File photo
Skip Davenport, second from the left, at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new D&D Ford dealership at 13645 E. Wade Hampton Blvd.
Davenport, President and General Manager of D&D Ford, is a third generation owner of the 77-year-old dealership at 13645 E. Wade Hampton.
Davenport is a board member of the Partnership for Tomorrow, Greater Greer Education Foundation and The Palmetto Bank.
• July 17 is National Peach Ice Cream Day.
• Did you know: D&D Ford will be taking possession of a 50th anniversary of the Mustang. Ford will only build 1,964 special cars, honoring the year when the Mustang first went on sale – for a price of $2,300.
• Also born on this date: Luke Bryan (1976), American singer-songwriter and guitarist. David Hasselhoff (1952) American actor, singer, and producer. Diahann Carroll, (1935) American actress and singer.
• Quote of the day
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
Henry Ford,
founder of the Ford Motor Company and American industrialist