Tag Archives: {South Georgia Curiosities}
Gourd Tree, C. M. Dove Road
These are generally put up to attract Purple Martins (Progne subis), which are thought to be a mosquito deterrent. Strangely, I’ve seen lots of companies offering plastic martin gourds online recently. I just can’t imagine why anyone would buy a … Continue reading
Filed under --IRWIN COUNTY GA--
Hay Bale Art, Warwick
Hay bale art can be seen all over South Georgia, especially in the guise of jack-o-lanterns around Halloween. This one is located at Stripling’s Sausage & Meat on Lake Blackshear in Warwick. http://www.pickyourown.org/Fun-Farm_Art.php
Filed under --WORTH COUNTY GA--, Warwick GA
Carpenter’s Headstone, New Hope Cemetery
Woodrow Register, Jr. 10 July 1969 – 16 December 2009 I find headstones related to someone’s trade to be interesting tributes.
Filed under --BRANTLEY COUNTY GA--, Hickox GA
The Original Kingsland Wedding Chapel
I believe this was the first one-stop wedding business in Kingsland, opened some time in the early 1960s. http://www.kingslandweddingchapel.com/about.htm
Filed under --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Kingsland GA
Kingsland Clinical Laboratory
This seems to be where it all began, in 1949. When blood tests were required for marriage licenses, Kingsland saw an opportunity. Make it easy to get a blood test and a license and reap the revenue. It was a … Continue reading
Filed under --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Kingsland GA
Heritage Garden Wedding Chapel, Kingsland
This was the brainchild of florist Pauline Butler, who saw opportunity in the hordes of Floridians who come to Kingsland to circumvent their state’s more complicated marriage laws. In 2005 she told Florida Times-Union columnist Roger Bull a great story … Continue reading
Filed under --CAMDEN COUNTY GA--, Kingsland GA
I-75 Lollygaggers, Tift County
This is just off I-75 at the Sunsweet Exit. For an older view: http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2008/12/21/southern-goods-willis-still-road/
Filed under --TIFT COUNTY GA--
Elephant Tombstone of William F. Duggan, Sr.
Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Moultrie 18 January 1899 – 22 December 1950 Ask anyone in Moultrie about the “elephant” and this is where you will be directed. Locals contend that this is the most famous landmark in Colquitt … Continue reading
Filed under --COLQUITT COUNTY GA--, Moultrie GA
