Berkeley Journal Volume 6

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Legacy Projects of Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust 30 years of projects that leave a legacy of educational, environmental, and historical stewardship for others to enjoy and cherish.

WELCOME

This issue celebrates 30 years of Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust’s great work conserving historic sites, family farms and forests, wildlife habitat, scenic waterways and areas for public recreation! Our conservation outcomes have stood the test of time and are in full view in this issue of the Berkeley Journal.

It is with collective pride that we highlight what has been the result of our entire community of supporters, donors, board members, and staff coming together to accomplished over the years!

Conservation easements remain a vital tool in this endeavor and give rise to exceptional stories of family legacy, core values, and long-term aspirations for our lands and waters. Our work in the Cooper River Historic District and surrounding lands point to our shared history and unflinching desire to protect the irreplaceable. The Fort Fair Lawn project shows what vision combined with determination can achieve to ultimately provide one-of-a-kind public access to a unique historic site with outdoor recreation for all. Our Mulberry project takes us back to the colonial era and even our own beginnings as a land trust. I could go on and on, but I will leave that to the penmanship of our creative writers in the following pages. Enjoy!

Please know that this issue is also about what will be our next 30 years. Our work goes on, and we desperately need your support. The challenge is great in our community to protect special places at a time when economic prosperity makes us realize how quickly things can change. The question I often ask myself is what will this place look like in 30 or even 50 years. It is certain there will be more residential neighborhoods, more business and industrial complexes, and yes, more traffic. The question is how will our response today determine what that looks like in the future? Will permanent land conservation stand out as a brilliant component of our Lowcountry landscape? That last question is where we need your help.

I ask you today to renew your commitment to our mission by supporting us financially. Your donations drive our work today and into the next 30 years. Please consider how you can best support Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust. Our hope is that you will visit our website to perhaps learn more and click on DONATE. You can even give us a call or stop by, so we catch up with you personally.

Thank you for making the first 30 years possible! And we look forward to seeing or hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

Chris

Chris Vaughn Executive Director

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PROJECT UPDATE

opted to avoid a direct naval assault on the city Fort Fair Lawn Opens British and instead planned to lay siege to it.

“Seeing all of these community partners unite for this monumental initiative is a true testament to the depth of dedication and passion we all feel in wanting to remember those that paid the price fighting for our Independence.”

-Johnny Cribb, Berkeley County Supervisor

The Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust and the South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust celebrated the public opening of the historic Fort Fair Lawn, the most pristine, intact, original Revolutionary War fortification in South Carolina. The Fort saw over 1,700 visitors opening weekend!

Following acquisition in 2016, the property has undergone extensive archeological work, a park master planning process, and trail construction. “Acquiring Fort Fair Lawn took many years of effort by our staff, community leaders, and those who fully understood its significance. Securing the fort and surrounding acreage was critical to ensure that this unique, historic property remains protected forever,” remarked Chris Vaughn, executive director, Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust.

“This public opening celebrates the improved accessibility to the site and opens the door for the community to walk in the steps of history.”

Improvements to the 80-acre site include 1.75 miles of gravel walking trails, boardwalks, park benches, a gated trail connection to Old Santee Canal Park, and direct access to the fort structure.

In 1780, the British had the momentum as they defeated the partisan American forces in a string of battles and skirmishes throughout Georgia and South Carolina. They had already captured the city of Savannah and were poised to take Charles Town – one of the wealthiest in all the American colonies. But after a decisive rout at Sullivan’s Island four years prior, the 4

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Their plan to siege Charles Town required securing the Cooper River, which served as the principal transportation route to the backcountry, a supply route and means of escape for the Patriot army. In April 1780, the British routed American cavalry and infantry stationed in Moncks Corner and established their headquarters at Fair Lawn Barony – the only home constructed by a Lords Proprietors’ family. The home was located about one mile away from the last navigable point on the Cooper River at Stoney Landing. There, they constructed Fort Fair Lawn to guard the landing and fortify their position at the head of the Cooper River. The British held this position until late 1781, when they withdraw their troops to Charles Town.

Of the more than thirty forts constructed during the American Revolutionary war in South Carolina, only two remain in their original condition: the Ninety-Six National Historic Site and Fort Fair Lawn,” commented Doug Bostick, CEO, South Carolina Battleground Preservation Trust. “The significance of this site has led it to be a gateway for the statewide Liberty Trail. In addition to the interactive Liberty Trail app that was launched this Spring, we look forward to providing additional onsite interpretation to help these stories come to life.” Moncks Corner – based, Home Telecom, provided a generous gift to support the interpretation.

