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Wright Laid to Rest at Sunday Service here

Grave photo of Robert Lee Wright Jr., victim of shooting in Ashburn on September 30, 1985.

Tags: Ashburn, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), The Wiregrass Farmer

Wright Case Awaits Grand Jury

Tags: Ashburn, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Charles B. Perry (1943-2013), Charles V. Perry (1912-1988), David Perry, Dorothy "Dot" Ireland Coker, Dorothy Joe Bean, McLendon St., Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse

Wiregrass Farmer Sold; G.C. Patten of Adel Purchaser

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Although there is new ownership, there will be no changes in staff.

Nora Lawrence Smith, Editor:
"I love the work. when I was 13 years old I crawled up on a stool and learned to set type by hand and have been working ever since…

Tags: Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison II (1914-1979), Franklin Henry, G.C. Patten (Adel GA), Jere Jordan, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), Nora Lawrence Smith, The Turner County Plan of Farming, The Wiregrass Farmer

Whatever happened to the Turner County flag?

"The Turner County Flag had a blue background with Georgia in White and Turner County a solid color within the state."

Tags: Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Clyde Lamar Haman (1919-2002), Dorothy Joe Bean, Russell Ridgon, Shingler Building, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, Wayne Ellsworth Blue (1936-2018)

Turner Theatre - Ashburn, GA

Friday & Saturday
Dec 13-14
Double Feature

Sunday & Monday
Dec 15-16

Tags: Ashburn, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner Theater

Turner Hospital Staff Has Sixteen Members

Tags: Ashburn, Corine Hasty, Doris Morrell, Eloise Adams, Eloise Floyd, Florence Smith, George Long, Georgia Mae Wright, Jimmy Lou Ward, Nellie Ruth Smith, Oma Lee NeSmith, Patricia Burdette, Peggy Bennett, R.E. Bartell, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Hospital, William Hinson

Turner County Expenditures for Month of November 1947

Tags: Annelle Frances Thrasher Murphy (9/12/1897 - 6/3/1987), Ashburn City Water Works, Ashburn Dept. Stores, Ashburn Public Library, Barnett National Bank, Ben Columbus, Bolden Electric Shop, Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Carl Cannon (7/5/1898 - 11/18/1973), Charles L. Ray Jr. (5/14/1913 - 4/2/1966), Clyde Redding Hobby (2/22/1906 - 4/22/1992), Col. James H. Pate, Dr. James H. Baxter, Ducit Business Co., Elzie Tillman McSwain (8/3/1874 - 2/7/1954), First National Bank & Trust, Foote and Davies, G.W. Warren, Georgia Power Co., Gulf Oil Co., H.V. Kell, Harold Ray, Harold Whiddon, Harry D. Bell (1900-1969), Hattie May Lockett, Hattie Mizelle, Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961), Horace Walker, J.H. Sims, J.W. Shaw, John B. Hobby (1888-1953), John Clarence Holland (1893-1982), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), John Mercer, John Merritt, John William Hall (1877-1950), Joseph Wilson Haley (1885-1962), K.S. Jellison, L.C. Cone, Lewis W. "Judge" Perry (1893-1964), Marshall & Bruce, McCorvey Garage, McKenzie Motor Co., Mildred Sauls, Mitchell Stewart Hardware Co., North's Garage, Pearl Hughes (1883-1964), Preacher Battle, Raines Pharmacy, Roy B. Thompson (1904-1970), Standard Oil Co., Strickland & Zorn, Supreme Sales Co., The Wiregrass Farmer, Tri-State Tractor Co., Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Frozen Foods, Turner County Jail, Union Drug Co., Vanilla Edwards, W.C. Forehand, Walter W. Cowan (1870-1950), Will Floyd, William David Shepherd (1909-1959), Young's Market

Troubles (Editorial on Robert Wright Jr.'s death)

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn City Council, Ashburn Police Department, Board of Education, Crystal Richardson, Emmery Chapel Church, Integration, Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, Turner County Board of Commissioners

Tensions Ease Tuesday Night as Lawmen Continue Probe in Death

Sycamore Shows Steady Growth

Tags: Fountain Trading Co., H.H. McMurrian, Harden Seed and Produce Company, J.G. Williams, R.B. Howard & Sons, Sycamore, W.H. Holcombe, Warren-Simmons Co.

