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The Wiregrass Farmer Building
The Wiregrass Farmer building was designed by Peter E. Dennis of the Dennis & Dennis firm of Macon, Georgia in 1903. It was constructed on the instructions of town pioneer and Ashburn entrepreneur John…
The Wiregrass Farmer Paper Dispenser
Tigner E. Thrasher, 24, Named Mayor of AShburn on Clean Politics Ticket
Tags: Ashburn Methodist Church, Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), E.F. Knowles, Elizabeth Milligan North (1889-1968), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), J.B. Boyd, Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Olin P. Stewart (1900-1893), Ralph Huckabee Sr (1866-1951), Tigner E. Thrasher (1908-1980), William A. Murray
Tom Whitsett Park Black History Memorial Mural
"I am where I am because of the bridges that I crossed. - Oprah Winfrey"
"We are the ones we've been waiting for[.] We are the change that we seek[.]…
Tags: Barack Obama, Dr. Corley McMillan (1942-2002), Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), Hattie King (1918-2012), Henry Aplin (1925-2002), Hodge King (1914-1999), Hollis Hayes (1922-1989), Irma Mackey, Joe Burgess, John Dye, Juretha McMillan, Lois Evelyn Dye (1934-2020), Malcolm X (1925-1965), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Mary Lee Green, Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955), Naomi Hayes, Oprah Winfrey, Ronalda Pierce (1985-2004), Rosa Parks (1913-2005), Tommy Horne
Tomato Sandwich
The perfect one has mayo, a good thick tomato slice, and salt & pepper! Do you make yours different?
Tour Bus photo of some Shingler Family members in New York City
"My grandfather - James Simon Shingler on front seat white hat - My father on 2nd row white hat black band - Clinton Felder Shingler - my uncle Bob - little boy on 2nd row - My Uncle Herbert standing on 2nd row white…
Tourist Are Coming
"Mrs. Shingler, who is a delightful hostess, is an asset to Ashburn, in that she has many tourists from all over the United States, and her service and the atmosphere of her home, makes every…
Town of Rebecca
Treasure of Personal Recipes
Tags: Armor Mobile Homes Manufacturing, Ashburn Bank, Bessie Irene Bailey Reinhardt (1907-1999), Betty Jo Greene (1931-2020), Blanche Branch, Charles Hardy, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Clara Weathersby Judy (1929-2015), Coker Gas Company, Daphne Chambliss, Dora Elizabeth Davis Wisham (1924-2014), Doris Merle Bateman Forshee (1926-2000), Doris Wilkerson Hardin (1932-2021), Dorothy A Stover Greene (1931-2008), Edna E. Durham (1910-2006), Ellis Farm Equipment Co., Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Emily Eilene Butler Perry (1913-2007), Eula P. Johnson, Ewing Buick Company, Frances Caryl Bell McKenzie (1922-1996), Frances Latrelle Sumner Elliott (1925-1990), Gold Kist Peanuts, H.C. Williams Peanut Co., Hardy's Foodland, Helen Pauline Woodruff Johnston (1942-2000), Ilene Gilbert Barber (1925-1977), Janice Dryden Adair (1940-2020), Jewel Watson Phillips (1918-2009), Judy's Salon, Julia Raines Tillman (1921-2004), Katie Ruth Holland, Lawson Furniture Company, Lois Rachel Armentrout Johnston (1888-1983), Mara Moree, Margaret Frances Hanbury Johnson, Margaret Lee Young Purswell (1927-2000), Margie Connell, Marjorie Waters (1931-2019), Mary Blackwell Florist, Mary Joe Shealy, Melba Opal McCard Sikes (1919-2004), Mildred Louise Parham Fay (1924-2019), Mrs. A.G. Reinhardt, Mrs. Albert Stubbs, Mrs. Alton Ellis, Mrs. Bubber Stevens, Mrs. Calvin Johnston, Mrs. Cecil Adair, Mrs. Clyde Hobby Jr., Mrs. Ed Corson, Mrs. Ernest Olsen, Mrs. Floyd Wardlow, Mrs. Gene Littleton, Mrs. Greer Monroe, Mrs. H.B. Childs, Mrs. H.C. Barber, Mrs. H.F. Burch, Mrs. H.K. Rigdon, Mrs. Henry Reid, Mrs. J.A. Holloway, Mrs. Jim Reynolds, Mrs. John Jordan, Mrs. Kenneth Cribbs, Mrs. Robert Heiserman, Mrs. S.C. Rouse Jr., Mrs. Travis Morrison, Mrs. W.D. Alexander, Nell's Cafeteria, Nellie Mae Wynn Arthur (1928-1994), North Ford Co., Olive Elliot, One Hour Superior Clearners, One Stop Denham, Patsy Smith Stone (1930-2015), Quality Courts Restaurant, R&M Cash Drugs, Rebecca Thompson Jones (1919-1985), Ruth Beard Youngblood (1922-2020), Sara Ann Denham Moree (~1934-2018), Sara Johnston Poole (1917-1988), South Georgia Egg Co Inc., Tide Products Inc., Turner County Gas Co., Turner County Motor Company, Turner Food Store, Vera Guy Hobby (1925-2018), West Brothers Grocery, Western Auto Associate Store
Trisha Dasher
https://turnercountyproject.com/2023/04/06/trisha-dasher/
Troubled times come to Ashburn
Tags: All American Mobile Home, Ashburn, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Ben Walker, Big Peanut Monument, Board of Education, Bobby Horn, Crystal Richardson, E. College Ave., Gold Kist Peanuts, Hardee's, Hodge King (1914-1999), Honey Bear Restaurant, Huddle House, Jim Applewhite, John A. Ewing Jr. (1908-1990), Marvin Raines, Michael Bell, Piggly Wiggly of Ashburn, Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Robert Lee Wright Sr. (1943-1997), Scotty Joe Ireland, Skippy's Food Store, Sonny Gaither, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County High School, Washington Avenue
Turner Co. Pioneer, Ashburn Founder, Dead
Turner County Court House with Farm Bureau
Turner County Courthouse
You cannot change our minds about that!
Location: 219 E College Ave, Ashburn, GA
Turner County Courthouse - National Registration of Historical Places Application + Photos - #80001247
This red and buff colored courthouse has three entrances. Two are elaborate. They are projecting, Ionic tetrastyle. The cement columns are coupled on each side of a pedimented doorway. The columns are capped by a pediment filled with a…
Turner County Courthouse at Sunset
Location: 219 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
National Register Information System ID #: 80001247, registered 9/18/1980