Ray Charles memorialized with piano

Saturday, July 18, was a great day to celebrate Greenville’s most famous son. In addition to the Fresh Farmer’s Market taking place in Haffye Hays Park, the Town of Greenville unveiled a piano mural dedicated to Ray Charles. In April of this year, Greenville Mayor Ryan Kornegay approached Devonte King, an artist from Quincy, Fla., with the idea of painting a mural on a piano that had been donated to the Town of Greenville. Ray Charles Robinson, the musical icon, was actually born in Alban