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Movie Gallery
Location: 235 E Washington Avenue in Ashburn, GA 31714
Young Fashion & Hair Products
Young Fashion & Hair Products on Washington Avenue in Ashburn, GA
From Deedie Fay Cameron: “This was Fay’s Jewelry. My Father owned this store. He bought it from Mr. Bailey. After my Father passed away in 1971, the business was purchased by Clive…
From Deedie Fay Cameron: “This was Fay’s Jewelry. My Father owned this store. He bought it from Mr. Bailey. After my Father passed away in 1971, the business was purchased by Clive…
Mitchell-Stewart Hardware Co.
Location: 113 E. College Avenue in Ashburn, GA
Ace Hardware
251 E. Washington Avenue, Ashburn, Georgia
Ewing Buick
114 E. Washington Avenue in Ashburn, GA
Ashburn is Located in the Heart of one of Georgia's Richest Farming Sections
100 years ago, Ashburn was "one of the busiest and most progressive little cities in the Great Heart of South Georgia..."
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Ashburn High School, Class of 1934
1st row: Ruth Reinhardt, Edna Perry, Opal Nipper, Julia North
2nd row: Julian Holland, Ed Baxter, Julia North McNair (1917-2006), Ellen Chambliss, Dorothy Rogers Adair (1917-2005), Eunice Williams, Geraldine Cason, Mary L. Hobby Shepherd…
2nd row: Julian Holland, Ed Baxter, Julia North McNair (1917-2006), Ellen Chambliss, Dorothy Rogers Adair (1917-2005), Eunice Williams, Geraldine Cason, Mary L. Hobby Shepherd…
1934 Ashburn High School graduation speech by Opal Nipper
Speech by Opal Nipper. Recaps the years of the class of 1934 schooling.
Transcribed into a PDF format for easier reading. Click on it to see all 5 pages.
Transcribed into a PDF format for easier reading. Click on it to see all 5 pages.
The Old Main Drag is a Lonesome Road
"The highway was the umbilical cord that brought outsiders and their money into contact with the towns of the rural South."
Photo on page 2 of Orien Cown from Ashburn, GA. Caption reads: "Gasoline cost 37 cents a gallon when Orien Cown shut off…
Photo on page 2 of Orien Cown from Ashburn, GA. Caption reads: "Gasoline cost 37 cents a gallon when Orien Cown shut off…
Black Prisoner's killing sparks Ashburn racial violence
Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985)
Troubled times come to Ashburn
"Most blacks and whites here get along all right," said Robert Lee Wright Sr., father of the young man slain. "I haven't had any problems. But the police force and blacks don't get along at all. They treat blacks wrong all the time."
'Deadly force' bill clears House committee
"Prompted by a Turner County incident, a House committee Tuesday approved a bill that spells out when a police officer can us 'deadly force' to apprehend a subject."
Suit Filed on Behalf of Robert Wright, Jr.
"The NAACP filed a civil suit here in Federal court on May 4 seeking $5 million in damages."
Schools Withstand Tension
in reference to Robert Wright Jr.'s shooting death and subsequent riot in Ashburn.
Wright Laid to Rest at Sunday Service here
Grave photo of Robert Lee Wright Jr., victim of shooting in Ashburn on September 30, 1985.
