23 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com and what restaurants serve their shrimp. The goal is to strengthen the community by informing tourists and boosting the local economy. “You take your picture with Captain Magwood and then you can look at the website and say ‘hey, I can go to this restaurant right on the creek and I can get a shrimp cocktail with the shrimp from this particular shrimping boat,’” said G.M. Whitley, a Mount Pleasant town councilwoman who facilitated town council to vote and approve a 501(c)3 nonprofit sponsorship for the project. So far, Magwood’s statue has received more than $70,000 of the $100,000 targeted goal for its creation. The work will begin once the funds are met and the artist is paid. Susie Chisholm, a sculptor from Savannah, Georgia, has been commissioned for the statue. She has already completed the maquette of Magwood, a miniaturized model of him with a bucket of shrimp. The life-size version will stand approximately 5 feet and 8 inches tall. “I think it’s going to be an amazing memorial and monument, but also a testament to the shrimping industry and an icon for the Town of Mount Pleasant,” added Whitley, who is optimistic that the statue will be completed and erected over the course of the next year. After almost four years since his passing, Magwood’s statue might just be the spark that Shem Creek needs to revitalize its shrimping community. Consider this homecoming his “Come Back Song.” To make a donation to Magwood’s statue, visit gofundme.com/f/captain-wayne-magwood-statuedonations. For more related articles on Magwood, visit mountpleasantmagazine.com. our town
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