Local Profiles
LOCAL PROFILE – Folly’s Healer
Dr. Deena Smith looks to the root of what ails you By Christine Wilkerson Deena Fawn Smith arrived on Folly Beach 16 years ago. Religious and spiritually driven, she took it to heart when her Atlanta minister preached about “going to the edge.” In April 1996, depressed after the promise of a partnership in... »
Local Profile – Ron Hill
Thank You Goes Both Ways By Chris Wilkerson Twelve years ago a brash ‘young’ man came into the midst of Folly to open his first restaurant. Ron Hill was here to follow his dream, even if that meant giving up a steady job and risking his life savings with a wife and two young... »

















