On a warm, Sunday afternoon, the Turner County Project sat down with Donald Garrett and his daughter Lisa Garrett Bonnell to talk about car hops, milk routes, and his family legacy in Turner County. What made this interview so special was sitting in Old Hopewell Church which stands today due to a generous land donation from Donald’s great-grandparents, Alvah Pinkney “A.P.” and Mary Rooks Haman in 1903.
The first of this “mini interview” People of Turner County series is Joan Sellars Lorenzen who currently lives in Rebecca, GA but has lived in Turner County her whole life. She shares her memory of the Turner Theatre, which unfortunately burned down on July 25, 1972.
Location: 137 S. Main St in Ashburn, GA
Date: September 17, 2022
In 1954, in perhaps one of the most groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court rulings, Chief Justice Earl Warren and the rest of the Court’s unanimous decision in the case Brown V. Board of Education that segregation…
Location: Gordon St. in Ashburn, GA
Date: September 12, 2022
Location: Ashburn, GA
Location: Main Street, Ashburn, Georgia
Date: May 26, 2022
Turner County is 117 years old today!
Location: 219 E College Avenue in Ashburn, Georgia
Date: August 2, 2022