Berkeley County Supervisor Johnny Cribb joined community leaders to celebrate the opening. “Berkeley County boasts a rich history, and Fort Fair Lawn is an iconic piece of that local and national history we are so greatly honored to commemorate and celebrate today,” Cribb remarked. “Seeing all of these community partners unite for this monumental initiative is a true testament to the depth of dedication and passion we all feel in wanting to remember those that paid the price fighting for our Independence.”

Learn more about Fort Fair Lawn at lordberkeley.org/fort-fair-lawn

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LEGACY PROJECTS

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LORD BERKELEY CONSERVATION TRUST

by Eliza Chapman Bailey

COOPER RIVER Mulberry, Wadboo and Lewisfield Preserve Based on a promise and a vision, the energy created by the partnerships enabled The Trust to safeguard and preserve these unique historical and environmental pastimes, places, and features on the west branch of the Cooper River.

MULBERRY, BERKELEY COUNTY A Milestone in the Conservation of the Cooper River Historic Corridor Date protected: 11/1996 Acres protected: 900

Historically and environmentally significant, Mulberry Plantation was a land grant given to Sir Peter Colleton in 1679. For close to 350 years, the property has witnessed political, economic, and environmental shifts. In 1715, it was a stronghold bordering the frontier during the Yamasee War. Fifty years later, Mulberry housed a Cavalry Unit during the Revolutionary War and stands as an archetype of prosperity and wealth during the Colonial Period. Mulberry Plantation is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina. In 2015, Parker Gilbert, a sincere conservation minded financier, designated 990 acres south of the main house to be placed undera conservation easement with Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust.

This easement was a milestone in the early preservation and conservation efforts along the Cooper River corridor and the first conservation easement held by The Trust serving both historical and environmental significance benefiting the public. The easements on Mulberry protect the property’s historic, scenic, and natural resources in an area under intense threat of development.

“Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust remains exceedingly proud to have partnered with the Gilbert’s in protecting Mulberry. It is simply one of those iconic Lowcountry plantations that showcases the history and grandeur of the Cooper River during the colonial era.”

–Chris Vaughn, Executive Director

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WADBOO, BERKELEY COUNTY Conserving land because it matters to everyday people.

Date protected: 05/1997 & 08/2002 Acres protected: 3,143

Named after the Indian territory of Wadboo, Wadboo Creek, located off the western branch of the Cooper River, was used to move goods and produce prior to the construct of passable roads, canals and railway system.

“On August 29, 1782, a British foraging party, made up of white and black troops and commanded by Maj. Thomas Fraser, attacked Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and his militiamen at Wadboo, where they had camped the night before. Arranging his Brigade around the main house and slave quarters and along a lane of large cedar 10

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trees (across the creek from here), Marion beat back the British attack. During the engagement, Maj. Micajah Ganey, a former Tory who had recently come over to the Whig side in a treaty at Burch’s Mill, fought heroically with Marion.

From shortly after the skirmish until the British abandoned South Carolina in December, Francis Marion made Wadboo his headquarters. Here on December 15, 1782, the day after the British evacuation of Charleston, Marion dismissed his Brigade and made for his own ruined plantation of Pond Bluff.”

- Historical Marker at Wadboo Creek

Santee Cooper placed two conservation easements on Wadboo, Creek, one in 1997 and the other in 2002, totaling 3,143 acres. The easements protect a bottomland forest, unique limestone bluffs, eight

miles of a freshwater creek and a Revolutionary War battle site. The lower section of Wadboo Creek has evidence of cypress and tupelo growth with several inlets into the creek from rice farming. Abundant with life, small alligators, osprey, egrets, and blue herons enjoy the canopy of trees and nutrient rich waters of the Wadboo.

The easement encompasses seven miles of the Berkeley Blueways. The Berkeley Blueways consists of 24 paddling trails with over 225 miles of navigable waters giving public access for kayaking, canoeing, fishing, camping as well as an opportunity to traverse the land and waterways utilized by Francis Marion and his men.

LEWISFIELD PRESERVE, BERKELEY COUNTY Representing the latest, and one of the final – pieces of the conservation puzzle along west bank of the Cooper River.

