HARDEEVILLE, Sc. (WTOC) – O.C. Welch, owner of O.C. Welch Ford Lincoln in Hardeeville, said the foundation of his four-decade career in the automotive business came down to one thing: believing in himself when others did not.
“A lot of people won’t believe in you,” Welch said. “And I was challenged very early that I could never compete against the Lewis Family. My dad said, ‘Son, you’re going to lose everything you have.’”
Welch said he sold his first car as a Ford dealer in Darien, Georgia, in August 1985…