Born: February 4, 1954

Greenville, SC

Died: June 10, 2022

Mount Pleasant, SC

Erwin Bahan "Pete" Peters of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (SC), died Friday June 10, 2022.  Born February 4, 1954, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of Otto Emanuel Peters and Winifred Bahan Peters.

He leaves behind sisters, Esther Caroline Peters and Winifred Ellen Peters Paster, and brother-in-law, Leonard A. Paster.  He was predeceased by his brother, Otto Emmanuel Peters, Jr. Other survivors include nieces Jessica Diane Paster, Rachel Elizabeth McCarty, and Sarah ElizabethPaster, and nephews, Daniel Luke Paster, Samuel Jonathan Paster, William Brinton McCarty, and Joshua Thomas Paster.

Pete graduated from Greenville Senior High School. He attended Furman University and earned a BA degree in Psychology and Philosophy.  After working at WCIV in Charleston, SC, he started Video Records, Inc. He worked on a variety of video recording and editing projects and focused on creating documentaries that told the stories of the coastal region.  Pete was an avid reader and researcher of the Lowcountry Native American and Gullah peoples, traditions, artifacts, and cultures and collaborated with archeologists, historians, and scientists. Pete's works include:

Ebony Pearls : Historical and cultural stories from in and around Charleston, including sites related to the Denmark Versey slave insurrection plot of 1822, the ancient artform of sweetgrass basketry, and the origins of the African Church, now known as the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church.

Past Forward: Researching 1670 Charles Towne Landing: This documentary follows the 2000-2001 archeological survey of site 38/ch1A/B, the original English settlement of Charles Towne and presents the true nature and value of archaeology through actual fieldwork and conversations with some of the Southeast's leading archaeologists.

The Braiding of America, The Barbados/Carolina Chord : Exploring the cultural and historical comparisons between Barbados and the Carolinas, this documentary was the winner of the Aegis Award of Excellence in 1991.

Porgy, A Gullah Version : Filmed in 1991, this play was based on the original Dubose Heyward work and reinterpreted by Virginia Geraty, PhD, a noted Gullah preservationist who adapted the original play into Gullah, the African/English creole language used commonly for centuries along the South Atlantic coast.  The video was a Finalist in the Aegis Award of Excellence competition in 1999.

Catch the Song : Released in 1986, this one-hour documentary traces the history of the Gullah-speaking people and traditions in the Carolina Lowcountry from 1526.

The River Otter: In the Lowcountry :  A wildlife film for the newly created S.C. Marine Science Museum in Charleston in 1985 and shown in South Carolina public schools.

In 2015, Pete expanded his interests and entrepreneurship to create Charleston Sundials and crafted helios calendar chronometers from granite, marble, and exotic stone. These beautiful creations are tuned to Charleston's latitude. The family would appreciate hearing from anyone who has one of his sundials.

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