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Dr. Gordon C. McKenzie
Chairman of the Board of Education

Dot Ireland Coker, first woman county officer (~1980s)

Pictured L to R is Dot, her husband Bussey, and her two sons Randy and Mike.

DONALD GARRETT, DESCENDENT OF A.P. AND MARY HAMAN, IN FRONT OF AND INSIDE OF OLD HOPEWELL CHURCH.

To read more about Donald and Old Hopewell Church, check out his People of Turner County…

Script:
Yes it is hot in Ashburn I am a thinking of papa and mama to night I if & could see your all would be glad. wish you could come & have some good times but think of my papa & mama.
E.T.G

Addressed to:
Mr. S.E. Wright
Acworth, GA
Rt.…

"The syndicate was boring a well for use of the mill and in this way oil was discovered, more than fifty gallons shooting to the surface in a short time"

Location: Rachel’s Rd. In Sycamore, GA

Located off of Cofer Rd. in Ashburn, Ga

Hello from SYCAMORE, GEORGIA
RT. 1 BOX 24A-1
Dillon's Station & Restaurant
R-80

Location: Murray Rd., Ashburn, GA

located at the Superior Court office in the Turner County Courthouse.

"R.G. Whidden [Whiddon], a well-to-do farmer and a church deacon, living near here, shot and killed J.M. Lawson, a neighbor and also a deacon, today at church on the Whidden [Whiddon] farm, and then committed suicide..."

The school, once located in the Davisville Community off of Hwy 159 and Hwy 90, was moved to its current location on Reid Road by Louis Bobo in 1975. Property owner Jerry Bryan has recently replumbed the school. This process requires careful work to…

GREETING FROM ASHBURN, GA
4233C

Writing inscription on the back:
Left for Florida on our birthday just entered to day, even through the Smoky Mts. today. heading for Miami tomorrow, will be back soon.
Your Friend, I.O.

Addressed to:
Mrs.…

GREETINGS FROM ASHBURN, GA

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[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
E-5469

[editor's note: This postcard uses the language and depictions of the period to refer to African Americans.]
E-5419

Script:
Hi, Gal!
We sho are having a good time and surly wish you could be with us.
We haven't had on a coat since we got here…

Photo by U.S. Forest Service
A Scene at Clark's Plantation, Ashburn, GA.
7A-H2991

This photo is of William Cluria "Curly" Garrett. He used to be the manager at the Ashburn Skating Rink in the 1950s. You can see Curly in front of the skate rack.

CRYSTAL LAKE
World's Finest Natural Fresh Water Beach, Near Ashburn, Fitzgerald, Ocilla, and Tifton, Georgia.
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