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Freshly Dug Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes grown by Jake Perry on Nesmith Rd.

Freshly picked blueberries

Freshly picked blueberries from Nesmith Rd.

Blueberry bush tended to my Amanda Cook Perry and Michael Perry.

Tags: Amanda Cook Perry, Blueberries, Michael Perry, Sarah Cook

From Sawdust to Sanctuary: 1889-1976

Ashburn Methodist Church

Tags: Alma Jessup Comer (1881-1948), Annelle Frances Thrasher Murphy (9/12/1897 - 6/3/1987), Annie Haynie Story (1911-1997), Arthur Riddick Smith (1886-1975), Ashburn Methodist Church, Aurena Emmie Josephine Evans Burgess (7/22/1880 - 3/2/1974), Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Bessie Lawrence, Beverly North, Bill Greer Monroe (1915-1989), Callie Killebrew, Carolyn Elizabeth "Carrie" Green McLendon (1849-1932), Cecil Adair, Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), David M. Harp, Dennis & Dennis Architect Firm, Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Donald M. Dasher (1919-1988), Dr. Christopher C. Goss (1913-2003), Dr. Julian Cicero "Jack" Greene (1928-2017), E.B. Judge, Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Elihue James Hodge (1837-1915), Elizabeth Sharpe Zorn (1913-1986), Ella Bohannon Evans (1852-1910), Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (5/22/1858 - 9/27/1907), Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Enos F. Knowles (1887-1975), F.E. Hudson, Florence Baxter, Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992), G.W. Stubbs, George Sterling Evans (1872-1903), George W. Smith Jr. (1920-1945), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Gwen Goss Kaye, H.H. Averett, H.L. Dixon, H.S. Dixon, Hazel Turner Kerns (1895-1968), Helen Jordan, Henry A. "Bo" Miller Jr. (1933-2020), Henry James “Pok” McKenzie (1922-1992), Hudson Avenue, Ida Judge, J.C. Roberts, J.H. Porcher, Jack Webb Zorn (1913-1986), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Jessie C. Hickman, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John A. Holloway Jr. (1922-1999), John Goss, John Henry Gilmore (12/20/1851 - 9/6/1920), John Hilliard Johnston Sr. (1919-1988), John J. Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story (1882-1959), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John Robert Launius (1889-1974), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Joseph T. McLendon Sr. (1846-1926), Josephine Evans Miller (1901-1981), Kathleen Thrasher Clark (1892-1970), Keenan P. Baker (1885-1942), L.C. Killebrew, Lamont Street, Larry Lambert (1941-2008), Lawrence R. Judge, Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Lucius Bedell Griffin (1910-1999), Lula Hodge, Madison Avenue, Maggie Hall Lawrence (1860-1933), Main Street, Margaret Hursey, Marion Tharpe, Mary "May" Jenkins Betts (1863-1931), Maurice Grahl, Morgan Sabb Cantey (1864-1921), Mrs. E.E. Judge, Mrs. Georgia Evans, Mrs. J.L. Evans, Mrs. M.S. Cantey, Mrs. Mattie Matthews, Nellie C. Boland (1910-1966), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Ollie Clyde Hughes Reinhardt (1887-1955), Olynthus C. Turner (1898-1976), Orren H. Lay (1851-1891), Ouida Hodge, Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929), Rainey Street, Ralph Reginald Cox (1894-1968), Rev. C.H. McCord, Rev. C.T. Bickley, Rev. H.P. Myers, Rev. J.C. Flanders, Rev. J.H. Taylor, Rev. J.J. Williams, Rev. J.M. Glenn, Rev. J.O.A. Cook, Rev. P.H. Crumpler, Rev. R. E. Towson, Rev. R.M. Booth, Rev. Tom Christian, Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), Robert "Bob" P. Adamson, Robert Edward Lee Betts (1867 - 1934), Robert Payne Fain (1860-1921), Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966), Roy Marion Sumner Jr. (1920-1942), T.F. Britt, Thomas A. Judge (1872-1946), Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986), Victoria Evans, W.C. Bass, W.F. Hixon, Wilburn Speight, William A. Long, William A. Shingler (1859-1922), William D. Alexander Jr. (1923-1997), William Killen Jenkins (1866-1945), William W. Odom Jr. (1919-1943), William Warren Ashburn (1838-1906), Willie Frances Rowan Goss (1914-2001), Woodrow W Faircloth (1912-1994), Youlie C. Killibrew, Zula Anna Blackwell Cantey (1866-1957)

