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Saturday, September 17, 1994 Page: 7A QUICK WORDS: OBITUARY EDMUND DAVIS
Fast-food franchise founder, Davis, dies
Edmund Davis
Sept. 14, 1994
Edmund Philip Davis, 65, of Dallas, and Naples, Fla., died Wednesday
evening in the emergency room at the Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia,
S.CHe was traveling to his home in Naples, Fla., with his wife, the former
Ruth Powell, when he was stricken ill.
Born in Taylor, he was a son of the late Edmund and Sarah Williams Davis.
He was a graduate of Taylor High School and attended the University of
Scranton.
He was the founder and chief executive officer of the PDM Co. Inc., which
is a local franchise of Burger King and Chili’s Restaurants.
He founded his first Burger King Restaurant in 1967, Kingston, and PDM Co.
Inc. is now responsible for 13 Burger King restaurants in Luzerne, Lackawanna
and Monroe counties.
He was a former regional board member of the United Penn Bank, Dallas, and
a former member of the National Advertising Advisory Board for Burger King
Corp.
He was a member of the of the Burger King Corp. Operations Council, the
Burger King Corp. Marketing Council, and the Burger King Licensee Educational
Group.
He was awarded the Burger King Corp. Operations Excellence Award,
Philadelphia Region, and the Best Multi-Unit Operator for numerous years from
the Burger King Corp.
He was a member of the Shavertown United Methodist Church, Shavertown.
Surviving in addition to his wife, are daughters, Kimetha Morris and Pamela
Williams, both of Dallas; seven grandchildren.
Memorial funeral services will be at 10 a.m.