About Us

Three generations of the Younkin family are involved in the daily operation of Greenlawn Homes, working in manufactured housing retail centers in Columbus, Lockbourne, Washington Court House and Chillicothe, Ohio. Family members are also owners and managing partners in twelve land-lease communities and have developed a modular subdivision east of Columbus in Baltimore, Ohio

The family business began in 1947 under the name of Greenlawn Trailer Sales, Inc. The founders of our family business were the late Floyd E. Younkin and his wife, Mary Irene. Mary is still actively involved in the manufactured housing business.

Both Floyd and Mary were innovators in our industry.  Floyd is even credited with demonstrating to Redman Homes the then-revolutionary idea that a bath tub could be included in a manufactured home. Floyd and Irene were far ahead of their time in many areas, such as the building of land-lease communities. Thanks to them, our Columbus dealership is one of the oldest manufactured housing retailers in Ohio and is also the oldest continuously operating dealer for Redman Homes.  Scarlett Manor in Columbus was the first manufactured housing community in Ohio to have natural gas, curbs and sidewalks.

Floyd & Irene Younkin

Floyd Younkin also founded Dycom Industries, now listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Dycom has been a pioneer in fiber optics. Today, Ronald P. Younkin serves on the Dycom board of directors. Irene is still a major player in the fiber optics business.  

Floyd and Irene's son Ronald began working in the family business as a boy, taking a break only to serve in the Korea. Ron and his wife Linda took over the Columbus dealership in the 1980s and changed the name to Greenlawn Mobile Home Sales, Inc. They expanded the company to included dealerships in Washington Court House and Lockbourne.

Today, "the family business" begun by Floyd and Irene is one of the largest dealerships in the United States.

Ron is also President of several other Ohio dealerships, including:

• Shawnee Homes LLC in Chillicothe
• Greenlawn Home Center in Lockbourne
  

    Greenlawn Mobile Home Sales, Inc. also operates:

• 2 Service Centers
• Greenlawn Parts Warehouse at Lockbourne
• Southern Ohio Home Service Center in Chillicothe
  

Ron takes an active daily leadership roles in the management of all his business properties, but he's never too busy to talk with customers and his valued employees.

Brian P. Younkin

Ron and Linda's son Brian is the third generation in this proud family business. Brian worked his way up by holding various positions including Retail Sales Manager at Columbus before assuming his senior management position. Brian continues the family tradition as an active participant on various committees and other positions of the Ohio Manufactured Housing Association.