Share Your Memories of Pacolet
We invite you to send us your memories and photos for this website. The stories do not have to be elaborate. They can be in a letter, an email or as an attachment. We do ask that they be typed in some form as we can not provide typing services. Please send the information to gteaster@pacoletmemories.com via email or by conventional mail to the address given at the bottom of this page.
The following stories have been received and we hope to add many others to these.
Janice Teaster Davis - Janice was born and grew up in Pacolet. About 1956, her family relocated to the Charleston area.
Dot Kirby Kimrey - Dot was born in Pacolet in 1923. She wrote the following in 1986 before she passed away. We want to thank Lindie Sullivan Wells and the Pacolet Museum for making this available.
Jim Turner - Jim grew up in Pacolet and graduated in the PHS Classs of 1942. Jim now lives in Lodi, California. He has previously furnished us a Sandlapper article about the 1903 Pacolet River Flood and also an article by Anna Black Brooks about the History of Pacolet.
Randy Mathis was a Chief of both the Pacolet Mills Volunteer Fire Department and the Rescue Squad. He joined the Fire Department when he was just 14. He has furnished some of his recollections of time spent in the Pacolet Mills Fire House and on Fire Calls when he was younger.
Max Reeves and his dad, John, and brother, Gene, operated Reeves Dari Trete Drive In. He has furnished us the story and photos of this store.
Joyce Harmon Garner grew up in Pacolet Mills and graduated from Pacolet High School. She shares the story of her family along with photographs.
This web site has been started as a public service to share the story of Pacolet. The web master and person to contact about putting information on the web site is me, Gerald Teaster. Contact me at:
gteaster@pacoletmemories.com or by telephone at (843) 873-8117. My regular mail adress is:
1311 Jahnz Ave.
Summerville, SC 29485
