A Closer Look With guest Tim Turner

Joan Thomas’s A Closer Look interview with guest Tim Turner, curator of the Upson Historical Society. Turner describes how childhood genealogy research sparked his lifelong interest in history and led to his role as curator, stewarding and properly displaying local artifacts. He shares the Pettigrew-White-Stamps home’s history—built around 1833, saved and relocated in 1971, connected to Benjamin White and the town’s first fire department—and explains how parts of the house are staged for different eras, including a World War II setting tied to the Georgia World War II Heritage Trail. Turner emphasizes preserving small-town history through donations, letters, and artifacts, and highlights Society programs, sites it supports, annual events like the Glenwood Cemetery tour, and how to join and support its work.