Bobby Senior

"The slogan in Greenwood was, If Greenwood did not have it you did not need it" - Bobby Eaton Senior

Mr. Eaton is the community griot and storyteller of Greenwood. A mayoral-like figure for the community who comes to Greenwood daily to patronize the businesses and share his wisdom. Griots were members of a class of nomadic poets, historians, and orators who guided culture through the power of story in parts of West Africa. Mr. Eaton is a community griot for Greenwood.