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Patsy Gammage Rembert discusses race relations in Ashburn, GA in the 1960s

Tags: Ashburn, Patsy Gammage Rembert, Winfred Rembert

POW Camp Ashburn - Company Morning Reports

Morning Reports for July 1944: Roll 112 (3 of 3)

Control Number

National Archives Identifier

479269235

Tags: Ashburn, POW Camp

Special Orders - Soldier Transfers to and from the POW camp

Morning Reports for July 1944: Roll 112 (3 of 3)

Control Number

National Archives Identifier

479269235

Tags: Ashburn, POW Camp

Henry Talmadge Elrod

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (November 26, 1927-February 15, 1930); Post-Service Documents (December 28, 1941-October 18, 1957); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (January 5,…

Tags: Henry Talmadge Elrod (1905-1941), Rebecca

Cpl. Durell Brown

History: [none entered] Category: Personnel Subcategory: Groups Subjects: ENGLAND, PERSONNEL,GROUPS War Theater Number: 12 War Theater: Europe US Air Force Reference Number: 53375AC Place: England Photo Series: WWII

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Tags: Ashburn, Durell Brown

The Royal Goober

Tags: Ashburn, Big Peanut, Fire Ant Festival, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), The Wiregrass Farmer

A nutty idea

Tags: Ashburn, Big Peanut Monument, Ray Holland

$75,000 Post Office Assured Ashburn

Tags: Ashburn, Nora Lawrence Smith (1885-1971), Post Office

Advertising Crisp, Dooly, Turner and Wilcox County

Turner County can be found on pages 10, 11, 18, and 19.

Tags: A.J. Biles, Ashburn, Ashburn Bank, Ashburn Distributing Company, Ashburn Methodist Church, Ashburn Realty and Insurance Co., B.E. SMith, Betts-Evans Trading Company, C.B. Young, C.H. Bishop, C.T. Maddux, Cantaloupes, Clarence Emmett "C.E." Thrasher (1875-1946), Corn, Cotton, Crystal Lake, Dock Henry Rose (1878-1947), Dr. Warren L. Story (1865-1949), Edwin A. Rogers (1881-1954), Exchange Bank of Sycamore, Farmers & Merchants Bank, Fenner & Smith's Tobacco Warehouse, First Baptist Church, Fountain Trading Co., George B. Gorday (1869-1940), Harden Seed Company, J.H Childs, J.H. Baxter, Joe McHancock, Joel Smith "J.S." North (1894-1955), John A. McCall, John Henry Gilmore (12/20/1851 - 9/6/1920), John J. Henderson (1800-1870), John Lamkin "J.L." Evans (1874-1934), John R. Murphy, John S. Johnson (1888-1984), L.W. Green, Muscadine grapes, North's Garage, Peaches, Peanuts, Pecans, Peoples Bank, Planters Bank, Rebecca, Rebecca Baptist Church, Rebecca Methodist Church, Rebecca School, S.S. Young, Samuel James Evans (1888-1974), scuppernong grapes, Sweet Potatoes, Sycamore, Sycamore School, Tobacco, W.A. Hasty, W.G. Shingler, W.J. Dickson, Warren Paulk, Watermelon, William A. Shingler (1859-1922)

POW German Soldier Returns

Tags: Austin A Saxon Jr (1927 - 2/3/2001), POW Camp, The Wiregrass Farmer

Ashburn Car Care

Tags: Ashburn, Ashburn Car Care, Betts-Shealy House, Highway 41

Betts-Shealy House

Tags: Ashburn, Betts-Shealy House

Sycamore Elementary School Auditorium

Tags: Sycamore, Sycamore School, Sycamore School Auditorium

Sycamore Fire Department in the Ashburn Christmas Parade

Tags: Ashburn, Sconyers Furniture Center, Sycamore Fire Department

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

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