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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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National…

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

Turner County Courthouse placards

Ashburn Post Office

Tags: Ashburn, Post Office, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

325 E. College Avenue, Ashburn, GA

Tags: Ashburn, E. College Ave., Gilmore St., Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

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. James H. Baxter, 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, 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

Davisville School

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…

Tags: Davisville, Davisville School, Jerry Bryan, Samantha "Sami" Mastrario, Sami Mastrario

Ashburn Car Care

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

Betts-Shealy House

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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

Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia

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)

The Evans House

Location: 420 S Main St., Ashburn, GA This home is known as the Evans House because this two-story Victorian home was built by Ashburn entrepreneur John West Evans (September 27, 1844 – January 16, 1904) and his wife Ella Bohannon Evans (December 27,…

Tags: Ashburn, Evans House, Lynette Robinson