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Turner Farmers Ready to Harvest Crops
"War prison labor was used to some extent last year and since a camp is now located in Turner County, this help will again be available this year."
Turner County Stock Yard
Photographed is the old owner H.R. Wiggins.
This is a scan of a film slide.
This is a scan of a film slide.
Turner County Public Works Camp perspective
Winfred Rembert, who survived an attempted lynching in Cuthbert, Georgia in 1967, was later sentenced to 27 years in prison. During his time in the prison system, one of his transfers brought him to Ashburn, where he was held at the Turner County…
Turner County Post Office
Photographs of the exterior and interior of the Turner County Post Office. Built in 1939.
Turner County Passes, c. 1905
"The first new county bill taken up at the afternoon session provided for the creation of the new county of Turner from which portions of the present counties of Worth, Wilcox, and Irwin, with Ashburn, now in Worth, as the county seat."
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Turner County Junior High at Eureka School
This is a scan of a film slide.
Turner County Hospital completed in 1953
Page A-14
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00
# of Beds: 25
Opened: September 1953
Cost: $416,674.00
Turner County Hospital
Location: 616 E. Washington Ave., Ashburn, GA 31714
Turner County Guard is Burned to Death, c. 1942
"Newton Smith, 35, guard at the Turner county work camp near Ashburn, burned to death yesterday when fire destroyed a guard bunkhouse. Turner county officers said he was alone in the bunkhouse when the fire developed early yesterday morning.
Funeral…
Funeral…
TURNER COUNTY FROZEN FOODS
Turner County Frozen Foods was built in 1947 by Grady M. Sconyers (1909-1968) and his wife Cortez Henderson Sconyers (1908-2000). They operated it until 1950 when he sold it to John Corbett.
Location: 1721 US Hwy 41, Sycamore, Ga
Location: 1721 US Hwy 41, Sycamore, Ga