Date Protected: 07/2022 Acres Protected: 600

Resting on the west branch of the Cooper River, the 1,000 acres that originally comprised Lewisfield Plantation was part of Sir John Colleton’s Fairlawn Barony 1750 land grant. Once called Little Landing, it was purchased by Keating Simmons in 1767 and later acquired through marriage by Sedgwick Lewis. The plantation house with wide veranda, raised basement and central hall plantation house, built by Simmons, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is poised overlooking the Cooper River where Wade Hampton’s surprise attack on British troops, the Battle of Lewisfield occurred. Union gunboats used the landing during the Civil War. Like many of South Carolina’s plantations, Lewisfield has seen a revolving door of incarnations and owners. In 1973, South Carolina State Senator, Rembert Dennis purchased the property, which upon his death in 1992, was inherited by his wife.

The house and surrounding land remain in private ownership.

Often overlooked, however are the interior acres of Lewisfield that contained inland, non-tidal rice fields indicative of pre-Revolutionary War colonial agriculture.

Constructed and cultivated by enslaved Africans, Lewisfield’s inland rice production represents the sacrifices and accomplishments of enslaved people’s ingenuity. Laboriously enslaved people, cleared land, dug ditches, built reservoirs, rice trunks, and maintained a cultivation schedule that was the backbone of South Carolina’s rice culture economy.

In 2018, as part of a mitigation agreement with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) Lewisfield’s inland property was placed under protection with Open Space Institute (OSI). In July 2022, OSI released stewardship of the property to the Trust.

Through the collaborative partnership with the Trust and Lowcountry Land Trust, SCDOT, OSI, and support of the Dennis Family, the 600-acre Lewisfield Preserve has been created.

“The importance of this acquisition to the greater conservation community cannot be overlooked…Lewisfield Plantation is a vital part of the Cooper River Corridor , an example of what is possible with collaboration of public and private landowners, industry, conservation and environmental groups, government agencies and historical and preservation organizations” – Charles Lane, past chairman of the SC Conservation Bank Board

The preserve will protect the mature bottomland hardwood forests ecosystem as a well as the inland rice field for public access, outdoor recreation, nature study and historic research preserving a direct link to South Carolina’s colonial era history and cultural heritage.

“The protection of the Lewisfield Preserve has been a longstanding priority of the Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust for decades. This effort was successful only because of partnership with Open Space Institute, Lowcountry Land Trust, SC Department of Transportation, and the former owners of the property, the Dennis family”.

- Chris Vaughn, Executive Director, Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust

Later abandoned, the inland fields reverted to their former state consisting of bottom land forests of red and white oaks, hickory, black gum, and tupelo and bald cypress trees and vascular plants. Diversly complex, the wetlands and forests are migratory stopovers, breeding, and roosting grounds for countless neotropical songbirds, the threatened wood stork and the endangered northern long eared bat and harbors a variety of habitats that support native plants and animals. lordberkeley.org

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HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC, AND ECOLOGICAL Oakland, Old Santee Canal & Scotswood South Carolina’s history, economic culture and environment are intertwined. Recognizing the importance of protecting South Carolina’s history and its contribution to the founding of America cannot be overlooked. Neither can past economic infrastructures and ecosystems that sustain livability throughout the State. To ensure South Carolina’s historical, environmental, and cultural economic relevance is not lost, The Trust holds easements on the following properties.

OAKLAND, BERKELEY COUNTY Expansive conservation, maintenance, and management easements encompassing Francis Marion’s gravesite, habitat for the endangered Canby’s dropwort, and forest management educational opportunities.

Date protected: 10/2017 Acres protected: 11,164

Notable for its historic and environmental breadth, Oakland Club encompasses 11,164 acres comprised of several larger French Huguenot plantations and a series of smaller working plantations that grew rice, cotton, tobacco and indigo, and a late 1880’s quail plantation along the Santee River Swamp. One of the properties is Belle Isle Plantation on which rests the gravesite of Revolutionary War hero, Francis “Fox Swamp” Marion and his family.

“We’re so pleased that these landowners committed to protecting the aesthetic integrity of Marion’s gravesite …Other than perhaps George Washington, there is no figure more important to the Revolutionary War than the Swamp Fox, and certainly his burial grounds will be an important feature of the Liberty Trail.”

-Doug Bostick, Director for the Battleground Trust Recognized by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services program, the property fronts roughly ten miles of the Santee Swamp and in its natural state helps purify water in the Santee River watershed. Environmentally crucial is the expansive abundance of wildlife such as bobwhite

quail and other upland game species, natural vistas of pines forests, native grasses, and the habitat of threatened Canby’s dropwort.

