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2nd LT. Jack Austin Scott

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132274944/jack_austin-scott

Tags: Ashburn, Carolyn Scott, First Baptist Church, Jack Austin Scott (1920-2001), Mary Raines Scott (1923-1994), Rose Hill Cemetery, Scott Oil Co., Susie Tyler Scott (1891-1969), The Wiregrass Farmer, William R. Scott (1889-1953)

Carrying the Rows

Tags: Amanda Smith, Isaac Nesmith (1983-2025), Jimmy Nesmith, Ken Nesmith, LaRue Wilson Nesmith, Peanuts, South Georgia Oil Distributors, Sycamore, Waylon Nesmith

Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961)

pg 55

Tags: Diamond Jubilee, Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961)

Dr. Theophilus William Tison (1832-1911)

Tags: Diamond Jubilee, Dr. Theophilus William Tison (1832-1911), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951)

Carrie Bell Traylor (1888-1974)

Page 57 of Diamond Jubilee Booklet.Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92279428/carrie-b-traylor

Tags: Ashburn, Carrie Bell Traylor (1888-1974), Diamond Jubilee

C.S. Young

page 57

Tags: C.S. Young, Diamond Jubilee, Rebecca, Turner County Board of Education

Bob Hardy Pilkinton (1883-1943)

page 53

Tags: Bob Hardy Pilkinton (1883-1943), Diamond Jubilee

Margaret Baldwin Shingler Moore

This photo was once displayed at the Victoria Evans Memorial Library as part of a Shingler family display. It has since been returned to the family.

Tags: Margaret Baldwin Shingler, Margaret Baldwin Shingler Moore, Victoria Evans Memorial Library

Edoltha J. Holmes (1933-2013)

Tags: Ashburn, Edoltha Juanita Holmes (1933-2013), Eureka School, Serella Ingram (1907-1976), Sycamore School, The Gospel Starlets, Turner County School System

Eureka School hold school reunion at Civic Center

Remembering Albert Royal and Charles Jackson

A deep dive into the 1910 lynching of two black men in Ashburn, Georgia. This post seeks to try to learn more about the victimes, Albert Royal and Charles Jackson.

Hodge King (1914-1999)

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Emmery Chapel AME Church, Eureka School, Hattie King (1918-2012), Hodge King (1914-1999), Hodge King Drive, Integration, The Wiregrass Farmer, Tom Whitsett Park, Turner County Board of Education, Turner County Schools

Hattie King (1918-2012)

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Brownie Girl Scout Troop 175, Child Abuse Prevention Coalition, Christmas Parade, Emmery Chapel AME Church, Eureka School, Glendah Hayes-Dawsey, Hattie King (1918-2012), Hodge King (1914-1999), Lois Evelyn Dye (1934-2020), Naomi Hayes, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Schools

Bryan Opens Law Office in Ashburn

Cheryle was the first woman to practice law in Turner County and the first woman in the Tift Judicial Circuit.

Tags: Ashburn, Cheryle Bryan, Floyd Wardlow, The Wiregrass Farmer, Washington Ave., Washington Avenue

Sycamore City Council of 1973

Tags: Carroll M. Gregory (1940-2001), Grady Ray, James A. Woodruff (1934-2021), James Riley "Jack" Albritton, Junius Wynn, Sycamore, Sycamore City Council, T.D. Fountain, The Wiregrass Farmer

Mrs. Smith's Lantern Burned for 80 Years

"She had no children, so she adopted Ashburn and Turner County."

Tags: Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), The Wiregrass Farmer

Coverdale Gin Workers

Photo 1: Earl McNair, of Ashburn, GA
Photo 2: James Young
Photo 3: William Maxie Forshee and Joyce Hobby
Photo 4: T.R. Young, and son, James

Tags: Ashburn, Coverdale, Coverdale Gin, Earl McNair, James Young, Joyce Hobby Stevens (1928-2011), T.R. Young, William Maxie Forshee (1891-1968)

The Butler Family

Tags: Annie Jo Butler (1929-1991), Clay Marchman, James Willard Butler (1932-2004), John Cornelius Butler (1897-1940), Johnnie Lou Butler Mercer Bennett (1921-2011), Maddox Farm, Maudelle Butler Gunter (1924-2005), Maurine B Bundrick Butler (1900-1976), Reba Butler Webb (1918-2008), Rebecca

Little Girl but a BIG Fan

Tags: Carlos McSwain, James Douglas “Red” Shivers (1939-1992), Margaret Mary Moran Shivers (1937-2019), Rebecca, Tracy Shivers Wilson

Rebecca Flashers Basketball Team 1934

Rebecca High School
March 1934

Front Row (L-R)
Wilson Hancock = Buck
Alton Biggers
Raymond Mann
Loy M Harvey
F.H. McCall

Second Row (L-R)
Archie Hobby
Luther Hobby
SJ Young
Bill Kennedy
Coach Jimmie [unknown]

Toney Townsend
Not…

Tags: Alton Biggers, Archie L. Hobby (1912-2005), Bill Kennedy, F.H. McCall, Judson Luther Hobby (1917-2009), Loy Monroe "Mac" Harvey (1916-1944), Raymond Mann, Rebecca, Rebecca High School, S.J. Young, Tiny Townsend, Woodrow Wilson Hancock Sr. (1917-1976)