The Early Days of OIB – presented by Stuart Cooke

Stuart Cooke presents a program called The Early Days of Ocean Isle Beach at 6 PM on November 9 at the Museum of Coastal Carolina. The Cooke family moved to Ocean Isle Beach (OIB) in 1963 when the island was barely four years old. They were the third family to live there and the first not related to the island’s founder, Odell Williamson.

Lomie Lou Cooke and her son, Stuart Cooke, recently co-authored a book called Ocean Isle Beach – The Early Years about their experiences living on this once-remote windswept island. Enjoy their tales of Buddy, the pony, who was kept under their beach house; riding sea turtles on the beach; riding out hurricanes; and learning about some of the business deals that set OIB on its successful trajectory – funny stories as well as mishaps and misdeeds. The Cooke’s were involved in many OIB real estate projects. Over the years, Cooke Realty has arranged hundreds of thousands of OIB vacations and sold beach property to thousands of Ocean Isle Beach property owners.