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This portrait is part of a matching set with James Simon "J.S" Shingler and Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler. On the back of the portrait of Emma, there is a handwritten note: "From D (illegible) W Migraths Portrait Copying & Picture Frame House 125…

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This portrait is part of a matching set with James Simon "J.S" Shingler and Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler. On the back of the portrait of Emma, there is a handwritten note: "From D (illegible) W Migraths Portrait Copying & Picture Frame House 125…

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To read more of John Dye's People of Turner County interview:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/02/14/john-dye/

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JACK WITH HIS DAUGHTER RENE ALBRITTON FORTSON.

To read more from Jack Albritton's People of Turner County interview:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/01/17/jack-albritton/

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To read Joan's mini interview, check it out here:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2022/10/11/joan-sellars-lorenzen/

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To read Trisha's mini interview, check it out here:
https://turnercountyproject.com/2023/04/06/trisha-dasher/

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DONALD GARRETT, DESCENDENT OF A.P. AND MARY HAMAN, IN FRONT OF AND INSIDE OF OLD HOPEWELL CHURCH.

To read more about Donald and Old Hopewell Church, check out his People of Turner County…

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ALVAH PINKNEY “A.P.” AND MARY ROOKS HAMAN, DATE UNKNOWN. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA GARRETT BONNELL.

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FROM L-R:
JAMES GARRETT, GAYLE GARRETT SPRADLIN, LAMAR GARRETT, BARBARA GARRETT MOODY, DONALD GARRETT, GWEN GARRETT CRAIN, JEANETTE GARRETT WILSON, ANNIE BELL SELLARS GARRETT, W.C. “CURLY” GARRETT

Outside their home in Sycamore, GA.

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Taken within Perry Funeral Chapel Offices

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Photo taken at the Southwest corner of the Turner County Courthouse of Jack Marrell and his wife.
The wagon is selling Rawleigh Products: Medicines, Extracts, Spices, Soaps, Perfumes, Toilet Articles.

Ashburn First Baptist Church can be see in…

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John Dye, who turned 95 in 2022, is perhaps one of the most well-respected citizens in Turner County. He is beloved by many not only because he invested so much of his time and love into his students throughout his almost 50 years in education but…

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by Austin Saxon

"Mrs. Shirley Turner became the first woman ever to earn a place on the Ashburn City Council Thursday as she narrowly defeated William I. (Bill) Posey in a special election to fill a vacancy in Post No. 4."
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Mrs. Turner who is…

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Photograph of Victoria Evans, date unknown, by T.B. Blackshear, photographer in Macon, GA.

Painting was created by Minnie G. Brown of Ashburn, GA based on the photograph of Victoria Evans.

Plaque next to the painting says:
VICTORIA CHARITY…

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J.S. Betts was one of Ashburn’s founding fathers, long-time Mayor of Ashburn, and owner of the Betts Lumber Company. It was said that his wife Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (May 2, 1858 – September 27, 1907) used to “signal” her sister Ella…

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JOHN WEST EVANS

(September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904)

Born in Hancock County to Sterling G. and Mary West Evans, John and his wife Ella, followed his business partner/brother-in-law John Samuel “J.S.” Betts (July 29, 1848 – April 25, 1918)…

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James Riley “Jack” Albritton, who turns 95 in 2022, has lived a life worth talking about. He served in the Air Corps at age 17 (yes, underage) to help clean up Pearl Harbor. He created a thriving mechanic business in the sleepy town of Sycamore. He…

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Dr. Gordon C. McKenzie
Chairman of the Board of Education

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"Dr. G.C. McKenzie of Ashburn, president of the Chehaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America, is pictured above congratulating J.R. Stott, newly appointed field executive for the council. Congratulations took place following a meeting of the various…

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A Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman clipping showing Nina Cox holding a bat that says "I will bat for Turner Co."

Nina Cox, an Ashburn High School teacher, resigned from her position in 1924 and entered the race for the Turner County School…

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Born in 1953, Virginia Smith arrived into this world in Sycamore, Georgia delivered at home by a midwife. Due to the time period’s racist social policies, the hospital was a “whites only” establishment. But this was just her first introduction to…

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"Mr. Gilmore is a prosperous farmer of the Rebecca district and is highly esteemed by those who know him. He has good business qualifications and the interest of the county at heart."
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