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Lace Cornbread
Have you ever had lace cornbread?
This is a light and crispy cornbread cooked in lard and oh so delicious.
cooked by: Justin Cook
Susan Carr Griffin
"Our family called them 'hoe cakes'. We were told they were called that because they could be…
This is a light and crispy cornbread cooked in lard and oh so delicious.
cooked by: Justin Cook
Susan Carr Griffin
"Our family called them 'hoe cakes'. We were told they were called that because they could be…
Clements Chapel United Methodist Church
Location: Clements Chapel Rd, Sycamore, GA
Date: November 29, 2025
Date: November 29, 2025
Ten Years of Tradition in a Bottle: Cook Family Cane Cooking
Since 2015, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has belonged to the Cook family in Coverdale. What started as a simple reason to gather has quietly ebbed and flowed into a tradition for many. Ten years in, it’s not an event you RSVP to; it’s just family,…
Old Glory
Nesmith Rd.
Moo-dini
Location: Shepherd Rd., Coverdale, GA
Date: November 29, 2025
Date: November 29, 2025
The Heart of the Home
All that remains in this abandoned old house. Makes you wonder about the people that lived there, their warm nights by the fire and heater, and the moments in between.
Location: Nesmith Rd., Sycamore, GA
Location: Nesmith Rd., Sycamore, GA
Snow 2026
On the morning of January 18, 2026, Turner County experienced a dusting of the fluffiest snowflakes. Although no where near the 6 inches of 2025 from Winter Storm Enzo, it was still a sight to experience.
Piney Grove Baptist Church
Founded in 1892.
Location: 101 Magnolia St., Rebecca, GA
Date: January 27, 2026
Location: 101 Magnolia St., Rebecca, GA
Date: January 27, 2026
Kenneth Bryan
taken in his home in Sycamore
Hardy Farms Peanut Stand
Location: Old Chicken Delite on the corner of Main St./Highway 41 & Monroe Avenue. in Ashburn, GA
Cheryle Bryan
Although she was not born in Turner County, Cheryle Bryan without a doubt is full of pride for our little community. Her arrival to Ashburn on Election Day 1972 is one she will always remember as a new beginning and a chance for her to become an…
Joyce Reed
The Turner County Project had the privilege of interviewing Mrs. Joyce McHugh Reed with the help of her son Wayne Reed on Saturday, July 3, 2021 over a glass of homemade sweet tea. This 102-year-old resident of Turner County shared some stories about…
Linda Wiggins Williford
On March 24, 2021, Linda Wiggins Williford, daughter of Henry Richard “H.R.” Wiggins (May 10, 1924 – October 14, 2010) and Frankie Ireland Wiggins (November 7, 1923 – September 5, 2018), sat down for an hour-long interview with the Turner County…
Mike Mastrario
On Sunday, July 4, 2021, the Turner County Project sat down with Mike Mastrario to talk about him and his wife, Sue, moving their whole family from South New Jersey all the way to the small town of Ashburn in the early 1990s. Getting this Yankee’s…
"ya'll COME BACK" sign
Location: 2199 North St, Ashburn, Georgia (off exit 84 off of Interstate 75)
Ray Road
The road was named for members of the Ray family who owned property on both sides of the road for many years. Family members who owned the property over time included Henry Ray, Earl Claude Ray, Earl Lamar Ray, Lillian Moore Ray, James Claude Ray,…
