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Wright Case Awaits Grand Jury

Tags: Ashburn, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Charles B. Perry (1943-2013), Charles V. Perry (1912-1988), David Perry, Dorothy "Dot" Ireland Coker, Dorothy Joe Bean, McLendon St., Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse

How a small town gets unwanted publicity

Tags: Ashburn, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Big Peanut Monument, Highway 41, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, Turner County High School

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."

From Sawdust to Sanctuary: 1889-1976

Ashburn Methodist Church

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Turner County Diamond Jubilee Booklet - October 3-11, 1980

Turner County, Georgia was created by legislative action on August 18, 1905 from parts of Irwin, Dooly, Wilcox, and Worth Counties and named for Henry G. Turner.

This booklet was created for the week-long 75th anniversary celebration of the…

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Adams (1902-1988), William W. Denham (1882-1953), William Wallace Lane (1915-1969), William Watkins Cravey (1895-1939), Willie Bone, Willie Burks, Willie Frances Rowan Goss (1914-2001), Willie L. Denham (1918-1918), Wing a Prayer Flying Service, Woodmen of the World, Woodrow Wilson Hancock Sr. (1917-1976), Worth School, Wynn Luke School, Z.J. Cowan, Zack Zbinden, Zula Gammage

Whatever happened to the Turner County flag?

"The Turner County Flag had a blue background with Georgia in White and Turner County a solid color within the state."

Tags: Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Clyde Lamar Haman (1919-2002), Dorothy Joe Bean, Russell Ridgon, Shingler Building, The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner County Courthouse, Wayne Ellsworth Blue (1936-2018)

Wiregrass Farmer Sold; G.C. Patten of Adel Purchaser

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Although there is new ownership, there will be no changes in staff.

Nora Lawrence Smith, Editor:
"I love the work. when I was 13 years old I crawled up on a stool and learned to set type by hand and have been working ever since…

Tags: Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce, Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951), Frank Marion "F.M." Tison II (1914-1979), Franklin Henry, G.C. Patten (Adel GA), Jere Jordan, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), Nora Lawrence Smith, The Turner County Plan of Farming, The Wiregrass Farmer