“Throughout South Carolina we are losing our habitats for our indigenous species. There are a lot of rare and declining plant species at Oakland.

Most notable, the federal endangered Canby’s dropwort”.

- Jason Ayers, Coordinator, SC Coastal Program, US Fish and Wildlife Program As part of the easement agreement, The Trust donated land near the Pineville Community Center to the Center for Heirs’ property to be used as a demonstration forest to educate landowners on the economic and conservation benefits of sustainable forestry.

“This property will give us the opportunity to demonstrate to our landowners the benefits of implementing forestry practices that will grow their working landscapes, while generating income for their families…Forestry is a $21B industry in South Carolina, and we want historically underserved landowners to participate in this wealth-building industry.”

- Jennie Stephens, Executive Director, Center for Heirs’ Property Preservation.

The easement, funded with a grant from the SC Conservation Bank and the landowner’s donation of more than 70% of the conservation easements value, is held by the Trust. lordberkeley.org

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OLD SANTEE CANAL, BERKELEY COUNTY An important reminder of the critical role rivers have played in shaping the history and economy of our state.

Date protected: 12/2022 Acres protected: 645

The twenty-two-mile Old Santee Canal was constructed between 1793 and 1800. It connected the Santee and Cooper Rivers, providing direct access to Charleston from points inland. The canal was used for less than 50 years, when droughts revealed faults in its design. Years later, much of the Canal was destroyed in the development of Lakes Marion and Moultrie. Today, only two segments remain, one at Old Santee Canal Park in Moncks Corner and a second, northwest of Pineville.

According to author and botanist Dr. Richard Porcher, the Old Santee Canal was, "The lifeline for the economy of South Carolina for more than 50 years and served a critical role in bringing all the wares from the upcountry to Charleston. Being able to preserve a structure like this, is really preserving who we are.”

The only remaining lock of the canal, White Oak Lock II is privately held northwest of Pineville near the old St. Stephen / St. John Parish. Despite its deficiencies and lack of financial prosperity, the Old Santee Canal was considered an engineering accomplishment. According to the nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places, the canal:

“Totally hand fashioned with ten stone, brick and wooden locks, the canal was a masterfully designed piece of workmanship. Although today [1982] even those pieces not inundated by Lake Moultrie are in a severe state of deterioration, the magnitude of the project and careful craftsmanship are still evident.”

Recognizing the historical significance of man’s ingenuity and desire to help preserve the Santee Basin’s fragile ecosystem, the property owners placed the lock and surrounding 645 acres under a conservation easement with the Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust. Resting on the easement is the graveside of botanist Thomas Walter and two miles of waterfront of the Santee River. The property will be available for academic study and research.

SCOTSWOOD, WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY Providing an opportunity to study the recovery of threatened and endangered species in the Santee River focus area.

Date protected: 07/2019 Acres protected: 3,607

The Scotswood Property located in Williamsburg County, near Lane, South Carolina, protects 3,609 acres of ecologically significant land in the Santee River focus area. Serving as an anchor for conservation north of the Charleston Metropolitan Area, the focus area targets large, unfragmented tracts of land linked to the preservation of the Santee River Basin. Close to other conserved habitats, the Oakland Club and the Santee Bottomlands, the Scotswood tract is an extremely well-managed wildlife habitat preserve with long leaf pine savannahs, native grasses, and forested wetlands. Providing critical habitat for threatened and endangered, priority fauna and game species, Scotswood is home to indigenous wildlife, including the endangered Red Cocked Woodpecker, white-tailed deer, wild quail, and wild turkey. A model for studying the recovery of species, Scotswood is one of South Carolina’s leading intact habitats holding for wild quail populations. The conservation easement will help permanently conserve these important wildlife resources in perpetuity and provide long-term benefits to water quality along the Santee Basin.

“Scotswood is emblematic of a Lowcountry quail plantation with habitat that takes your breath away. It is superbly managed with fire and saw to produce its bounty – excellent early successional habitat and bobwhite quail.”

-Chris Vaughn, Executive Director

LEGACY DuRant Farm & Gourdin Farm Lord Berkeley Conservation Trusts successful efforts to preserve family legacies and pastimes have quieted the minds of family patrons by ensuring their properties will not be developed and forgotten over time

DURANT FARM, WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY Protecting the culture and heritage of rural Santee Cooper country.

