DALLAS - Golden Blount started in the fireplace business in 1970. He began first as a manufacturers’ rep working for fireplace-related companies, as well many hardware, lawn, and garden manufacturers.

The fireplace business, though, was always his favorite. He represented many firms, including Puritan, Glofire, Hearthcraft, Thermorite, Seymour, Trueheat, Duravent, Metal-fab, and Heat-N-Glo. His business quickly evolved into a distributorship as well, and in the early 1980s, he began to import toolsets and screens from Taiwan.

He developed and began importing some of the first glass doors to come from Taiwan in the late 1980s, and by the early 1990s, began manufacturing these domestically in Dallas. Today, his company is one of the top manufacturers of gas logs and gas fireplaces in the industry—selling Golden Blount products across the U.S. to many of the top fireplace specialty shops in the country.
 
Golden Blount was a hardworking, extremely competitive man, who worked with his wife and two sons and many longtime employees—right up until his death at 85 years old. Golden Blount passed away Thursday, March 6th at 8:00 a.m., about an hour before his 34th HPBA EXPO was to open.

He left behind many close friends in this industry he loved so dearly. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Julie, his two sons, James and Steve, five grandchildren, and his two dogs, Phoebe and Sarah.