This is a light and crispy lace cornbread cooked in lard and oh so delicious.


This is a light and crispy lace cornbread cooked in lard and oh so delicious.

The Turner County Public Works Camp- known as the prison farm or chain gang- shaped hundreds of lives, evolving from harsh beginnings to one of the state’s top honor camps by the 1960s and 1970s.
Location: Coley Farms on Cofer Rd, Sycamore, GA
Date: October 4, 2021




location: unknown in Sycamore, GA
Date: July 1957

Location: Ray Rd., Sycamore, GaDate: October 4, 2025

At the 2025 Haman Family Reunion at Old Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church in Ashburn, we sat down with Annise Collins Harwell, sister of previous interviewee Donzelle Collins, to share her memories of growing up in Turner County.

Location: 71 N Mattie Avenue, Sycamore, GADate: October 4, 2025

Location: MLK Jr. Drive, Ashburn, GADate: October 4, 2025

Location: 137 Toombs St., Ashburn, GADate: October 4, 2025 Shipp’s Funeral Home has been a staple in Turner County since 1972.
Donzelle Collins shares tender memories of a bygone era- providing memories of the Hopewell Church spring and telling how his parents met and fell in love in early 1900s Turner County.