Angela Tumbleston Faison:  

Life Moved to Isle of Palms from West Ashley after graduation when my mother remarried (second time). Met my husband at Isle of Palms Red and White, I was a cashier, he the produce manager. Got married in spring of 1984, and moved to Mt. Pleasant, had our one and only daughter, in 1986. Visited Faison, NC (my husband's last name--and now, mine too--)for a couple of years, the folks here were very nice and accommodating of my husband's rich heritage. We moved here in 1994, (I think!?). First lived in town over a little corner grocery store (was the first Bloomingdales, so the history goes!) for a year before buying a historic home built in 1880. It's about 3,800 sq. ft. with a huge L-shaped porch, French doors and hardwood floors. It would be to die for in Charleston, but valued very low in a rural farming community of 750 population. Very quaint town trying to get with the times in past couple of years. The downtown is about two blocks long, what was Cates Pickles is about two blocks away and Cottle Strawberry Farm is about a mile out of town. We are about 3 miles from I-40 and smack between Raleigh and Wilmington--The area is ripe for growth! There is a Piggly Wiggly a few blocks from my house (my husband Rob manages it) and at least 1/2 dozen churches, three convenience stores, two florists, an uptown salon and day spa, gift shop, barber and Hispanic grocery and hair cutteries, laundry mat and dry cleaners, a relatively new "high-end" restaraunt, an arts company (my daughter took dance, drama and voice there before college--it's new too) Lots of trucking, hog and turkey farms in area (pee-wehew!) We even have a fish breeding nursery a few miles away...Expand for more