C.C. (Doc) Dockery

C.C. (Doc) Dockery (born May 6, 1933) is a Florida businessman and is married to Paula Dockery, a former member of the Florida Senate. He is the author of two books, Who’s Killing Workers’ Compensation in Florida and his autobiography Country Boy. He co-authored Beyond the Hill a chronicle of Members of Congress and their work after they left public office. He served as an advisor to two Florida governors and a president, was a member of the Florida Polk County School Board and led an effort to successfully change Florida’s constitution. He was named a Florida Icon by Florida Trend magazine in their June 2013 issue.

Charles Croffard Dockery (born May 6, 1933) in Elkin, North Carolina to Mildred Hurt Dockery and Doctor (name, not title) Albert Dockery.

Dockery attended elementary school in Jonesville, North Carolina until his dad abandoned the family. He then moved with his mother and brother to his grandparents’, Henry and Victoria Hurt, rural home near Eagle Mills Township where he continued his education at Union Grove Elementary and High School, graduating high school in three years at age 17. After graduation, he left the tobacco farm to go to work at Sears Roebuck in Greensboro, North Carolina.

1951 he joined the U.S. Air Force for a four-year tour of duty and reenlisted for another four-year term in 1955.

While in the Air Force, he was trained as a clerk but was later cross-trained as a public information specialist ending his military career in the fall of 1959. His last assignment was as a speech writer for the commanding general of the 9th Air Force, Shaw Air Force Base, Sumter, South Carolina. He moved to Lakeland, Florida and enrolled at Florida Southern College earning his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in journalism in 1961.

While at Florida Southern, Dockery edited two trade publications, one for the Florida Plumbing Association and one for the Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors. After graduating from Florida Southern he became the executive director of the Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Association.

He was employed by the construction trade group for more than 15 years before he left to form his own business, Summit Consulting, Inc. in February, 1976 as a real estate holding company and consulting firm for other trade associations. He started his company a year before he left the trade association.

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