Present day 1200 West Main Street, New Iberia.
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Raymond Greig built the house and store in the 1940s. One of the last businesses heading out of town on Highway 182, Greig's Grocery was the perfect stop. After the property was sold in 1997, it became May's Grocery, which is permanently closed.
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Greig's West Main Grocery – Greig's little store was a gatekeeper of the growing city of New Iberia for nearly 50 years.
Raymond August Greig was born in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on November 28, 1914. Raymond was a bright boy but never received more than an 8th-grade education. Ray met Carrie Leigh Broussard at a county fair. They wed on November 30, 1935, before…