Welcome back William! I live in Little Rock, and can buy really nice compost from the city for about $25 a ton. It does have the occasional shredded leaf bag in it, but it's nice and black and ready to go. Check with your town, or a larger one nearby to see if they compost yard waste. It seems like a chore, but I guess you could bring it up there from LR. Anyway, it's much better than the bagged stuff sold in the big box stores which is usually half sand. Oh yeah, there's a private company in North Little Rock called American Composting that will deliver if you order enough. That seems like it would be pricey to haul it up there. I'm sure you can find someone much closer.

Paul gave you my best idea.. local towns sometimes compost their leaves. Ft. Smith has compost available at their landfill site. We've been using it for the past several years as well as mulch when we can get it.