Story Of
Flopeye
On Memorial Day weekend of each year, the FLOPEYE FISH FESTIVAL brings about a community-wide recreational highlight in Great Falls, South Carolina. With a variety of food, fun, and entertainment along with enthusiasm of homecoming atmosphere, the FLOPEYE FISH FESTIVAL attracts visitors from many states. The event brings our citizens together and preserves the saying, "After all, life is to enjoy."
More than 77 years ago, one of the local merchants, Andy Morrison, would sit in front of his general store, having a hard time keeping his prominent eye lids from flopping over his eyes.
One of three ladies passing by, not having seen him before, blurted out "Who is that old flop-eyed man?" Several by-standers heard her and news traveled fast over the grapevine to the Republic Cotton Mills president, Mr. Rob Mebane.
"Flopeye, a good name for that part of town," he said.
The name, then, was promoted by mill management and took hold. People liked saying they had been to FLOPEYE.
And they still do...