Date Protected: 05/2016 Acres Protected: 121

Growing up, Bethel DuRant witnessed his father cultivate the 121-acres of property into the fourth generation DuRant Farm in Hemmingway, SC. To preserve his father’s love of the land and his husbandry legacy, DuRant placed a donated conservation easement on the farm with The Trust in 2016.

“All I ever needed to know I learned on the farm…I think it is vital for society to not lose touch with the land… that you always have a common bond. It’s important.".

- Bethel DuRant, Landowner

The Trust’s partnership with the SC Conservation Bank to protect 121-acre DuRant Farm is a testament of both organization’s vision to proactively find a middle ground between greenspaces and growth.

“DuRant Farm is a good example of what the Conservation Bank wants to protect. You look at Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Greenville, they are all growing… There needs to be a balance. We all see the pressure of growth…if family farms are lost then the rural heritage of our state is lost and part of who we are is lost.."

- Clinch Heyward, Commissioner, SC Conservation Bank

GOURDIN FARM, BERKELEY COUNTY Protecting Pineville historic district and a community’s way of life.

“Many of the residents of Pineville are descendants of the original founders and formerly enslaved people from the early 1800’s that choose to make Pineville their home. We are a small, interconnected community that resonates with our forefather’s legacy. I have seen what has happened to farmland in Berkeley County – wall to wall housing and shopping centers swallowing up farmland and altering the surrounding community. We don’t want this to happen in Pineville. I believe preserving the integrity of our historic Village and surrounding farmland is essential to preserving who we are, and by placing a conservation easement on Gourdin Farm, I am choosing to ensure the land next to the village remains intact."

– Keith Gourdin, Landowner

The Gourdin Farm has been in the Gourdin family for three generations and has received the “Century Farm” designation for continuous family ownership for over 100 years. Murrell Plantation is located immediately to the west, which is protected by a conservation easement held

by Lowcountry Land Trust. Also, the Oakland Club property is located just to the North, which is protected by an easement with Lord Berkeley Conservation Trust.

The placement of a conservation easement will solidify the green space surrounding the Pineville (Village) Historic District as green space, as well as being part of a block of neighboring proprieties under protection.

Date Protected: 12/2022 Acres Protected: 351

Adjacent to the Village of Pineville, rests three tracts of land totaling the 351-acre Gourdin Farm. To conserve prime farmland and productive forestlands, the Gourdin family recently reached out to the Trust. In an area where landscape level conservation is on-the-move, landowner Keith Gourdin is engaged in the local community and active in advocating for the historic significance of the area. They have chosen to place their property under protection to protect not only their land but the unique climate and atmosphere of Pineville. lordberkeley.org

