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The Sparrow's Nest was built in 1892, not 1888. The Shinglers were living in an abandoned one-room schoolhouse in 1888 with one-year-old Beverly Clyde born in Eastman in 1897. Mr. JS Betts built his home in 1892 coming to town from Wanee Lake…

Mrs. Shingler of Ashburn Dies at 85

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Mrs. Shingler suffered three heart attacks before her death.

Tags: Ashburn Methodist Church, Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Flora Shingler Cannon, Governor Herman Eugene Talmadge (8/9/1913 - 3/21/2002), Herbert Ives Shingler I (1893 -1978), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966)

Mrs. Flora Shingler Cannon

Flora Shingler Cannon wife of Carl Cannon died - The Atlanta Constitution 19 Mar 1930 page 7.PNG

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Flora Shingler Cannon died unexpectedly after an "illness of less than a day."

Tags: Ashburn Methodist Church, Beverly Clyde Shingler McKenzie (1887-1934), Carl Cannon (7/5/1898 - 11/18/1973), Clinton Felder Shingler Sr. (1890-1932), Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Flora Shingler Cannon, Herbert Ives Shingler I (1893 -1978), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), James Simon Shingler II, Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966)

From Sawdust to Sanctuary: 1889-1976

Ashburn Methodist Church

Tags: Alma Jessup Comer (1881-1948), Annelle Frances Thrasher Murphy (9/12/1897 - 6/3/1987), Annie Haynie Story (1911-1997), Arthur Riddick Smith (1886-1975), Ashburn Methodist Church, Aurena Emmie Josephine Evans Burgess (7/22/1880 - 3/2/1974), Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), Bessie Lawrence, Beverly North, Bill Greer Monroe (1915-1989), Callie Killebrew, Carolyn Elizabeth "Carrie" Green McLendon (1849-1932), Cecil Adair, Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), David M. Harp, Dennis & Dennis Architect Firm, Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Donald M. Dasher (1919-1988), Dr. Christopher C. Goss (1913-2003), Dr. Julian Cicero "Jack" Greene (1928-2017), E.B. Judge, Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Elihue James Hodge (1837-1915), Elizabeth Sharpe Zorn (1913-1986), Ella Bohannon Evans (1852-1910), Elmira Josephine Bohannon Betts (5/22/1858 - 9/27/1907), Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Enos F. Knowles (1887-1975), F.E. Hudson, Florence Baxter, Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992), G.W. Stubbs, George Sterling Evans (1872-1903), George W. Smith Jr. (1920-1945), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Gwen Goss Kaye, H.H. Averett, H.L. Dixon, H.S. Dixon, Hazel Turner Kerns (1895-1968), Helen Jordan, Henry A. "Bo" Miller Jr. (1933-2020), Henry James “Pok” McKenzie (1922-1992), Hudson Avenue, Ida Judge, J.C. Roberts, J.H. Porcher, Jack Webb Zorn (1913-1986), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Jessie C. Hickman, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John A. Holloway Jr. (1922-1999), John Goss, John Henry Gilmore (12/20/1851 - 9/6/1920), John Hilliard Johnston Sr. (1919-1988), John J. Story Jr. (1921-1944), John Jackson Story (1882-1959), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John Robert Launius (1889-1974), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Joseph T. McLendon Sr. (1846-1926), Josephine Evans Miller (1901-1981), Kathleen Thrasher Clark (1892-1970), Keenan P. Baker (1885-1942), L.C. Killebrew, Lamont Street, Larry Lambert (1941-2008), Lawrence R. Judge, Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Lucius Bedell Griffin (1910-1999), Lula Hodge, Madison Avenue, Maggie Hall Lawrence (1860-1933), Main Street, Margaret Hursey, Marion Tharpe, Mary "May" Jenkins Betts (1863-1931), Maurice Grahl, Morgan Sabb Cantey (1864-1921), Mrs. E.E. Judge, Mrs. Georgia Evans, Mrs. J.L. Evans, Mrs. M.S. Cantey, Mrs. Mattie Matthews, Nellie C. Boland (1910-1966), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Ollie Clyde Hughes Reinhardt (1887-1955), Olynthus C. Turner (1898-1976), Orren H. Lay (1851-1891), Ouida Hodge, Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929), Rainey Street, Ralph Reginald Cox (1894-1968), Rev. C.H. McCord, Rev. C.T. Bickley, Rev. H.P. Myers, Rev. J.C. Flanders, Rev. J.H. Taylor, Rev. J.J. Williams, Rev. J.M. Glenn, Rev. J.O.A. Cook, Rev. P.H. Crumpler, Rev. R. E. Towson, Rev. R.M. Booth, Rev. Tom Christian, Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), Robert "Bob" P. Adamson, Robert Edward Lee Betts (1867 - 1934), Robert Payne Fain (1860-1921), Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966), Roy Marion Sumner Jr. (1920-1942), T.F. Britt, Thomas A. Judge (1872-1946), Thomas Evans "Buddy" Kennedy Jr. (1911-1986), Victoria Evans, W.C. Bass, W.F. Hixon, Wilburn Speight, William A. Long, William A. Shingler (1859-1922), William D. Alexander Jr. (1923-1997), William Killen Jenkins (1866-1945), William W. Odom Jr. (1919-1943), William Warren Ashburn (1838-1906), Willie Frances Rowan Goss (1914-2001), Woodrow W Faircloth (1912-1994), Youlie C. Killibrew, Zula Anna Blackwell Cantey (1866-1957)

