Zebedee Armstrong

Zebedee Armstrong

Zebedee B. Armstrong (October 11, 1911–1993), aka Z.B. Armstrong, was an outsider artist best known for his doomsday calendars.

Armstrong was born in Thomson, Georgia. He went to school until eighth grade. He married in 1929 and had two daughters. For much of his life, he worked picking cotton on the local Mack McCormick farm. After his wife died in 1969, he began to work at the Thomson Box Factory, staying there until 1982.

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