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DONORS

$25,000+

Al Kennedy

Richard Slack

Anonymous

Bill & Vicki Williams

David & Karen Toorks

Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley

Larry & Sarah Windham

Chris & Kathryn Vaughn

Foundation

Mark & Michelle Warden 1,000+

John O. & Melissa Williams

$10,000+

AgSouth Farm Credit

Berkeley County

Aventus

$250+

The Louis Eubanks Fund

Buck Hall

ArborGen

Mills Bee Lane Memorial

Cooper River Partners

Bushy Park

Foundation

R.N. Shepard Family Fund

Charleston Appraisal Services

Norfolk Southern Foundation

Sabine & Waters

Delta Phamacy, Dr. Jimbo High

Pathfinder Foundation

Richard Coen

Russell Funeral Chapel

Santee Cooper

Sylleste Davis

Thomas & Associates

Weyerhaeuser

Markley & Jan Dennis

Tiger Tail Ventures, LLC

Rupert Markley Dennis, III

Bill Alexander

$5,000+

Stephen Finch

Jim & Brenda Barry

Anonymous

Ron Harvey

Carlyle & Suzanne Blakeney

Celanese

John Killey

Rick & Ann Burnette

Ceres Foundation

John & Ellen Morgan

J. Edward Buxton

Cooper River Forum

Robbie Morse

Salley Dupree

Dominion Energy Charitable

Rick Quagliaroli

Leigh Handal

Foundation

Robert Royall

Charles Harris

Forvis

Kathy Rozier

Rick Holstein

Gramling Brothers Real Estate &

Justin Stokes

Susan Jackson

Development

Clay Thornton

Charles Lane

Home Telecom

John & Pam Tiencken

Jeff Lord

Trust for Public Land

Josh Whitley

J.D. & Penny Metts

$2,000+

$500+

Richard Porcher

Berkeley County Humanities

CSX

Mike & Virginia Prevost

Festival

Scott & Sallie Barnes

David & Sara Ramage

The Ceara Donnelley & Nathan

George & Jennifer Bishop

David Rubin

Berry Fund

Andrew Dennis

Charles & Mary Rudloff

Coastal Community Foundation -

Ben & Patty Fleming

James Simons

Giving Back to Berkeley County

Ken & Barbara Ford

Raymond C. Smith

Fund

Jennifer Howard

Susan Smythe

Crosby Land Company

Will & Alice Helmly

Stephen & Lucinda Swartz

Green Eyes Aero

Joe & Melinda Kelley

Ryan Wenzel

Greentree Land Management

Henry & Melinda Knight

Joseph R. West

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd PA

Bobby Mead

John B. & Mary S. Williams

Post & Courier Foundation

Bob & Patty Perry

Anonymous

George & Sonya Pitt

Robert D. & Cynthia Ashley

Anne Rector

Terry & Susan Blackwell

Lt. Col. Hubert M. Rentz

Paul G. Campbell

Phil & Adair Roark

Ronnie & Nancy Givens

RM & Michele Singletary

Ben & Dorothy Miller

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DONORS

Friends of the Trust

Judie Edwards

Anne RectorShanda Phillips

Amazon

Dave & Dee Dee Evans

Elizabeth Pinnell

Barony Financial Group – Jay

Charlie Glover

Richard D. Porcher

Jackson

Keith Gourdin

Norman Pulliam

Berkeley County Soil and Water

PA Gramling

Marge and Keith Rich

Conservation District

Emilie Hagan

Robby Robbins

Charity Vest

Sarah Hartman

Byron C. Rodgers Jr.

Kappa Kappa Iota

Stephen Herchak

Willis Sanders

Mepkin Abbey

Parker Hill

Bill Segars

Network for Good

David & Susan Hodges

Hugh and Mickey Smith

Roger Baker

Joseph L. & Beverly Stoney Johnson

Gerard & Grace Stelling

Williams D. Baughman

Coy Johnston

Randall & Martha Stoney

Edward Berry

Barry H. Jurs

Theodore D. Stoney, Jr.

Elliott W. Bishop

John M. Kadlecik

Gerald & Nancy Stuckey

Adah Brewer

Paul Karam

Robert & Maxine Tanner

Don & Kelly Brown

Truman & Carole Lyon

Russell & Sweetheart Tyler

Jamie Brown

Mary Majestic

Carolyn Umphlett

Norman Brunswig

Glenn McConnell

William D. Umphlett

Calvitt Clarke

Wendy McNeil

Norma Vanas

Michelle Cooper

Mac McQuillin

Butch & Chris Volf

Joseph & Mary Cross

Richard Miante

Miller & Barbara White

Tom & Betty Curtis

Ruth Miller

Josiah Williams

Michale & Eli Daly

Gazie Nagle

Dwight Williams

Eddie Dangerfield

John Steve Nettles

Gene & Jane Williams

Wayne & Amelia Dewitt

Duncan Newkirk

Steve & Faith Williams

Tom & Meri DuPre'

Ron & Kim Nolte

John & Jill Zlogar

Bethel & Deannie DuRant

Larry & Gabrielle Nysveen

In Honor of Judge & Mrs. Markley Dennis by Rupert "Pete" Markley Dennis, III;Kenneth Williams by Bob Perry;Theodore Dubose Stoney, Jr. by Beverly Stoney Johnson; Richard Smith Whaley Stoney by Beverly Stoney Johnson.

In Memory of Charlie Muir by Bill & Vickie Williams; Jim Rozier by Kathy Rozier, Keith & Marge Rich, & Anne Rector.

We apologize if we inadvertently omitted your name or incorrectly listed your name in our list. Please call us at 843.899.5228 so we can make the correction for publication in our next newsletter.

Board of Directors Ryan Wenzel, President Al Kennedy, Past President John O. Williams, VP Sarah Windham, Treasurer Will Umphlett, Secretary Ryan Bowles

Andrew Dennis Ronnie Givens Joel Gramling Alice Helmly Parker Hill Barry Jurs

Joe Kelley Mac McQuillin Matt Moldenhauer Rick Quagliaroli Thurman Simmons Pamela Williams

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