For many, the Jan. 26 announcement may have come as a sudden surprise, but Mincey Marble’s decision to move its operations away from its 40-year base was hardly one made overnight or in a vacuum. Early last year, company officials began seriously contemplating whether to pull up roots and move elsewhere or embark on another construction project with a new 100,750-square-foot plant across from the current one Browns Bridge Road. In a nutshell, president and CEO Donna Mincey “was looking at all her options, including rezoning,” spokesman John Vardeman said.