Dennis C. Waldrop

Who is Dennis C. Waldrop?

Dennis Charles Waldrop was born to Charles Jordan Waldrop and Lucille Cunningham Waldrop in Slater in Northern Greenville CountySOuth Carolina, April 7, 1947 and grew up in the Sans Souci area. He has been a resident of Simpsonville since 1977. He received his education at Parker High School, Greenville Technical College, and Furman University. He serves as the president of the Waldrop Company, a construction and real estate business.

Dennis C. Waldrop was the Mayor of Simpsonville, South Carolina from 1995 to 2011. Waldrop was elected to City Council in 1992, then Mayor Pro Tem in 1994. He assumed the position of mayor in 1995, upon the resignation of Pamela Osteen King. Waldrop was reelected in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008, serving for twenty years until his defeat in the election of 2011. In this election, Waldrop garnered only 363 votes, not enough to place him in the runoff election between Tammy Bagwell and Perry Eichor.

Under Waldrop's leadership as Mayor, the City of Simpsonville moved City Hall to more modern and larger facilities on N. Main St, computerized all City accounting and record keeping, updated and modernized City policies and procedures, and commissioned a study of employee wages, benefits and policies to assure fairness and competitiveness in the market. The new Simpsonville Activity and Senior Center was built to serve youth indoor sports and senior activities. Two new fire stations were built, equipped and staffed.