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Aubrey Sizemore
During WWII, Aubrey Sizemore served in the US Navy. Before the War he worked for Harveys Supermarket in Nashville, GA driving a “rolling store” on a route that served rural customers of Berrien County,...
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The “Valdosta Special” opened Georgia & Florida Railroad, October 1, 1908
Georgia & Florida Railroad The Section Foreman in Ray City was Cauley May. EXCURSION TO OPEN RAILROAD – The “Valdosta Special” came through Ray City October 1, 1908 to open the main line of the...
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Berrien Minute Men and the Shoupades
During the summer of 1864, the Berrien Minute Men and the 29th Georgia volunteer Regiment participated in the last defense of Atlanta following the retreat from Kennesaw Mountain. On July 4, 1864 they...
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Thomas Babington McCauley, Locomotive Engineer on the G&F
Thomas Babington McCauley, Locomotive Engineer on the Georgia and Florida Railroad. The Georgia & Florida Railroad was Ray City, Georgia’s connection to the world. In the 1920s, G&F trains...
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Jim Crow Cars on the Georgia & Florida Railroad
The opening of the Georgia and Florida Railroad on October 1, 1908 was a big day for Ray City, GA. For African-Americans, the passenger cars which ran on the Georgia & Florida railroad during the...
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Berrien’s Black Doughboys: Camp Gordon Men
Camp Gordon Men from Berrien County, GA During WWI, Berrien County sent its contingent of black soldiers to join the United States Army. While the Jim Crow Army would relegate many black soldiers to...
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Watson Grade News March 4, 1904
A continuation of a series of 1904 articles in the Tifton Gazette on the residents of “Watson Grade” by anonymous author “Trixie.” The Watson Grade community was just northeast of Ray’s Mill, GA,...
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Reverend Bob Brown, Master of Theology
Reverend Bob Merrill Brown (1936-1984) Reverend Bob M. Brown and his wife Sherra Mashburn Brown lived in Ray City, GA in the 1960s. Rev. Brown’s sister, Francine Brown McCall, was also a resident of...
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WWII Vets added Vocational Building at Ray City School
Vocational School for WWII Vets In 1948, a vocational building was erected by the veterans of World War II, at the end of five years this … [became] a part of Ray City School. The Class of 1949 wrote,...
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Nashville, GA Electric and Water Plants Built in 1907
In the south end of Berrien County it wasn’t until 1923 that Ray City got electric lights and running water, although some residents installed their own carbide electric systems before that. Here’s an...
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A Plank Road for Troupville
In 1852, when all of Berrien County and the site of Ray City, GA, and other surrounding counties were still a part of old Lowndes County, the seat of county government was at Troupville, GA. Troupville...
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These Boys Volunteered April 11, 1917
Ray City, GA Men Volunteer for WWI On April 6, 1917, after Germany broke the Sussex Pledge not to torpedo U.S. merchant vessels and after the decoding of the Zimmerman Telegram which sought to recruit...
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WWI Berrien County Draft Board
1917 Berrien County Draft Board Men who are eligible to draft shall not “hide behind petticoats or children.” On May 17, 1917, the Governor of Georgia announced the appointment of county boards of...
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Classroom Building and Soup Kitchen at Ray City School
Classroom Building and Soup Kitchen at Ray City School Classroom Building at Ray City School. The white wooden classroom building was already an old building on the campus when Diane Miley attended...
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Dr. Pierce Hubert (1854 – 1933)
Dr. Pierce Hubert (1854 – 1933) Special thanks to Bryan Shaw for sharing contributions to this post. Dr. Pierce Hubert was among the medical men of Ray City, Georgia in the 1920’s. Dr. Hubert was a...
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James Rountree (1787-1834), Pioneer Settler of Old Lowndes
James Rountree (1787-1834) James Rountree, it is said, was the first pioneer settler to build a house in Old Lowndes County, GA. James Rountree was a son of William F. and Rachel Rountree, born about...
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Nashville home of Terrell Swindle.
Terrell Swindle (1919-1994) Terrell Swindle was born and raised at Ray City, GA. He later moved to Nashville, GA. Image courtesy of http://www.berriencountyga.com Nashville, GA home of Terrell Swindle....
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Ray City Catholics served by St. Theresa’s Parish
The August 25, 1945 edition of the Augusta Bulletin newspaper relates that Ray City was a mission station of St. Theresa’s Church at Albany, GA. The construction of St. Theresa’s Church began before...
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Marvin and Arlie Purvis
Ray City home of Guy Marvin Purvis and Arlie Guthrie Purvis on the southeast corner of Main Street and Park Street, Ray City, GA. Marvin and Arlie Purvis lived in this Ray City home from the 1920s to...
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Charles Bruner Shaw
Charles Bruner Shaw (1888-1950) Special thanks to Bryan Shaw for sharing photos and content for this post. Portions reprinted from Shaw Family Newsletter: Charles Bruner Shaw Born in 1888 in a corn...
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