Margaret’s Grocery and Market
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Location:
Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA (Map)
Status:
Threatened
Artist:
2007
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2007
2013, now is disrepair
2013, now is disrepair
2013, now is disrepair
2013, now is disrepair
2013, now is disrepair
2013, now is disrepair
April 2015
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April 2015
Late 1996/2007
Late 1996/2007
Late 1996/2007
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Wedding day
June 2015
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2001
1987
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Kelly Ludwig
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Shad Kvetko
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Terry Nowell
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Marissa Gawel
Used with permission of the photographer, Ted Degener
Used with permission of the photographer, Ted Degener
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About the Artist/Site
Margaret and her first husband ran a rural grocery outside Vicksburg on old Highway 61. Following his fatal shooting by a neighborhood kid during a robbery, she met Reverend Dennis through the ladies at church, and they married in 1979. Subsequently, the Reverend began to fix up the grocery to attract attention and to enable him to share the word of God more widely. He began to paint the building red and white, with some blue, and Margaret added the crowning touches of pink and yellow. During WWII, the Reverend had been trained as a bricklayer, and he said the pinks, yellows, and reds should remind people that “you can’t have a bouquet of flowers without different colors. We’re all God’s children.”
Reverend and Margaret Dennis had bequeathed the Grocery to the Church prior to their deaths, but it has been allowed to fall into disrepair. Painted plywood signs are missing, and those still there are warped, splintered and peeling. The painted cinder blocks that remain are peeling and crumbling. Reverend Dennis’ famed school bus pulpit is padlocked and rusting. It had been one of the premier art environments of the South.
~Kelly Ludwig
Update: The Mississippi Folk Art Foundation (501c3) has been the steward of Margaret’s Grocery since 2013. The site is currently closed for repairs, but if you would like a tour or more information, please visit the Mississippi Folk Art Foundation Facebook page or contact Suzi Altman at suzisnaps@aol.com or call (601) 668-9611.
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Map and site information
4535 North Washington Street
Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States
Latitude/Longitude: 32.410678 / -90.842039
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