Our Company History
The Dockery family has a
long history in the floor covering business.
A. M. Dockery founded the parent company, Dockery Floor
Covering, Inc. in 1961. Dockery
Floor Covering initially served the residential construction
industry as well as homeowner floor covering needs of the
Tri-Cities area. Three
retail locations were eventually opened.
Soon after entering the
retail floor covering business a commercial division was formed.
An acoustical ceiling division was quickly added.
Window treatments for both residential and commercial
applications were soon to follow.
A. M. Dockery’s children
soon joined the workforce at Dockery Floor Covering.
Paula Dockery began clerical and office work in 1976 and
was soon overseeing all office operations.
Ed Dockery came on board in 1977 and headed the
commercial division.
Steve Dockery began working in retail sales in 1983
before joining the commercial division in 1985.
E. S. Dockery, Inc. was
formed in 1992 when Ed and Steve Dockery purchased the
commercial division of Dockery Floor Coverings.
Paula joined E. S. Dockery in 1994 serving as Office
Manager. Keith
Tolley also joined the E. S. Dockery team in 1994 as Estimator
and Project Manager. The
third generation of the Dockery family is now onboard and are
rapidly working their way up through the ranks.
The new company operated at
2313 Knob Creek Road before moving all operations to the new
facility at 254 Christian Church Road in Gray, TN
E.
S. Dockery, Inc. currently operates within a 150-mile radius of
Johnson City, TN including Northeast Tennessee, Southwest
Virginia, Southeast Kentucky and Northwest North Carolina |
