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A TRADITION OF SERVICE THE BURNS TRADITION DATES BACK TO JULY 15, 1923, WHEN C.W. BURNS BEGAN SELLING CHEVROLETS IN PAGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. IN 1926, HE MOVED TO KERSHAW AND CONTINUED TO BUILD HIS BUSINESS ON A PHILOSOPHY OF FAIRNESS, CUSTOMER CONFIDENCE AND HONEST SERVICE AFTER THE SALE. IN 1927, MR. BURNS OPENED A BRANCH DEALERSHIP IN LANCASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. SOME YEARS LATER BURNS TURNED THE LANCASTER DEALERSHIP TO HIS SON-IN-LAW F.S. MCWHIRTER, WHO IN TURN SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED THE BUSINESS TO HIS SON GARY MCWHIRTER. WHEN THE LANCASTER OPERATION TRANSITION WAS COMPLETED, C.W. BURNS, SR. SENT HIS OWN SON, C. WELDON BURNS, JR., TO OPEN A DEALERSHIP IN ROCK HILL. IN 1968, THE YOUNGER BURNS MOVED THE DEALERSHIP TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION ON CHERRY ROAD. SIXTEEN YEARS LATER, IN 1984, WELDON BURNS PROMOTED HIS SON CLAUDE W. BURNS III TO DEALER. ABOUT THE SAME TIME, WELDON BURNS OPENED A CHEVROLET-OLDSMOBILE, CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH-DODGE DEALERSHIP IN GAFFNEY, SOUTHCAROLINA. ANOTHER SON, SAM BURNS, CURRENTLY MANAGES THAT OPERATION. JEEP WAS ADDED TO THE CHRYSLER FRANCHISES IN 1998. MOST RECENTLY, IN 1994, BURNS AUTOMOTIVE ADDED A FORD-MERCURY DEALERSHIP IN LANCASTER. THIS DEALERSHIP IS A PARTNERSHIP OF WELDON AND HIS THREE SONS. ROBERT BURNS, WELDON'S YOUNGEST SON, IS THE MANAGER OF THIS DEALERSHIP. FOR OVER 75 YEARS, THE BURNS NAME HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH FINE AUTOMOBILES AND EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE. ACHIEVING CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND BUILDING CUSTOMER LOYALTY REMAIN THE GOAL OF BURNS AUTOMOTIVE. |
