BFT 2019 CPC Lowcountry Yellow Pages

232 RETIREMENT–ROOFING H Celebrating 25 Years H
LOWCOUNTRY
PROFILE
To hear David Youmans tell it, his has
been a mundane life. But to dig a little
deeper reveals a life well-lived, complete
with service in Vietnam, a happy family, a
successful business, and a lifetime of
making his hometown a better place to
live.
Although he was born in Summerville,
Youmans moved to Beaufort as a young
child and came up through the public
school system — from Beaufort Elementary,
to Beaufort Junior High, Beaufort
High School, and even the University of
South Carolina Beaufort.
“Kicked around and didn’t do whole
much of nothing really, to tell you the
truth,” he says with a laugh. “Had a lot of
fun in school, but I think my grades were
terrible.”
Youmans recalls his childhood as a
quieter time in Beaufort. He remembers
occasionally having to stay after school as
an elementary student and missing the
bus; he would walk back home to Burton,
where the family lived until moving
downtown after his father died when
David was 14.
His name came up in the draft in 1967
and he did a tour in Vietnam, working
behind the scenes with a unit providing
administrative and direct support
logistics, devising strategies to improve
tactics and ensure teams in the field had
the supplies they needed.
“It was really not too bad,” Youmans
recalls. “A lot of guys over there had it
worse than I did.”
Youmans took plenty of lessons from
his time in Vietnam, not the least of which
was how to work within a team.
When he returned home to Beaufort,
Youmans went to work as a surveyor for
Doug Trogdon, but after a couple of years
he left for a position at the Blue Channel
David Youmans
by Justin Jarrett
crab processing plant in Port Royal. He
worked in the plant office for about a year,
then took over the data processing office,
complete with an IBM System 3 computer
“about the size of a compact car now that
wouldn’t do any more than a laptop
would do now.”
That career didn’t stick, and neither did
his next job building docks and
bulkheads, so he went back to surveying
for Trogdon in 1973 and has been in that
line of work ever since.
“I like the outdoors and like nature and
hiking, and I’m pretty good at math, so
surveying was pretty much a natural fit,”
Youmans says.
He earned his license in 1983 and in
1990 opened Beaufort Surveying with a
partner, whom he bought out a few years
later. His company has survived for nearly
30 years, but in his trademark manner,
Youmans is quick to deflect the credit.
“Luck,” he says when asked about the
reasons for his success. “Lots of luck. I don’t
consider myself a very good business
man. I think I’m a right fair surveyor but as
far as business goes, I lack a lot.”
Business was tough for a decade or so
during the economic slowdown, but it has
picked up the past couple of years. One
thing that has never changed is Youmans’
love for Beaufort, where he’s a member of
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary Club of Beaufort.
He and his wife of 50 years, Cate, built a
home on Warsaw Island about 20 years
ago. It’s quiet and peaceful with a spot out
back where he can shoot and a citrus
grove to tend to.
His kids are all grown now — his
youngest son, Michael, lives in Beaufort
with his two children and works for the
surveying company, but his oldest son
and daughter live in Florida. David
frequently visits his kids and grandkids in
the Sunshine State, but it’s no substitute
for beautiful Beaufort by the sea.
“I’ve been here, there and yonder
visiting, but I’ve never found any place I’d
like to stay more than just a little bit,” he
says. “The smell … When you get back into
town and you get to the Whale Branch
bridge or the Broad River bridge, you’ve
got to roll down the window and take a
deep breath. No place like it.”
Retirement & Life Care Communities &
Homes
Bloom At Belfair Retirement Community
60 Oak Forest Rd Blftn...............................843 815-2338
Or...............................................................843 815-5350
Cypress of Hilton Head
20 Lady Slipper Ln Hilton Head Island.......843 689-7000
Miles Residential Facilities
10 Jacob White Rd Ymsse.........................843 466-0356
Summit Place Of Beaufort
1119 Pickpocket Plantation Dr...................843 770-0105
Tidepointe A Vi Community
700 Tidepointe Way HHI.............................843 341-7200
Rifle & Pistol Ranges
Dos Lupes Gun Range Rdglnd...........843 683-4407
Palmetto Indoor Range
98 Purrysburg Rd Hwy 17 Hrdvl................843 784-5474
Road Building Contractors
ABBA Construction Unlimited LLC
691 Summer Drive Beaufort.......................843 525-0554
Atlantic Asphalt Company
Beaufort...................................................843 842-7506
Road Service-Automotive
Barnard Tire Co Inc
2653 Boundary St Beaufort.....................843 524-4728
2701 Boundary St Beaufort........................843 524-4343
Circle C Travel Plaza
11109 Augusta Hwy Wltrbr........................843 538-5443
Star Garage
494 Industrial Pk Rd Hrdvl.........................843 784-7131
Tommie’s Auto & Diesel Towing & Repair
2674 Jefferies Hwy Wltrbr..........................843 538-2128
Tommy’s Towing Blftn.........................843 757-2958
Roof Maintenance & Cleaning
DA Roofing Company Inc
Beaufort...................................................843 524-1325
Low Country Seamless Inc
Blftn............................................................843 837-8828
Roofing Contractors
Action Roofing Pnlnd............................843 726-6267
Alternative Roofing Solutions Inc
326 Browns Cove Rd Ste E Rdglnd............843 645-8377
Ameripro Inc 20 Sable Dr Blftn..............843 815-5337
Apex Roofing Of The Lowcountry
Call.............................................................843 757-2739
B B Roofing Contractors Okt.............843 379-3033
CCS Roof Systems
54 Main St Vrnvl.........................................803 914-0217
DA Roofing Company Inc
Beaufort...................................................843 524-1325
Don Juan Roofing & Painting
4 Blueberry Ct Bft.......................................843 575-1603
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