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Postmaster Appointments for Turner County, Georgia

National Archives Identifier
78734417

Tags: Alice I. Mattson, Amboy, Ashburn, Bennett Pate (1918-1982), Bryant E. Smith (1866-1936), Carey H. Melton (1894-1968), Charles D. "Charlie" Baldwin (1923-1986), Clyde S. Young, Coverdale, Dakota, Doyle C. Stanford (1933-2025), Edgar H. Lewis, Edward James Snow Sr. (1911-1991), Edwin Riddick Smith Jr. (1846-1908), Elbert F. Hancock, Elzie Tillman McSwain (8/3/1874 - 2/7/1954), Ezekiel E. Sego, George W. Threlkel, Green C. King, Harry M. Brown, Henry A. Miller (1896-1968), Henry T. Daniel, Herbert Russell "Bussey" Coker (1932-2017), Hobby, Holdman C. Williams, Howell B. Erminger, James L. Stephens (1888-1925), James M. Raney, James M. Sims, James W. Long, Jim Nichols Denham (1908-1986), John Fletcher Jenkins Jr. (1899-1968), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Lanier T. Nipper (1877-1958), Lee A. Jones, Lelia Susan Adair Morgan (1895-1981), Mary McMillan, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Rebecca, Robert L. McNair (1894-1942), Samuel E. Pate (1878-1946), Samuel J. Akins, Seaborn H. Coker (1896-1977), Sibley, Sycamore, Tom L. Fields, Troy L. Thigpen, Walter W. Cowan (1870-1950), Wilbur R. Smith (1868-1957), William A. King, William B. Greene, William F. Humphreys, William H. Cribb, William H. Woodson, William Maxie Forshee, William Oscar "Willie" Swearingen (1877-1941), Willie Otha “W.O.” McNair (1865-1923)

County Flag is Dedicated

Page 13

Tags: John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Knox-Conway Chapter of D.A.R., Mrs. J.W. Long, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Porter Russell Hudson (1884-1958)

Col. and Mrs. J.J. Story Sr. receive KIA Son's Awards

Col. and Mrs. J.J. Story Sr. photograph taken at Turner Field in Albany, GA as they receive their son John J. Story's post-humously Air Medal Award.

Tags: John Jackson Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner Field (Albany GA)

Memorial Services For Lt. Story Held Sunday

"Impressive memorial services for Lt. John J. Story Jr., age 23, son of Col. and Mrs. John J. Story Sr. of Ashburn, who was killed Nov. 5 on his tenth bombing mission over Germany, were held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at the Ashburn Methodist…

Tags: Andrewnette Goff Wilson (1931-2003), Annelle Frances Thrasher Murphy (9/12/1897 - 6/3/1987), Ashburn Methodist Church, Betty Davison, Betty Sue Shealy, Dorothy Paulk, Georgia Muriel Shealy Stephens (1928-2015), James Simon Shinger III (1920-1984), John Jackson Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Langdon H. Raines (1918-2008), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Nettie H. Burch (1911-1981), Rev. W.B. Cheshire, Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), Shirlene McLeod Lee (1927-2019), The Wiregrass Farmer

Storys are presented their Son's Awards

Formal Presentation took place last Saturday afternoon at Turner Field by Col. C.U. True

"Lt. John J. Story, Jr., 23, was posthumously decorated with the Air Medal by Col. C.U. True, who made the presentation to Postmaster and Mrs. J.J. Story, of…

Tags: John Jackson Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), The Wiregrass Farmer, Turner Field (Albany GA)

Lt. J.J. Story Reported Dead by Government

Col. and Mrs. J.J. Story have received word from the government that their son, Lt. J.J. Story Jr., who has been missing in action over Germany since Nov. 5, is officially dead. The German government notified the American Red Cross, who relayed the…

Tags: John Jackson Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), The Wiregrass Farmer

Lt. Story of Ashburn Missing In Action

"Turner County's casualty list, Lt. John J. Story Jr., pilot of a standstill for a number of months, last Thursday received a shocking addition when Col. and Mrs. J.J. Story received a War Department telegram stating that their only son, Lt. John J.…

Tags: Ashburn High School, Ashburn Methodist Church, John Jackson Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Phyllis Story Morgan (1923-2003), Ramona Kathyn Story Brown Porter (1916-2000), Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), The Wiregrass Farmer

Turner County Expenditures for Month of November 1947

Tags: Annelle Frances Thrasher Murphy (9/12/1897 - 6/3/1987), Ashburn City Water Works, Ashburn Dept. Stores, Ashburn Public Library, Barnett National Bank, Ben Columbus, Bolden Electric Shop, Burroughs Adding Machine Co., Carl Cannon (7/5/1898 - 11/18/1973), Charles L. Ray Jr. (5/14/1913 - 4/2/1966), Clyde Redding Hobby (2/22/1906 - 4/22/1992), Col. James H. Pate, Dr. James H. Baxter, Ducit Business Co., Elzie Tillman McSwain (8/3/1874 - 2/7/1954), First National Bank & Trust, Foote and Davies, G.W. Warren, Georgia Power Co., Gulf Oil Co., H.V. Kell, Harold Ray, Harold Whiddon, Harry D. Bell (1900-1969), Hattie May Lockett, Hattie Mizelle, Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961), Horace Walker, J.H. Sims, J.W. Shaw, John B. Hobby (1888-1953), John Clarence Holland (1893-1982), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), John Mercer, John Merritt, John William Hall (1877-1950), Joseph Wilson Haley (1885-1962), K.S. Jellison, L.C. Cone, Lewis W. "Judge" Perry (1893-1964), Marshall & Bruce, McCorvey Garage, McKenzie Motor Co., Mildred Sauls, Mitchell Stewart Hardware Co., North's Garage, Pearl Hughes (1883-1964), Preacher Battle, Raines Pharmacy, Roy B. Thompson (1904-1970), Standard Oil Co., Strickland & Zorn, Supreme Sales Co., The Wiregrass Farmer, Tri-State Tractor Co., Turner County Courthouse, Turner County Frozen Foods, Turner County Jail, Union Drug Co., Vanilla Edwards, W.C. Forehand, Walter W. Cowan (1870-1950), Will Floyd, William David Shepherd (1909-1959), Young's Market

Ashburn Public Schools - Memo from C.J. Cheves (superintendent) to F.M. Tison (August 22, 1931)

Ashburn, Ga.
August 22, 1931

Mr. Tison:

Please pay V.R. Christmas $22.30 for repair work done at school house.

C.J. Cheves
Superintendent

(Handwritten notes):
Paid by check #1129
Citizens Bank
8-22-31

I suggest that you give this…

Tags: Ashburn Public Schools, C.J. Cheves, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Frank Marion "F.M." Tison (1881-1951), John Jackson Story Sr. (1882-1959), Vassar Russell "V.R." Christmas

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