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
2,526 words, 13-minute read(updated February 2026) 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…
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
A photograph of the Victoria Evans Memorial Library when it was located on E. College Avenue in Ashburn, Georgia.
Date: unknown
