Located in Greenville, Florida, this house is a reconstruction of the home where Ray Charles lived with his mother and adopted grandmother, shortly after his birth in 1930, until about the age of five. It was at the age of seven that Ray lost his sight and he was sent to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine.
This house had no electricity or indoor plumbing. A hand primed pump supplied the water from a well next to the house. Because of deterioration, the abandoned house was scheduled for demolition in 2006 but the Town of Greenville purchased the structure to preserve the memory of Ray Charles. Completion of the reconstruction was done in 2008.
Look what can come fron natural talent...God given no less!!!
ReplyDeleteGeorgia, Georgia...from humble beginnings came a great American legend.
ReplyDelete