Mississippi's First Lady taps Gray as 'Florist of the Month'
By SCOTT HAWKINS, The Neshoba DemocratApril 24, 2021 GMT PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) — Young Philadelphia florist Madden Gray started working in floral arrangements when he was just 15 and this month found himself decorating the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. Gray, 22, who owns and operates MG & Company, a gifts, home, floral and design store on the square in Philadelphia, put in an application after one of his customers sent him an email in late February with information about Mississippi First Lady Elee Reeves’ Florist of the Month program. On the first Monday of April, Gray was decorat...