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Lynching Near Ashburn
Magnolia Tree
Main Street Ashburn, 1977
Main Street Ashburn, 1977
Main Street Restoration
The work being done to make the building in Main St is so exciting. Just removing the fallen-in door frames and fixing the roofs are making a difference!
Location: Main St in Ashburn,…
Major Renovation Underway Now to Restore Dow[n]town McKenzie Building
Mr. Leatherwood who purchased the property from Luke…
Tags: Blannie Forshee, Clyde Shingler McKenzie (11/15/1887 - 6/30/1934), Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Glenn Pitts' Barber Shop, Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Jane North Pitts Herndon (1921-2016), Jay Leatherwood (1936-2019), Jenkins Insurance Company, Jesse Royce Hanner (1929-2016), John R. Rogers, Johnny Raines' Barber Shop, Josephine Evans Miller (1901-1981), Luke Sconyers, Martha Bibb Jenkins (1910-2000), McKenzie Building, National Register of Historic Places #: 92001042, Roland M Arthur (1917-1959), Royal's Barber Shop, Shirley Leatherwood, Southeastern Telephone Co., Stella Cockrell Stevens (1901-1985), The Wiregrass Farmer, Union Drug Co., Vance Allen "Doc" North (1890-1966), World War II
Mama, who's that man?
March 12 is Deadline for Registration for Private School Slated at Rebecca
Tuition is $500.
It was voted to purchase the former Rebecca School from Charles Wideman of…
Tags: Ann Stephens Williford (3/19/1936 - 8/8/2018), Ashburn Schools, Calvin F. Johnston (3/4/1925 - 3/5/2015), Charles Henry Wideman (8/16/1923 - 9/12/1993), Citizens Bank of Ashburn, Crisp Academy, Fred Dorminey, Integration of Turner County Schools, J.K. Nelson, Joe Mercer, Larry Lambert (1941-2008), Martha Gorday Shingler (1926-1995), Rebecca School, Turner County Academy, Turner County Courthouse
Mary Henderson Cemetery
Tags: Annie Laura Harden (1873-1895), Ashburn, Charles N. Massey, Elizabeth Massey (1841-1911), George W. Haman, I.F. Ward (1827-1896), Isaac F. Ward (1827-1896), J.B. Harden, Lillie Ethel Law (1895-1898), Lucinda A. Weaver (1840-1882), M. Harden, Mannasseh Henderson (1814-1878), Mary Henderson (1819-1910), Mary Henderson Cemetery, Peacock Rd., Sami Mastrario, Susan Williamson (1824-1890), W.M. Massey (1842-1937), William J. Story (1827-1893)
Masons Laid Cornerstone [at Courthouse], c. 1907
Tags: Turner County Courthouse
McKenzie Building
National Register of Historic Places #: 92001042, Ashburn Commercial Historic District
James Simon Shingler (August 25, 1859 – September 30, 1943) constructed what is known as the McKenzie building…
Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Commercial Historic District, Clyde Shingler McKenzie (11/15/1887 - 6/30/1934), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), McKenzie Building, National Register of Historic Places #: 92001042, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario
McKenzie Building Postcard Rendering
McKenzie House
Constructed in 1908, the building features a multi-hipped, red tile roof, exposed rafters, and monumental portico. The porte cochere was enclosed in 1914 when a sun room was added. Built for Clyde Shingler…
Tags: Ashburn, Clyde Shingler McKenzie (11/15/1887 - 6/30/1934), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Governor Herman Eugene Talmadge (8/9/1913 - 3/21/2002), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Leila Elizabeth “Betty” Shingler Talmadge (1923-2005), Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario
McKenzie-Monroe Betrothal Announced
Tags: Ashburn High School, Beverly Clyde Shingler McKenzie (1887-1934), Bill Greer Monroe (1915-1989), Emily Clyde McKenzie Reyher (1912-1994), Emma Shipman Baldwin Shingler (11/19/1867-8/13/1953), Gordon Columbus "G.C." McKenzie (2/10/1885-2/25/1958), Gordon Columbus McKenzie Jr (8/8/1918 - 9/20/1991), Henry James “Pok” McKenzie (1922-1992), James Simon "J.S." Shingler (1859-1943), Katherine McKenzie Monroe (1916-2000), Minnie Greer Monroe, W.A. Greer
Memorial Service held Sunday for Lt. Garner
"Lt. Ernest Garner was reported last seen climbing into the clouds his plane came down, but Ernest kept climbing."
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Tags: Charles D. "Charlie" Baldwin (1923-1986), Ernest Walter "E.W." Garner Sr. (7/12/1883 - 2/22/1944), Ernest Walter Garner Jr. (1923-1945), Essena "Essa" Howell Story (1905-1993), First Baptist Church, Harvey Stevens, Hazel Turner, James L. Scott (1922-1946), Lela Saffold Garner (1895-1981), Nellie Phillips Jarman (1910-1995), Rev. Walter Spivey, Rhoda Van Buskirk Story (1890-1982), The Wiregrass Farmer
Memorial Services For Lt. Story Held Sunday
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