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Davis grows family business
from 4 to 40 employees
Buck and Macy Davis with their children Paxton and Knox.
By Will Davis
publisher@mymcr.net
s the son of a
plumber, Will
“Buck” Davis of
Forsyth has been
working on pipes and toilets
since the day he learned to
walk.
When he was 13, his father
Ken Davis had to hire a
driver to take Buck to service
calls. After high school,
Davis earned an associates
degree in business manage
ment in 2009 with every
intention of helping his dad
grow the family business,
Davis Plumbing Co. But at
the same time, the economy
went into the proverbial
toilet.
“It got real bad,” recalled
Davis. For the first time in his
life, he had to contemplate
another profession.
“My dad said you might
want to finish college because
you might not have much to
come back to,” said Davis.
But the business survived
and slowly recovered along
with the housing market.
So Buck joined his dad and
their 4 employees at Davis
Plumbing. They were a small
plumbing operation serv
ing mostly Monroe County.
But by 2013 Buck had taken
over the company. With his
fathers experience and Bucks
vision and tenacity, they now
have 40 employees and have
customers throughout the
South, from Alabama to the
Carolinas.
“With a lot of hard work,
blood, sweat and tears, and
with God behind us, were
doing very well,” said Davis.
Under Bucks leadership
the company has added
more commercial, industrial
and municipal customers,
while still serving residential.
It’s grown to the point that
Buck, who’s been seen up to
his neck in trenches and up
to his hip in brown waste
water on jobs, now spends
most of his time in the office
directing his teams and tak
ing care of customers.
Buck said that’s his favorite
part of the job.
“I just really enjoy working
for customers, and watch
ing our employees grown in
their career,” said Buck. “It’s
a true testament to God’s
blessings every step of the
way how successful we’ve
been.”
With the company in good
hands, Ken Davis is “98
percent retired”, just coming
to the office to say hello each
morning. Father and son
remain partners, but Buck
runs the show.
Buck also has a hauling
company, DPC Hauling, that
mostly serves the plumbing
company. He used to be part
owner of a grading business
too, Precision Land Man
agement, but sold out to his
partners to focus on plumb
ing.
Having a successful busi
ness allows Buck to provide
for his wife Macy and their
sons, Paxton, 7, and Knox, 4.
“They are truly why I work
hard every day’ said Buck,
“so they can do as they
please.”
Buck and Macy are selling
their home on Montpelier
Road because they want to
build on some acreage in
south Monroe County. The
goal, said Buck, is to find
some land and build a home
over the next 2 years where
they can walk out the back
door and go hunting or fish
ing.
A thriving business, a
beautiful family and soon a
dream home in the country
— Buck said it’s just great
to live in Monroe County.