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Street Scene - Ashburn, GA

Tags: Ashburn, Main St., Main Street, Whiddon Cafe

Thriving Town Supplants Forest

Tags: A.B. Clark, A.B. Piver, A.J. Wells, Adolph B. Walls (1895-1986), Ashburn, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Schools, B.B. White, C.D. Baldwin, C.T. Hataway, Claud Josiah McLendon (1872-1949), Dr. J.F. Gardner, E.C. Harrell, Fantie Huckabee, First Baptist Church, Flyn Hudson, George B. Gorday (1869-1940), George Sterling Evans (1872-1903), George Terrell Betts Sr. (1881-1923), J.A. Comer, J.A. Durham, J.B. Bozeman (1869-1914), J.B. Evans, J.C. Bass, J.C. Thiot, J.H. Allen, J.S. Betts & Co., J.W. Powell, James Rowland Burgess (1870-1950), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Joe Lawrence (1858-1939), John F. Jenkins Sr (1861-1925), John Henry Gilmore (12/20/1851 - 9/6/1920), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), John West Evans (1844-1904), Josiah Thomas McLendon (1846-1926), Kate Jenkins, May Jenkins Betts (1863-1931), Morgan Sabb Cantey (1864-1921), N.M. McArthur, O.G. Hollman, R.A. Luke, Ralph Huckabee Sr (1866-1951), Robert E. Lee Betts (1867-1934), Rosa Link, Shingler Mercantile, T.H. Thrasher, W.B. Johnson, W.R. Dobson, W.W. Young, William A. Murray, William K. Jenkins (1866-1945), Z. Bass

Improvements at Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, First Baptist Church, Post Office

Church Near Completion

$4,000 cost

Tags: Ashburn, First Baptist Church

Fire Destroys Ashburn Elementary School

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992)

Fire Destroys Ashburn School

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, Charles Estes

Ashburn High School Destroyed by Flames

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, Charles Estes, Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992)

Fire Damages Ashburn School

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Schools, Board of Education, Frank H. Criswell (1906-1992), Olin P. Stewart (1900-1893)

Samuel Bell Hudson

Tags: Ashburn, Samuel Bell Hudson (1853-1918)

KKK banned from rallying in Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, KKK, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland, W.J. Forehand

KKK Holds march in Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Charles Butler Perry (1943-2013), KKK

Turner Sheriff Audited Short

$5,417 short (over $65,000 in 2025)

Tags: Alexander Stevens Story (1892-1973), Ashburn, J.D. McCorvey, Turner County Board of Commissioners, Turner County Superior Court, W.C. Forehand, Wesley H. Fiveash Sr. (1922-2010), William G. Searcy (1910-2006)

Smokey Bear at Victoria Evans Memorial Library

Tags: Anita Barber, Ashburn, George Jacob Shingler (1924-2007), Johnny Holly, Madge Rouse, Marvelyn Morris, Turner County Forestry Unit, Vic Hardin, Victoria Evans Memorial Library

Women's Art Classes Are a First

Tags: Ashburn, Exchange Club, Madge Rouse, Rotary Club, Victoria Evans Memorial Library

2 Churches Have 18 Members

Ashburn has the oldest tabernacle of the four in Georgia, with the Wesleyan structure being completed in 1902.

Tags: Amelia Jane Nicks Payne (1906-1998), Ashburn, Clifford M. Payne (1903-2001), Liberty Church, Tabernacle, Wesleyan Church

Camp Meeting Revivals Date Back to Revolution

"Wesleyan Methodist tabernacle in Ashburn was completed in 1902."

Tags: Ashburn, Tabernacle

Lab Report Waited in Dual Shooting

Tags: Ashburn, Charles S. Hunt (1899-1974), Helen Glady Pirkle Kennedy (1916-1964), Robert Egbert Morgan

Inquest Set for Monday Slayings

Tags: Ashburn, Helen Gladys Pirkle Kennedy (1916-1964), Robert Egbert Morgan

Ashburn The Capital of Turner County

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Schools, Gabe Davison, Maggie Richardson Hardaway, Margaret Robertson, Sam Ayesr, W.J. Ayers, Willie Mae Ayers

Guilty of Murder: Miles Cribb Convicted in Ashburn of Murdering his Mother-in-Law

Tags: Ashburn, Mary Ann Willis Hancock (1850-1913), Miles Lee Cribb (1882-1914), Rebecca, Viola Leona Hancock Cribb (1885-1962)

Guilty of Murder: Miles Cribb Convicted in Ashburn of Murdering his Mother-in-Law

Tags: Ashburn, Mary Ann Willis Hancock (1850-1913), Miles Lee Cribb (1882-1914), Rebecca, Viola Leona Hancock Cribb (1885-1962)

Located in Heart of Georgia's Richest Farm Lands in Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Board of Trade, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Schools, Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Davis Building, First Baptist Church, Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), J.B. Bozeman (1869-1914), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), John Samuel "J.S." Betts (1848-1918), Main St., Main Street, Samuel W. Brown (1872-1956)

Sheriff Beseiged in Probe; NAACP Attacks Fleeing Felon Laws in Wake of Police Killing of Black

Tags: Ashburn, Ben Williams (1943-2017), New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Preston Lamar Whiddon (1934-1993, Robert Lee Wright Jr. (1963-1985), Scotty Joe Ireland

Mrs. Cribb Dead; Cribb is in Jail

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Jail, Mary Ann Willis Hancock (1850-1913), Miles Lee Cribb (1882-1914)

Ashburn Theater Fire Blocks Thoroughfare

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Theatre, Sycamore, Washington Avenue

Public Debate Tonight at the Court house

Tags: Ashburn Schools

Ashburn Residents Return Home

Tags: Ashburn, Wilbur-Ellis Plant, Wilbur-Ellis Plant Explosion

Chemical Fire at Pesticide Plant: Evacuees Hope to Return Soon

Tags: Ashburn, Highway 112, Highway 41, I-75, Interstate 75, Jimmy Wynn, Sarah L. Martin, Turner County Civic Center, Wilbur-Ellis Plant, Wilbur-Ellis Plant Explosion

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