Another Barn
Another barn telling to “GET RIGHT WITH GOD” by Henry Harrison Mayes, near the Del Rio, TN barn, documented by Jacob Krejci I couldn’t locate it online, not sure if it is still there.
Henry Harrison Mayes Barn in Del Rio, TN
I saw the PREPARE TO MEET GOD barn for the first time on The Carpetbagger’s Flickr page and the only clue was Del Rio, TN a tiny town on a long winding road along a river. Mayes created the sign in the 50 and added the same message later with wooden letters above the metal…
The Cross Bench – Ford’s Woods Park, Middlesboro, KY
From “A Coal Miner’s Simple Message” The cross bench is a very special sign that lots of people have enjoyed. This particular one-of-a-kind sign (bench) weighs two thousand pounds and is built in the shape of a cross. This shows the cross bench as it was first cast at Harrison’s homeplace. Later, it was moved to downtown. Presently, it is placed at…
Marker in the National Geographic Magazine, 1971
The concrete heart at Totz, KY, appeared in an article in the National Geographic Magazine. In a demanding land that offers few rewards, religion provides sustaining comfort. This concrete sign, built to withstand the years—and, paradoxically, the bullets that regularly pock it—issues its prediction near the town of Cumberland in Harlan County.Similar messages adorn barns…
Get Right With God – Railroad sign
Harrison Mayes Railroad sign, April 1999 Trenton, Michigan (from A Coal Miner’s Simple Message by Catherine Mayes)
Sounds of Middlesboro, KY and around
Only a Miner by Cadle, Tillman The Great Judgement Morning by Congregation of the Church of Ten Elders Around the same times, Henry Harrison Mayes was active, Alan Lomax traveled through Appalachia and recorded the music of the people there and the people themselves. Some recordings were released on Folkways, like When Kentucky Had No Union…
Get Right With God – Happy Ending (Sign, Speedwell, TN)
Sign by Henry Harrison Mayes in near Old-Hwy 63, Speedwell, TN Location: 36.52185783000347, -83.74941173203882 According to “A Coal Miner’s Simple Message” Book, a cross was relocated from Middlesborro to Speedwell, TN to Bill Hatfields property. I wasn’t able to find it via street view or satellite images, but I found a painted Mayes sign. Hatfield…
Mayes’ display near Middlesboro, KY, his hometown, in a short documentary about a snake handling church.
Mayes’ display near Middlesboro, KY, his hometown, in a short documentary about a snake handling church. Documentary about ‘snake-handling’ Kentucky church fails to grasp tradition, expert says
About the Mayes, and their message in a bottle.
The Mayeses have mailed their bottle-contained messages all over the world, but so far, they said, they have not been able to break through the Iron Curtain. “I guess w e w ill have to float them in,” Mayes remarked. They m ailed four to the postmaster at Istanbul. asking him to throw them into…
The Legend of Harrison Mayes by Just Off The Wilderness Road
The Legend of Harrison Mayes Liner Notes | Just Off The Wilderness Road It all began a hundred years agoWhen he painted a pig ‘cause the good Lord told him soGet right with God was what it had to sayThis is the legend of Harrison Mayes Up Mingo holler, down in a mineA broken rail…
The Story of Harrison Mayes by The Carpetbeggar
The Carpetbagger is (or was ;-)) one of the best resources for Mayes markers. Jakob documented quite a lot. http://www.thecarpetbagger.org/2012/10/harrison-mayes.html Searching for Harrison Mayes on the Rattler
Images from Exhibition Flyer
Henry Harrison Mayes wearing a trucker cap and a shirt with crosses painted on. Probably from an exhibition flyer.
Marker in Maher, WV
37°46’04.2″N 82°19’49.0″W · 1990-2320 US-52, Williamson, WV 25661
Photograph by Ben Shahn, Oct 1935
PREPARE TO MEET GOD I wonder if this is an early photo of one of Henry Harrison Mayes painted signs. He put marker up in Williamson, WV, so it’s safe to assume he traveled there before. The typography seems a bit off brand though, so the sign could at least be inspired by Mayes.
Prepare to Meet God by Weirs
Contemporary dark American Folk Songs. Cover artwork is the sign in Mebane, NC.
Get Right With God – Hot Gospel – Compilation
On the cover of this compilation appears a cross by Henry Harrison Mayes, America’s Roadside Evangelist, photographed by Peter B. Lowry in Georgia, 1970. Various – Get Right With God (Hot Gospel 1947 – 1953) Various – Get Right With God (Hot Gospel Volume 2) Listen to Hot Gospel Vol I
Henry Harrison Mayes Roadside Cross in Cecile, OH
Couldn’t locate the cross on google streetview but it must have been around here: https://goo.gl/maps/nmemsHV5fMZEdULQ7 Cross is now at the museum https://goo.gl/maps/NNfPR6GDEWtiZMrK7 Public sentiment leads to old cross staying, new cross planned – Blessings in disguise Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:00 AM By NANCY WHITAKER Progress Feature Writer CECIL – The old cross sign…
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Sanne Peper – Due to Lack of Interest, Tomorrow has been Cancelled [2008-2015]
Henry Harrison Mayes – Exhibition at Clinton, Tennessee — Museum of Appalachia 2010 Part of Sanne Peper – Due to Lack of Interest, Tomorrow has been Cancelled [2008-2015] Project/Book. https://blog.photoeye.com/2016/02/book-review-due-to-lack-of-interest.html
Historic Photo of Henry Harrison Mayes Roadside Cross in Alabama
James Karales (1930-2002) was a photographer for Look magazine between 1960 and 1972 and is included in the show with his pictures of the churchs’ role during the events that Look published in the May 18, 1965 issue, and the Selma March. His iconic image of this event, which is permanently on view at the…