Del Eudy said he is still feels a little like the small town kid who made good.
“It doesn’t seem that long ago I was just a little riding my bike on Main Street, hanging out on the sidewalk. It means a lot to be on the board,” said the Mount Pleasant Town Commissioner, one of three candidates vying for two open seats on the board in the coming election.
Eudy, 45, mayor pro-tem of Mount Pleasant, said he was urged to join council by Scott Barringer, the former mayor of Moutn Pleasant.
“I think people just responded to my positive stance,” he said.
Eudy said he’s easy to please as far as his free time goes.
“Just anything outside,” he said, adding he is a big fan of hunting, fishing and the great American pasttime of “grilling out.”
“It’s not about the kill for me,” said Eudy of deer hunting. “I let everything go.”
It’s the quiet times in the tree stand that Eudy said he relishes most, and the quiet moments in life.
“I’m the kind of person who doesn’t always have to have something to do.”
A lot Eudy’s free time is dedicated to activities with family — his four-year-old daughter Faith and his younger brother’s family.
“She’s just wide open,” Eudy said of Faith. “She into everything. She loves being outside too, going to the beach.”
Eudy also works out and lifts weights three times a week. He’s kept up physical activity since he wrestled in high school.
“My freshman year was the first year of the wrestling program in Cabarrus County,” he said. “It was something different. And I’m a very competitive person.”
Joe Wilson, Concord’s director of Transportation, has known Eudy for eight years — six through the city.
The two developed into friends who often attended races together. He also noted Eudy’s love for spending time with his daughter and family.
“He’s a very conscientious guy,” Wilson said. “And he takes his job very seriously. I think he takes the lessons he learns here in Concord and applies them to what he does in Mount Pleasant.”
-Eric Deines
