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The C.B. Berry Community Center in Little River, at the entrance to Vereen Memorial Gardens, is named for the first president of the Horry County Historical Society.

The late Burgin Berry (1919-2007), a land surveyor by profession, was a well-known figure in the North Myrtle Beach area, according to an article in the Independent Republic Quarterly in 2016.

When the city of North Myrtle Beach was formed in 1966 by the merger of four beach towns, Berry was the mayor of Crescent Beach. Berry had been the mayor for a decade, and before that served on the town council since Crescent Beach was incorporated in 1951.

Berry鈥檚 name on the Little River center is especially fitting, as 鈥渉e contributed substantially to the acquisition and development of Vereen Gardens.鈥� The park and the center are in the Horry County Parks and Recreation Department.

For years, Berry wrote a local column in which he shared his knowledge as a registered land surveyor and an active member of the HCHS. He was the organization鈥檚 first president, serving from 1966-68. He was one of the first commissioners of the Horry County Historic Preservation Commission from its inception.

Berry also contributed to the placing of historic markers around Horry County, and to the founding of the Horry County Museum in Conway.

He wrote 鈥淏erry鈥檚 Blue Book, A Book of Historical Interviews.鈥� He was active in The Independent Republic Quarterly, writing many articles and taking the first issue (July 1967) to Columbia for typesetting. The HCHS established the C.B. Berry Award 鈥渢o encourage new writers/contributors.鈥�

Berry鈥檚 contributions to preserving and sharing Horry County history are displayed in many photographs and captions in the Little River center bearing his name. The center is open Monday through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The park is open seven days a week, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The park has been described as one of the area鈥檚 best-kept secrets. A lot of people, including residents, simply 鈥渄on鈥檛 know we鈥檙e here.鈥� Admission is free to the park and center.

The park includes a lengthy boardwalk extending into the marsh along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The boardwalk, for those who know about it, is a viewing area for waterfowl and a fishing spot.

The park and center are off S.C. 179 just past the 179 exit from U.S. 17 North.

Little River resident D.G. Schumacher has been a newspaper journalist for more than 60 years.