History

Warwick Plumbing and Heating Corporation is one of the largest mechanical contractors in Virginia with over 50 years of experience in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, process piping and plumbing.

Warwick Plumbing and Heating Corporation was incorporated in 1952 in the old city of Warwick, now Newport News. E. B. “Pete” Meekins headed the company until he retired in 1970. Upon Mr. Meekin's retirement, Spurgeon P. Toney and George R. Goodson, Jr. became the principal stock holders and increased the company to an annual volume in excess of ten million dollars. Spurgeon P. Toney served as president until 1984 when he retired. Upon Spurgeon P. Toney retirement, George Goodson, Jr. then became Chairman and CEO of the company.

In 1980 G. Royden Goodson, III joined the company and later in 1990, his brother Pax Goodson also joined. Collectively, with James Jarman, vice-president of operations and William A. Phelps, Jr., vice-president of estimating, grew the company to an annual volume in excess of twenty million dollars.

In 1993, Royden Goodson assumed the role of president continuing the increasing volume of revenue to over 40 million annually. During this time, Warwick Plumbing and Heating Corporation opened a pipe fabrication and cleaning facility in Hampton, as well as opening a branch office in Virginia Beach to better serve the southside of Hampton Roads. In the year 1996, the company made a commitment to the Richmond and northeastern North Carolina areas and re-entered the HVAC service business which it had exited in 1984.

The Warwick Plumbing and Heating Corporation of today is the culmination of over 50 years of hard work by its talented, dedicated and committed employees.