Lewis Grizzard was called “A Mark Twain for our generation” by the Los Angeles Times. Grizzard was the most popular syndicated columnist in American newspaper history, and his career spanned the last years of the great American daily newspapers before the computer revolution.

He wrote 18 books which appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List, with titles like “Elvis Is Dead And I Don’t Feel So Good Myself” and “Don’t Bend Over In The Garden Granny, You Know Them Taters Got Eyes.” He sat on Carson’s couch and guest-starred on “Designing Women.” Lewis was wildly popular, highly irreverent and Southern through and through. When he died at 47 after heart surgery, millions of readers mourned the loss of a friend.

Actor Bill Oberst Jr. has been playing him onstage to sold-out houses for 15 years. It’s a performance authorized by Grizzard‘s widow Dedra and a loving tribute to the man who famously said he was “American by birth, and Southern by the grace of God.”

Shows at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Conyers-Rockdale Council for the Arts Black Box Theater at 910 Center Street. Tickets are $30 and seats are limited! Tickets are available by calling 770-922-3143 or visiting www.conyersarts.org.