Death Closes Career of Hon. J.S. Shingler

1947 Oct 7 WGF - Article about the death of James Simon 'JS' Shingler.jpg

Tags: A.S. Bussey, Alex Steele, Ashburn City Council, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Oil Mills, Beverly Clyde Shingler McKenzie (1887-1934), Beverly Monroe, Bill Greer Monroe (1915-1989), Carl Cannon (7/5/1898 - 11/18/1973), Catherine Monroe, Charles Baldwin Shingler, Clinton Felder Shingler Sr. (1890-1932), E.R. Smith, Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Eudora Henderson Shingler Thrasher, Flora Shingler Cannon, Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad, Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Harry H. Rose (1908-1950), Henry James “Pok” McKenzie (1922-1992), Herbert Ives Shinger II (1918-1959), Herman Eugene Talmadge Jr. (1942-2014), Hezekiah Wesley Bussey Jr. (1883-1961), J.S. Shingler Naval Stores Co., James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), James Simon Shingler II, Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Julia Shingler, Lillian Hughes Shingler (1887-1980), Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Red Pebble Farm, Robert Royal Shingler (1897-1966), Shingler & Baldwin, Shingler & Lawrence, Shingler-McKenzie Hardware Company, Sparrow's Nest, Stella Julian Shingler (1890-1932), The Wiregrass Farmer, Thomas John Shingler (1864-1934), Turner County Bank, Virginia Sue McKenzie, W.B. Dasher, Walter M. Huckabee (1901-1984), William Monroe

Workers are Needed to Fold Sponges

1944 Mar 9 WGF - Workers needed to Fold Sponges [WW2].jpg

Surgical Dressings Now Being Made Are Seeing Duty on Many Fronts in Many Lands.

Those donating 50-100 hours in February:
Mrs. K.P. Baker,
Mrs. W.B. Cheshire,
Mrs. D.H. Rose,
Mrs. H.I. Shingle,
Mrs. W.K. Stewart

Those giving 20-50…

Tags: Addie Holmes McLendon (1887-1978), Allie S. Zorn (1888-1973), Alma Jessup Comer (1881-1948), Aurena Emmie Josephine Evans Burgess (7/22/1880 - 3/2/1974), Belle Rainey Brannon (1904-1952), Blanche Cockrell, Bonnie Beatrice Harris Hobby (1895-1986), Dorothy Faircloth, Eleanor Stewart, Eliza McGough Luke (1889-1963), Elizabeth Ann Acree Cantey (1916-1962), Ella Mae Evans Rogers (1884-1983), Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Essena "Essa" Howell Story (1905-1993), Estelle Dixon, Florrie Smith Evans (1873-1955), Georgia Lenora "Joy" Boland (1908-1985), Hattie Burdette McCard (1898-1986), Hattie Mae Lemons Sumner (1897-1951), Helen Glady Pirkle Kennedy (1916-1964), Hortense Royal Raines (1904-1975), Hough Stewart, Julia Kennings Stevens (1870-1946), Laura Talton Launius, Leecy Cravey Odom (1890-1982), Lela Saffold Garner (1895-1981), Leona Roberts, Lessie Mims Gilmore (1893-1976), Lillian Stevens North (1896-1998), Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Margaret Belle Rainey Elrod (1886-1953), Margaret Jernigan Corn (1892-1946), Marion Tharpe, Martha Bibb Jenkins (1910-2000), Mary Ellen Gordon (1901-1965), Minnie Lee Johnson Tison (1887-1964), Mrs. B.S. Davis, Mrs. D.H. Rose, Mrs. Dale Lake, Mrs. E.E. Shealy, Mrs. F.W. Rogers, Mrs. H.W. Bitler, Mrs. J.E. Kohn, Mrs. J.F. Johnson, Mrs. J.R. Brown, Mrs. K.P. Baker, Mrs. L.A. Stewart, Mrs. Lawrence Avery, Mrs. Silas Hearn, Mrs. T.B. McKenzie, Mrs. W.B. Cheshire, Mrs. W.C. Wilson, Mrs. W.K. Stewart, Murilla Zelina Bryant Ellis (1884-1959), Nellie Phillips Jarman (1910-1995), Nellie Thrasher (1879-1961), Netta Dayton Jacobs Shingler (1893-1989), Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), Sue Jordan, Sue West Melton (1907-2004), Tempie Hancock, The Wiregrass Farmer, Vernell "Honey" Akin (1918-1975)

"Sparrow's Nest" - Showplace of Turner County - Cannon Home

A feature showcase on the Sparrow's Nest, home built by town pioneer James Simon Shingler in 1895. The images featured in the article discuss the unique features such as the intricate woodwork, the painted ceilings, and the yard ornaments.

Tags: Carl Cannon (7/5/1898 - 11/18/1973), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Louise Shingler Cannon (1908-1993), Lula Cater (1908-1988)

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