State Says Keep Inquest Here

Tags: Ashburn, Charles B. Perry (1943-2013), Charles V. Perry (1912-1988), David Perry, Dorothy "Dot" Ireland Coker, James W. Reynolds (1927-2003), Raymond W. Goss Jr (1948-1993), Raymond Woodrow Goss (1918-1996), Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, The Wiregrass Farmer

Special Armed Forces Edition

includes an IN MEMORIAM section for those who gave their lives in War World II

Sparrow Nest Lake Now Open

Tags: Donald Baldwin Jr., Sparrow's Nest, The Wiregrass Farmer

Sellars-Garrett

Wedding announcement for Annie Belle Sellars to W. Cluria Garrett

Tags: Alvah Pinkney Haman (1853-1922), Annie Belle Sellars Garrett (1907-1988), Ashville David Sellars (1862-1927), John William Garrett (18729-1947), The Wiregrass Farmer, William Cluria Garrett (1906-1996)

Schools Withstand Tension

in reference to Robert Wright Jr.'s shooting death and subsequent riot in Ashburn.

Tags: Ashburn, Jim Applewhite, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County High School, William G. "Bill" Hardin (1928-2012)

Schools of Turner County as of February 1910

Tags: A. Fountain, A.B. Hardy, A.S. Bussy, Alvah Pinkney "Pink" Haman (1853-1922), Amboy School, Arthur Pate (1884-1960), Ashburn High School, B&B School (Bussey School), Beauregard “Tobe” Arnold (1861-1942), Bennett George, Bessie May Morgan, Bethel School, Cannie Starling, Clara Watson, Cora Belle Wise (1899-1985), Cravey School (Little River School), Dakota School, Daniel D Davis (1876-1955), Daniel L. Rainey (1859-1913), David “Dave” Cravey (1853-1936), Davisville School, Deep Creek School, E.N. Shivers, E.V. Park, Earle Humphries, Essie Godwin Randolph (1901-1989), G.G. Pearson, George A. Owen (1879-1956), George Harris, George Robert Youngblood, George Washington Hobby (1862-1938), George Washington May Jr. (1879-1961), H.W. Hobby, Hector Zevley Strickland (1870-1953), Henry Thomas Wise (1867-1942), High Hill School, Ida Brock, Inaha School, J.R. Farmer, J.S. Mandeville, J.T. Willoughby, J.W. Carnes, Jacob Lott “Jake” Ross (1874-1964), James Benjamin Cravey (1867-1951), James Russell Wheeler (1844-1920), Joel Chandler Womack, John A. King (1864-1934), John Alexander Ross (1842-1933), John B. Pate (1874-1948), John Kanoy Godwin (1857-1940), John Perry Peacock (1866-1927), Johnson J. Covington (1851-1939), Julia Hobby, L.B. Adams, Lela Herringdine, Liberty School, Lillian Hartley Lupo (1898-1921), Live Oak School, Lorena W. Shivers (1886-1972), Luke School, Lumpkin School, Maggie Herrington, Mary Griffin Hobby Brown (1899-1964), Mary Owen, Mattie Wardlow, Mikel Wesley Lamb (1847-1923), O.F. Cheek, Oak Grove School, Oak Hill School, P.H. Haman, Pearl Gamble Fountain (1886-1968), Preston DeMonte “P.D.” Whiddon (1882-1969), R.A. Brown, R.A. Watson, Rev. Benjamin Franklin Rainey (1868-1958), Robert Graham Whiddon (1861-1911), Shingler School, Sycamore School, T.C. Cooper, T.P. Kimball, T.T. Bell, The Turner County Banner, Thomas J Willoughby (1860-1932), Vallie Strickland Blanton (1893-1938), Vernon Brown, W.F. Wardlow, W.H. Kimball, W.K. White, Whiddon School, William Edward Durham (1874-1949), Worth School, Wynn School

Reminiscences of Capt. A.R. Bates, Chief Scout of Gen. Joseph Wheeler

Tags: Alexander Raleigh Bates (1844-1934)

Reminiscence of Captain A.R. Bates of General Joseph Wheeler

Tags: Alexander Raleigh Bates (1844-1934), The Wiregrass Farmer

Piggly Wiggly to Return to Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ben Baker, Bob Christian, Bruno's, Chamley Eugene "Gene" Raper, IGA, Johnson Street, Piggly Wiggly, Robley Morrison, Rogers Plaza, The Wiregrass Farmer

