Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept/Oct 2013

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For eddie white, mount pleasant
and its surrounding islands are all one big,
happy family. After all, Awendaw Green, his
haven for the music community, is popu-
lated each Wednesday night during what is
affectionately known as “Barn Jam” and draws musicians
and music lovers from every corner of the Lowcountry.
And years ago, before White
began his own dental practice in
Mount Pleasant, he drove from his then-home on Sul-
livan’s Island to work in West Ashley every day. White
eventually moved from his cottage on the island, where
he and his family lived happily for 10 years, to a house
he built in a Mount Pleasant neighborhood known as
Darrell Creek.
“I never thought North Mount Pleasant seemed far – I
was always accustomed to commuting,” he remarked.
The process of finding the property where White and
his family would build their current home was a seren-
dipitous one. One day, on a standard trip up Highway
17, White and his wife encountered a sign that said
“waterfront property.” They decided to pull over and
check it out.
“It was a homesite owned by a couple who lived in an-
other nearby neighborhood,” he remembered. “The funny
thing is, they wanted to move to Sullivan’s Island and ‘get
out of the country’ – and we were seeking the rural life.”
White and his family have lived in their home, nestled
between Alston Creek and Darrell Creek, since purchasing
the lot in 2000. It was already a proper neighborhood back
in those days, according to White, owned by a combina-
tion of savvy investors as well as developers.
“Darrell Creek has always been known as a rural subdi-
vision,” he explained. “Many of the homes have generous
lots with more wooded atmospheres, less restrictions for
homeowners and the freedom to keep a boat in the yard.”
Naturally, as time goes on and the north area of Mount
Pleasant continues to grow, Darrell Creek grows along
Moving On Up (Highway 17)
Feature
EddieWhite Embraces Life
in Darrell Creek
by Denise K. JaMes
with the rest of the town. Today, the neighborhood offers
plenty of modern amenities but maintains its original
charm that White spoke about.
“Ed Hunnicutt – of the Hunnicutt Real Estate Team –
shows many of the homes in the neighborhood now,” he
said. “The developed area of the community has matured.
We have a swimming pool now, lush landscaping and
everything else you would desire within a community.”
But for White, the best part about living in Darrell
Creek is the proximity of the neighborhood to other im-
portant aspects of his life.
“My dental practice was the second business to locate
above Highway 41 in Mount Pleasant,” he said.
Darrell Creek is also a short drive to the 100 acres of
wilderness property that White owns between McClel-
lanville and Jamestown. He spends a great deal of time
there, working on recording music during what he called
“swamp sessions.”
“We play music and record with numerous regional
musicians, mostly from South Carolina,” he said. “We just
shot a video there with Brendan James, for example.”
And, of course, one of the Lowcountry’s best outdoor
The White family enjoys living in Darrell Creek.
Left to right: Clay, April, Eddie, Ivy and Laura.
Photo by Andrew Mylander.