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Local Archictect, Built Theatre at Ashburn

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Capacity of 800

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Theatre, Davis Building, Felton Davis, Main St., Main Street

Ashburn Theatre to be remodeled.

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Tags: Ashburn, Gorday building, Idea Theatre, Main St., Main Street, Mrs. J. A. Jones

Joy Auto Drive-In Theatre

90 cents a carload!

Tags: Ashburn, Joy Auto Drive-In Theatre

Pine Belt Route

Tags: Amboy, Bush, Davisville, Double Run, Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, Hawkinsville & Florida Southern Railway, Pine Belt Route, Shinglers, Worth

Mutilation Death Clues are Sought

Tags: Coverdale, Lady in the Lake, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986)

Lab Probes Turner Death

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Tags: Calvin F. Johnston (3/4/1925 - 3/5/2015), Coverdale, Edgar Edison Cravey (1932-1992), Lady in the Lake, Sara Nell Murphy, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986), Woodrow Goss

Severed Legs Found in Turner Pond Open Bizarre Murder Investigation

Tags: Calvin F. Johnston (3/4/1925 - 3/5/2015), Coverdale, Edgar Edison Cravey (1932-1992), Elbert L. Bean (1932-2009), George M. Johnston (1923-2017), Lady in the Lake, Sara Nell Murphy, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986), Woodrow Goss

Turner Theatre - Ashburn, GA

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Friday & Saturday
Dec 13-14
Double Feature

Sunday & Monday
Dec 15-16

Tags: Ashburn, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner Theater

Crime Lab Decribes Massacred Woman

The Crime Lab’s final report gave the first clear description of the victim: a white female, 25 to 30 years old, about 5’3” tall, weighing roughly 130 pounds, with blonde or light brown hair. She had Type A blood and a distinctive scar on her right…

Tags: Coverdale, Lady in the Lake, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986)

No Clues to Brutal Death

By December 5, the case had grown colder. The Wiregrass Farmer ran the headline “No Clues to Brutal Death” and reported that the investigation had stalled. Sheriff Kennedy admitted that the victim remained unidentified and that law enforcement may…

Tags: Coverdale, Lady in the Lake, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986)

Who Left Severed Body in Pond?

On November 28, 1968, the Wiregrass Farmer carried a headline that gripped Turner County with shock and fear: “Who Left Severed Body in Pond?” The story detailed the grim discovery of a woman’s mutilated remains in an isolated pond just outside…

Tags: Calvin F. Johnston (3/4/1925 - 3/5/2015), Coverdale, Edgar Edison Cravey (1932-1992), Elbert L. Bean (1932-2009), George M. Johnston (1923-2017), Lady in the Lake, Sara Nell Murphy, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986)

Photos of Akin Service Station After Burning

Tags: Akin Service Station, Ashburn, D.A. Luke

The Legs found in a Pond Mystery

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"Who Hacked Up Body of Woman?" November 25, 1968
"Search Widens For Parts of Body" November 26, 1968
"Lawmen Await Lap Report in Murder" November 27, 1968

Tags: Coverdale, Edgar Edison Cravey (1932-1992), Lady in the Lake

Ray Lloyd TV

This building once held a grocery store, Sycamore Gas, and a TV business.

Second image is a postcard of the same buildings.

Marlyn Wilson Nelson reminisces:
"I got to visit to visit this drugstore a few times. These were special visits for me!…

Tags: Bell Pharmacy, Erlene Hallman Hicks, Fountain Trading Co., J.T. Holloway, Marlyn Wilson Nelson, Planters Bank, Ray Lloyd TV, Sycamore, Sycamore Gas

Sycamore Jail

Tags: Erlene Hallman Hicks, Sycamore, Sycamore Jail

Paul Perry and Charles Perry Discuss Azzie Martin Murder

Tags: Azzie Martin (1/27/1911 - 12/11/1937), Charles Butler Perry (1943-2013), Evans House, Gail Walls, H. Paul Perry (1946-2014), Shelley Zorn

Library is Named As Memorial to Miss 'Vic' Evans by Club

Luncheon held by Ashburn Women's Club at the House by the Road in honor of Miss Victoria Evans for her years of service to the club and and 20 years of service as librarian of the Ashburn Library.

Fire Destroys Ashburn School

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Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Schools, Edward Ray Pinkerton Sr. (1907-1995), Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992), H.E. Sims, J.G. Garrison, J.H. Story

Gloria Pylant Interview

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Full interview can be heard here: https://youtu.be/nyqf2g43Cr8

Tags: Alton E. Ellis (1917-1974), Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, Gloria Pylant, Integration, Integration of Turner County Schools, Shelley Zorn

Interview with Warren S. Hancock

Warren S. Hancock was interviewed by Shelley Zorn and Gail Walls.

The envelope the tape was found in mentions the Evans Murder and the Miles Cribbs hanging. However, the tape is degraded within 4 minutes of the interview.

Tags: Gail Walls, Joseph Jonathan Hancock (1886-1958), Sam Young Hancock (1889-1949), Shelley Zorn, Warren S. Hancock (1928-2004)

Sycamore Elementary Class Photo, Miss Irvin, 1976-1977

From Lisa Garrett Bonnell,

"Found this from my Brother, Kevin Garrett's, time at Sycamore School! He's the top, last one on the right! That is his Bugs Bunny poster, he entered into a class contest and won our family a trip to Six Flags!"

Tags: Kevin Garrett, Lisa Garrett Bonnell, Sycamore, Sycamore Elementary