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Plowing up peanuts at Phil Coley Farms.

1970 May 28 - Integration - Plan Approved for school merger.jpg
Photos are in left to right order, top to bottom for new principals for the Integrated school system of Turner County Schools:
Jimmy Alberson
Rudene Gentry
Bill Hardin
Elie S. Griffin
Hodge King

New school grade/principal assignments:
Grades…

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Pivots in Paradise

Location: Nesmith Rd., Sycamore, GA

Pivot watering a cotton field off of Julianne Road in Ashburn, GA 8.14.2021.jpg
Julianne Road in Ashburn, Georgia

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Daniels Road in Ashburn, Ga

Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel Henderson Davis, date unkown.jpg
Pioneers Sheep Bennett Pate and Daniel H. Davis, early ~1900s

Piggly Wiggly Sunset.jpg
Location: Rogers Plaza facing West (S. Johnson St. and E. Monroe St. in Ashburn, GA)

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Farmer Steven Poole picks up dried peanuts and loads them in trailer for travel to peanut mills for harvest 2021. Steven works for Phil Coley at Coley Farms.

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Located at what is now known as Tom Whitsett Park, the pool has since closed and been filled in.

The white building in the back was Britt's Grocery.

1945 Jan 4 WGF- Willie T Nelson killed in action.jpg
Pfc. Willie T. Nelson (above) son of Mr. and Mrs. J.N. Nelson, Ashburn Rt. 3, was killed in action in Luxembourgh Dec. 28, according to a telegram received from the War Department. He was 19 years old.

Pfc. Nelson was born near Quitman April 18,…

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Located at 304 North Street in Ashburn, GA, this clock was brought to Ashburn from New Jersey. It once belonged to the Mastrario family when they lived at 413 N Main St. (The Betts-Shealy House) from 1992-2000. They had the clock at the end of their…

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The clock, currently owned by Perry Funeral Chapel, was donated to them my the Mastrario family. They brought the clock with them when they moved into Ashburn from New Jersey in 1992. The Perry family restored the clock and added the "Mastrario" name…

Perry Funeral Chapel March 24, 1952 #2 front.jpg
This is a Kodacolor print Made by Eastman Kodak Company
T.M. regis. U.S, Pat. Off.
Week of March 24, 1952

The Wiregrass Farmer - October 31, 1985 - Perry Believes Wright Death Justifiable.jpg
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…

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Sign that hung at Peacock’s Skating Rink.

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Location: 327 Hudson Avenue in Ashburn, GA

This Georgian-style home was built in 1896 by John Robert Patton (September 13, 1859 – March 20, 1898), as a gift for his wife Fannie McLendon Patton (September 23, 1869 – November 9, 1949). Apparently,…

Patrons of Ashburn Colored School Meeting Minutes - election of board - May 13, 1933 1.jpg
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Patrons of the Ashburn Colored School met on the above date for the purpose of electing a board of seven men to serve as members of the board, higest [highest] 4 for three years the next three for one year.

Page 2
1. Will Shealy 9
2. J.A…

Stores and houses in Turner County, Georgia - LoC Amboy - Aug 15 1977.jpg
Turner County, Georgiastore in Amboy GA, sign over door "Amboy" (other sources identify as Pace's [Pate's] Grocery), with gasoline pump marked "Supreme"Medium 35 mm black-and-white film negatives Call Number/Physical Location Call number: AFC…
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