Moreland-raised Lewis Grizzard became one of the South's most popular humorists, writing an Atlanta newspaper column syndicated in hundreds of papers and more than twenty books before his 1994 death; the marker mistakenly records his death year as 1944.
Lewis Grizzard (1946-1944)
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Lewis Grizzard (1946-1944) is a historical marker in Moreland, Coweta County, erected in 2025. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in Coweta County, among 128 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.2861, -84.7694 near Moreland. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brannon, W. A., Store--Moreland Knitting Mills (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Founders Cemetery, Southview Cemetery, and Mount Prospect Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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