It is hard to know who influenced Lewis Grizzard, but he was from the same small town of Moreland, Georgia, as Erskine Caldwell. He went to school in Newnan, Georgia. There were numerous cotton mills...
From what I understand, Moreland.
Lewis Grizzard was born on October 20, 1946.
Lewis Grizzard died on March 20, 1994 at the age of 47.