765 N. Main St. in Ashburn, GA

Known as the Shingler House, this lovely home represents the Neoclassical Revival period. Constructed in 1908, the building features a multi-hipped, red tile roof, exposed rafters, and monumental portico. The porte…

Tags: Beverly Clyde Shingler McKenzie (1887-1934), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Herman Eugene Talmadge Jr. (1942-2014), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Leila Elizabeth “Betty” Shingler Talmadge (1923-2005), N. Main St., Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

Gabe's Cemetery

also fondly known as Gabe's Tater Patch.
circa 1890s

Howell Circle in Ashburn, Ga

Tags: Gabe's Cemetery, Howell Circle, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

Gabe's Cemetery

Location: Howell Circle, Ashburn, GA

Tags: Ashburn, Gabe's Cemetery, Howell Circle Rd., Samantha “Sami” Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

Game of Turner County coming

"The Game of Turner County is coming soon.

The board game is based around buying and selling properties and trying to run other players our of business and bankrupt them.

The Wiregrass Festival [now known as the Fire Ant Festival] is…

Tags: Ben Baker, Fire Ant Festival, Sue Mastrario, The Wiregrass Farmer

Garrett's Dinette

Pictured is the building that was Garrett's Dinette which was owned by W.C. Garrett and Annie Belle Sellars Garrett.

To learn more about Garrett's Dinette, check out this interview with Donald…

Tags: Annie Belle Sellars Garrett (1907-1988), Donald Garrett, Garrett's Dinette, William Cluria Garrett (1906-1996)

Gayle Garrett Spradlin

Tags: Patricia "Gayle" Garrett Spradlin (1946-2023)

Geodetic Survey Bench Mark from 1934

Have you ever seen this marker? This is a US. Coast & Geodetic Survey Bench Mark from 1934. This is just 1 of 17 (!!) located in Turner County. There is a 44-page doc you can read ALL about this!These reference points are developed and maintained…

Tags: E. College Ave., Geodetic Survey Bench Mark, McLendon St., Turner County Courthouse

George Betts - Leader in Turner County Permanent Prosperity Program - The Country Gentleman

"Georgia must carry on his work to the splendid end he sought."

Tags: George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923)

George T. Betts (2 articles)

Tags: Cow Hog and Hen Program, George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), Turner County Permanent Prosperity Program, Turner County Plan

Georgia Boy

Herman Eugene Talmadge, grandson of former Governor Talmadge, and his mother, the former Miss Betty Shingler, of Ashburn, GA., send their picture via V-mail to father Herman Talmadge, of the United States Navy."
page 11

Tags: Herman Eugene Talmadge Jr. (1942-2014), Leila Elizabeth “Betty” Shingler Talmadge (1923-2005)

Georgia forestry, Vol. 31, no. 1

Tags: Billy J. Williams (1929-1997)

Georgia Fugitive, Robert Kieth, Held by St. Louis Police

Tags: Ashburn, Public Works Camp

Georgia Historical Commission Turner County Marker

142-1
Georgia Historical Commission
1954

TURNER COUNTY
This County, created by Act of the Legislature August 18, 1905, is named for Capt. Henry Gray Turner who was captured by Union troops at Gettysburg. A resident of Nashville and later of…

Tags: Charles Lafayette Royal (1853-1917), Henry Gray Turner (1839-1904), James Henry Gorday (1863-1921), John B. Cason, Thomas Edward Brown (1865-1938), Virgil A. Freeman (1840-1913), William A. Greer (1863-1921)

GEORGIA NORTHERN train

GEORGIA NORTHERN
No. 14
Type: FTA
Builder/Date: Electro Motive, 1944
Location/Date: Ashburn, GA Feb 9, 1969

GEORGIALAND - GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA. (vintage postcard)

9A-H104
C.T. Art Colortone

Georgian Gets 20 Years in Slaying; Faces Incest Trial in Turner County

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Lillian Helen Wright Grice (~1942-1983), Roy Wright (1912-1992), William Franklin Huggins (1898-1951)

German Prisoner Help is Available All Year

Tags: POW Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer

Giddens Coins

These coins were used to pay employees who worked at the W.W. "Bill" Giddens’ sawmill in Coverdale. The employees could use the coins at the company-owned store. There was also an agreement with the Ashburn merchants that they would accept them as…

Tags: Giddens Lumber Company, W.W. "Bill" Giddens