Real Life Uncle Remus Celebrates 95th Birthday

Restaurant Founder Gus Rickette to be Celebrated at Rickette Foundation Gospel Concert

Gus and Mary Rickette met a vendor who was trying to sell a sign that a previous customer no longer wanted. The sign read “Uncle Remus,” and the couple knew immediately it was exactly what they wanted to hang over their restaurant door. That was in 1969; and, as they say, the rest is history. Uncle Remus, a fictional character from a collection of African American folktales, has been representing the brand fittingly.

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• August 11, 2021