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James U. King Directed Submarine Activities Optical Shop
NO 1 – Lieut. J. U. King, of Nashville, GA, attending to his duties as officer in charge. Image Source: Key West Citizen, November 30, 1945 James Ulmer King was born January 27, 1908 near Nashville,...
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WWI Recruiting: Volunteer and See France Now!
In the summer of 1917 the Selective Service Act went into effect, which required men aged 21 to 30 to register for service. The first draft lottery was held July 20, 1917. It was a process where...
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Johnnie Guthrie at Valdosta State
Johnnie Guthrie, of Ray City, GA, entered Valdosta State University in 1966. He graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Johnnie Guthrie, 1966 yearbook photo, Valdosta State College...
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Jack’s Persuader
. In 1896, the Macon Telegraph published an article by Montgomery M. Folsom about a childhood incident on his grandfather Randall Folsom’s country estate, Hahira Plantation, in what was then Berrien...
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1896 Encounter with a Tiger
Among the epic tales of old Berrien County is the story of the “tiger” that stalked and attacked James Stewart in 1849. John Guthrie (1911-1985), a Ray City descendant of the hunters of the great...
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Farmer’s Lines Once Served Berrien County.
By 1896, the communities of Nashville, Adel, Cecil, Lenox, Sparks, Tifton, and Fender were among the many south Georgia towns connected by telephone. But smaller communities and rural farmers across...
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Remember the Hornets: 1948 NHS Football
Before the Rebels, there were the Hornets. The 1948 Nashville High School football team, the “Hornets,” included students from towns and communities all across Berrien County, GA. Among players from...
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Johnnie Guthrie, Insurance Man
Johnnie Guthrie, Insurance Man Johnnie Guthrie, son of Madge Sellers and John Guthrie, grew up in Ray City, GA and attended Valdosta State College. For a time he worked in Darien, GA as a sales...
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Reports of Otranto Loss Were Conflicting
This report includes historic accounts with graphic descriptions of the shipwreck, drownings and deaths of soldiers and crewmembers aboard the HMS Otranto during World War I. When the HMS Otranto went...
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Obituary of Billie Ruth Nix Wright
Billie Ruth Nix WrightDecember 30, 1932 — September 22, 2023 Billie Ruth Nix, 1948 Billie Ruth Nix, Vice President of the Class of 1949, Nashville High School, Berrien County, GA Billie Ruth...
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Men at the Ray City Power Plant, 1923
Onlookers identified ~ Ray City, GA, September 18, 1923, at construction of power plant. This 1923 photo of the Ray City electric plant has been previously featured on the Ray City History Blog. (see...
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Albert Earl Cook in the South China Sea
Albert Earl Cook attended Ray City School before joining the Navy during World War II. Albert Earl Cook in navy uniform, about 1946. Albert Earl Cook, “Earl” to his family, was born on January 11,...
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Nashville High School’s Senior Play, 1949
Nashville High SchoolBerrien County, Georgia The Nashville High School Class of 1949 presented their senior play on Friday, April 29, 1949. The play, “Peter, Beware!: a comedy in three acts“, by...
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Madge Guthrie with her Mother
Madge Sellers Guthrie (1912-1998) Madge Sellers, wife of John Elwood Guthrie, made her home in Ray City, Berrien County, GA for more than 40 years. Madge and John met in Florida while he was on tour...
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Dr. R. C. Woodard Promoted Deaf Education
Dr. R. C. Woodard Promoted Deaf Education Dr. R. C. Woodard After finding his daughter was deaf, Dr. Woodard became an advocate for education of the deaf. Dr. Robert Crawford Woodard (1867-1949) was...
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Reverend James C. Wilkinson, Principal of Oaklawn Academy
Dr. James C. (“Dr. Jim”) Wilkinson was the first Principal of Oaklawn Academy at Milltown (now Lakeland), GA serving from 1906 to 1911. Perry Thomas Knight, of Ray City, GA, would become one...
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1844 Tariff Debate at Troupville
By 1844, Troupville, GA, county seat of old Lowndes County, was a bustling town of 500 citizens and large enough to attract candidates in the congressional campaign of that year. Thomas Butler King,...
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Bennie Owens, QMC
Modified: During World War I, African Americans volunteered and participated in droves to fight for their country, just as they have done in every military conflict in the history of the United...
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Berrien Minute Men at the Battle of Chickamauga
Note: This article includes graphic descriptions of battlefield casualties, violence, and war themes. The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863, was the largest Civil War engagement to be...
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Jonathan Perry Knight Runs for Congress
Jonathan Perry Knight, a prominent citizen of Berrien County, was born on March 14 1872 in Ray’s Mill (now Ray City), GA. A son of John Graham Knight and Mary A. Davis, he was the middle of three...
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