Lewner Post Office

In 1908 when Lewis B. (Buddy) Turner was 56 years of age, when he founded the Lewner post office in the Dooly District.  Needing a name for the new post office, he decided to name it for himself by taking the first syllable of his given name and the last syllable of his last name.  The new post office was thus named Lewner.  It was located about a mile from the Fannin County line alongside Dooly Creek.  For thirty-eight years, until March 12, 1937, he was postmaster.  He took care of the mail for about 100 families within the radius of the post office.  He was succeeded by Miss Zelma Auberry who served for 18 years until the post office was closed February 15, 1955 and the mail was routed through the Loving post office in nearby Fannin County, Georgia.

c2004 by Ethelene Dyer Jones;
published July 29, 2004 in The Union Sentinel, Blairsville, GA. 
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