Piggly Wiggly Opens its doors in Ashburn

Piggly Wiggly Grand Opening Sales Papers

Tags: Ashburn, Piggly Wiggly, Piggly Wiggly of Ashburn

Perry Believes Wright Death Justifiable; NAACP Calls for Special Prosecutor

First article:
"Perry said Friday, based on the 100-page GBI report, that if the coroner's inquest, which will be conducted here by members of the staff of The Doctor's Clinc [sic] in lieu of Coroner C.V. Perry and his assistant, results in a…

Tags: Ashburn, Charles V. Perry (1912-1988), David Perry, Everett Allen Garner (1930-2015), McLendon St., Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland

November 12 Inquest to Decide How Prisoner Died Here

Dr. Reynolds will call Coroner's Jury

Tags: Ashburn, Charles B. Perry (1943-2013), Charles V. Perry (1912-1988), David Perry, Dorothy "Dot" Ireland Coker, James W. "Dr. Jim" Reynolds (1927-2003), Judge John D. Crosby, McLendon St., Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, Turner County Courthouse

Next Stop Master's for Sycamore Golfers? They're Learning at 'Swinging' Program

Tags: Bo Lanneau, Cam Caton, Chris Nesmith, Christina G. Craig, Cristy L. Parten, Donald Garrett, Lisa Garrett Bonnell, Lori Braswell, Meagan Caton, Peggy King Shivers (1933-2019), Rosaline Land, Sam Shivers, Shaketha Bateman, Sycamore, Sycamore Elementary, The Wiregrass Farmer, Trish Mathis, Wayne Baxter (1945-2022)

New Turner Hospital will be opened Sunday

"The big, sprawling, yellow-brick building constructed and equipped at a cost near $450,000 will be inspected by the public after Governor Talmadge's address."

Tags: Alexander Stevens Story (1892-1973), Ashburn, Clyde S. Young, Henry Holmes Gorday (1902-1972), J. Mallory Hardy (1905-1980), Rev. A.W. Green, Rev. J.H. Pate, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Hospital, Turner Hospital Authority, W.E. "Buck" Leverette (1907-1989)

Mrs. Perry Plans for her Last Children's Operetta

Miss Evelyn Griner will wed Mr. Shingler of Ashburn, July 22

Tags: Ashburn High School, Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Evelyn Griner Shingler (1923-2014), George Jacob Shingler (1924-2007), Herbert Ives Shinger II (1918-1959), Herbert Ives Shingler I (1893 -1978), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989)

Miss Bennett Named to head Turner Nurses

Tags: Ashburn, Peggy Bennett, The Wiregras, Turner County Hospital, William Hinson

Many Turner Countians Have Contributed to New Hospital

Tags: Alexander Stevens Story (1892-1973), Ashburn, Ashburn Peanut Co., Clyde R. Hobby (1906-1992), Clyde Shingler McKenzie (11/15/1887 - 6/30/1934), Cora Parham Beaty (1894-1986), Dr. Lee Denmead Stephens (1881-1945), Dr. Warren L. Story (1865-1949), Dr. William Joseph Turner (1868-1946), Earl Lamar Ray, Essena "Essa" Howell Story (1905-1993), Esther Ora Wiley Forshee (1912-1985), First Baptist Church, Frank W. Rogers (1887-1937), George B. Gorday (1869-1940), Jackie D. Oliver (1953-1962), Julia Cawley Turner (1868-1946), Knox-Conway Chapter of D.A.R., Mamie Kimble Oliver (1875-1957), Mamie S. Greer, Margaret Bailey Green (1894-1971), Maureen Stephens Hobby (1908-1999), Minnie Greer Monroe, Noreen Georgia Lucas Stewart (1904-1988), Olin P. Stewart (1900-1893), Ray's Drug Store, Rev. A.W. Green, Robert H. Green (1891-1948), The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Hospital, William A. Greer (1863-1921), William Maxie Forshee, William T. Scott (1905-1972)

Major Renovation Underway Now to Restore Dow[n]town McKenzie Building

"Renovation of the McKenzie Building in Downtown Ashburn is underway now by Jay Leatherwood and his wife, Shirley, who plan to restore the structure to its original beauty and distinction.
Mr. Leatherwood who purchased the property from Luke…

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