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First Baptist Church of Ashburn

Tags: First Baptist Church, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

First Baptist Church of Ashburn, (1891-1903)

From Wayne Blue:
The first building built by the church and remained the place of worship until 1903, when a new larger wooden building was built on McLendon St. The new building had two wings and 3 balconies. In 1956 this building was replaced by…

Tags: Ashburn, First Baptist Church, McLendon St., Wayne Blue

First Baptist Church Sanctuary

Tags: Ashburn Georgia, Cecile Murray Tharpe (1900-1979), First Baptist Church, Frank Harden Murray (1898-1970), Mary John Murray Turner (1897-1965), William B. Murray (1892-1958)

First Methodist Church postcard

Location: 406 N. Main Street in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: 1947

Tags: Ashburn Methodist Church

First United Methodist Church

Ashburn, GA

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Methodist Church, Dennis & Dennis Architect Firm, Highway 159, Highway 41, Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929), Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario, U.S. Highway 41

Fish Fry

Around Turner County, the fish fry is a family favorite.

Tags: Fish Fry, Samantha “Sami” Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

Fixing the Big Peanut

After Category 3 Hurricane Michael hit Georgia on October 10, 2018, the aftereffects were widespread. One such damaged landmark was the Big Peanut which is normally located off of exit 82 on I-75 S. The peanut is currently being restored. Here is a…

Tags: Big Peanut Monument, Cole Sercer, Rebecca GA

Flying Saucer Nothing New to Turner County

Tags: Ashburn, John B. Pate (1874-1948), The Wiregrass Farmer, William Pate (1773-1841)

Focus on Georgia - Turner County

Note:
The Sparrow's Nest was built in 1892, not 1888. The Shinglers were living in an abandoned one-room schoolhouse in 1888 with one-year-old Beverly Clyde born in Eastman in 1897. Mr. JS Betts built his home in 1892 coming to town from Wanee Lake…

Forehand Order Halts Klan March Saturday

Tags: Ashburn, David Perry, KKK, Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, W.J. Forehand

Formation of Turner County

The House Committee on New Counties made its report to the Legislature yesterday and recommended the formation of the following new counties:
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Turner County, with Ashburn as the county seat.
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Tags: Turner County

Former Turner County Man Wants A Wife

L.H. Timmons, formerly of Turner County, wrote a personal advertisement to the Wiregrass Farmer and Stockman newspaper looking for a new wife from his hometown.

Tags: Joe Hancock, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), L. H. Timmons, Luther Stewart (1890-1957), Oak Grove Methodist Church, Oscar Barber "O.B." Jarman (1879-1953), Rev. Joseph James Davis (1852-1935), Ryals School

Forum Set on Private School

A public rally planned to discuss creating a private school for those who do not wish to integrate.

"Turner County Schools - like most other schools in Georgia - are faced with abolition of the dual school system and the possibility of extensive…

Tags: Ashburn Public Schools, Daniel Carlton Royal Sr. (1/5/1907 - 5/18/1991), Integration of Turner County Schools, Race Relations in Turner County, The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas Evans "T.E." Kennedy Jr.

Fountain Block Postcard

"Fountain Block showing Fountain Trading Co., Planter's Bank, and Bell Pharmacy, Sycamore, Ga."

Tags: Fountain Trading Co., Planter's Bank, Sycamore

Frank Marion "F.M." Tison receipt book for Ashburn Bank, 1912.

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951)

Freds and Family Dollar Shops

Tags: Family Dollar, Freds

Fresh local honey on a homemade biscuit.

Located on Nesmith Rd.

Honey tended by the Cook family.

Tags: biscuits, Desiree Cook, honey, Justin Cook, Sarah Cook, Sheldon Cook

Fresh Strawberries to Strawberry Jam

Fresh strawberries are aplenty during the spring. For as long as I can remember, here in Ashburn, we have always gotten our fresh strawberries from our favorite local farm operation, Calhoun Produce. Not only are their fruits and veggies the best,…

Tags: Calhoun Produce, Sarah Cook, Strawberries, Strawberry Jam

Freshly crushed peaches for a cobbler

Tags: Peaches, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

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)

G.C. McKenzie home

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

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