included bed and breakfasts, hotels, retreats, and a diocese as well as cabins and homes for families all over Texas. Our clients have included the King Ranch, Bill Carter of Carter Country Guns,David Anderson and family,Ray Yates and family, Monty & Nettie Kalogeras, Safari Shooting School, and many others.
Family Owned and Family Operated
Joe & Abbie Navarro incorporated Rustic Cedar Cabins of Texas, Inc. in 2002. They have devoted their time to growing this company into what it has become today. Every aspect of this company has been improved to offer a quality product for our Texas customers. They promise customer service and quality product to all their customers. We took this company over in hopes to build a strong company that would service our community, our state and that would bring pride to our father and to our families. So far we believe we have succeeded in all that we have set out to do. We have goals to continue growing so that we may service more jobs for our community at decent wages and offer a great product for all of our Texas customers who want a quality product for a reasonable price. We believe “Custom built cabins with Texas pride” says it all. Although they spend most hours building projects all over Texas they have also devoted their lives to raising six beautiful children in Smithville, Texas.
Our Family - Joe Anthony and Chris have both moved onto the family business. Lauren is attending college. Logan graduated from Smithville High School in June
2009 and has enlisted with the United States Coast Guard. Justin and Ashton are both attending Smithville High School and working part time for the family business.
We have been blessed with a beautiful family who pride themselves in their goals and aspirations in life.
Joe Navarro Jr. has been building cabins out of Smithville, Texas for 50 years. His son has worked by his side over the years since he was approximately 13years old and still in Smithville JH.
In the afternoons after school Joe Navarro III swept floors in the shop. Through high school he spent many days driving materials to the jobs all over Texas and surrounding areas when he was able to leave school
or his football and baseball program for the Smithville Tigers. He moved up to the cut man and worked on the jobsites most summers and after school. He traveled all over with his dad delivering
materials and taking care of customers. After he graduated from Smithville high school Joe III tried different jobs in oil field all over Texas and Colorado which of course he excelled at and he
did his best to provide for his new family. It wasn’t long that he found himself back at the company he knew so well at his dad’s side. Joe has worked long and hard to accomplish ownership of
this company, to make his dad proud and to offer his family the wonderful life they have today.
Shown here is John Frank with his Grandpa Navarro working hard to run lining for the interior walls of one of the cabins being built. John Frank has worked for this company since
graduating from Smithville High School and is a crew leader on the job sites as well as at the shop when needed. John Frank and his Grandpa, Joe Jr. have also worked side by side
for many years. Joe Jr. has given many of his grandchildren the opportunity to learn the old style construction ways that have possibly been lost along the way. The Navarro family
has kept many of these lessons going strong with new lessons added for quality workmanship. We work hard and throw in our determination and love for this job into every project.
Our grandfather has made us proud to be a part of this company. We miss him.
