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Company History: Burks Beverage
A.D. Burks opened the Dr Pepper plant in 1931
The Dr Pepper Bottling
Co. of Dyersburg was
founded in 1935 by the late A.D. Burks, grandfather of current company
president W. Eddie Burks. A.D. Burks
was joined in the business by the late Waymon
Burks, father of W. Eddie Burks, and the late Lynn Burks.
W.E. Burks was elected president in 1969 and began serving as
CEO.
In 1971, W.E. Burks purchased the Pepsi-Cola franchise.
In 1987, Ben Edwards joined the company as the Vice President
of Marketing. Today he is currently
the Vice President, but also the Chief Operating Officer.
The fourth generation of the company, Mary K. Burks, joined
the business in 2004 after graduating from the University of Tennessee
Knoxville with a business degree. She is currently the Director of
Marketing for the company.
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