My grandfather was from Island Creek, and my grandmother was from Harold. Miner Curtis Cress, 34, says towns. My dad was one of them, outside Tommy Lees barbershop. You say that you came here now and then, but if you did you would know that we have many amenities and hotels such as a holiday inn express and a comfort inn. In talking about monthly checks, I can remember visiting my family in Louellen, a coal mining camp in those days, and going down to the the company store and watching people get their cheese in blocks and their commodity meat which was actually spam. He was 45 (88) years old when He died. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. I grew up in Sunshine too. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. It was the latest violent incident in Harlan County, long a scene of labor unrest. I was looking for the turnoff to Loll. A miner was killed by a company foreman. Age 82. Finished my last year in high school from there. Unless you lived in the town of Harlan, you dont go to the city schoolsHarlan High Elementary and Harlan High School. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I told him apparently his computer didt speak Hillbilly.I am proud of my head of the holler rasin. I lived in Harlan and Loyall. It reeked of Pine Sol. Kathy Ann Duncan, age 62 of Cumberland, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, February 9th, 2023, at the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital. Ive never known anyone who didnt wear shoesand I knew some pretty rough characters. Went to JACHS then moved to Indiana an I havent went home in a long time. They dont like being from Harlan. I was in Wallins Creeks all day Saturday visiting my niece and stayed at my Mothers in Rhea. Iowa Gravestones is a genealogy project with over one million gravestone photos from across 99 Iowa Counties. You do remember he is my step-daddy?? I lived in Cumberland for 2 years from ~ 1974-1976. ha! I volunteer as a cashier at a nonprofits ReStore. It even had an old balcony whererumor had itblack folks used to be seated. ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE, WOULDNT TRADE THE PLACE I GREW UP FOR ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD . It was quiet then. When she made this movie, Kopple was one of the bravest filmmakers working. If you live in Harlan, I cant say that I blame you. Allegedly once Collins was released at wars end he cut off the head of his prison guard with the guards own sword. | Coal Troll's Blog, I stumbled across your blog and enjoyed much. An obituary will follow. My mother taught Home Ec at Evarts for 28 years. Kevin Keating as Director of Photography. I lived across Pine Mtn. No wonder I was overwhelmed. First, much of what I wrote is tongue in cheek. This one in particular may be of interesthttps://thetrivialtroll.com/2013/07/13/hometown-loyall-ty/ I rarely saw Janice after I left the hospital, LOL LOL..enjoyed the article, One way to prove that someone is from the mountains is if they know someone named Lonzo! The motel next to Holy Trinity was a Holiday Inn Express at one time, but now its a Comfort Inn. 1750 Hwy 213. I grew up in Eastern Kentuckyborn and raised as we say. He was actually the son of my aunts husband, so that technically makes him a cousin, but age-wise he was more of my dads generation so that made him an uncle. I attended LoyallElementary and Junior High and James A. Cawood High School. Jan had so many stories about the hospital. Nothing will get a hard-working coal miner or school teacher fired up like a discussion about those drawing a check. Thats how it was when I was a kid, and it hasnt changed. my growing up years were behind the old telephone company next to Robinette Chevrolet which was across from the old Macks Supper Market and down the street from Hackneys. He told The Sun on Sunday: "His real name was Basil and his nickname was always Val. My Mother married her high school sweethart Robert Kitts right before he left for the army as WWII started. Sometimes, these people would show up to help us. View Recent Obituaries for Bianchi Funeral Homes Evarts~Harlan~Loyall~Tri City. The late Norman Smith was a classmate of mine at JACHS. Brings back so many memories. Before Justified, many people got their image of Harlan from the award-winning documentary Harlan County USAwhich followed the Eastover coal mine strike at Brookside, Kentucky. I am an outlander from Bell County and so enjoyed reading this! How can I contact your Uncle Clarence E. to find out if he has any information to help with my research? Its a kind of mountain street cred. Oh, people still get shot occasionally but at much lower rate than wed like you to believe. I am a born and raised harlan countian. I was born and raised in Liggett. She was a great homemaker and was full of wit, wisdom and love. They had four children..and not once did he ever treat me nor my older brother like step-chilldren. Yes, we have folks living in povertytoo many (as though there is an acceptable level of suffering) but most folks live just fine. He worked at Eastover for several years after the strike until Duke closed the mines. Oh, and we moaned and complained about not having anything to do. Sally Simonton. Raised with his brother Dale and cousins. why dont u come back?i know why ,because it is to political and if your not a doctor or a lawyer or have plenty of money ,you aint shit yeah the mountains are nice and this is a beautiful place, but if you aint in the click you aint shit and thats the way it really is you just like the bloody harlan shit and it makes you look BADASS to tell people your from here .your a joke dude and quit livin off a place that you evidentally really no nothin about ..post this DUMBASS . HARLAN PRICE OBITUARY. Norman was good to my dad, especially during my dads troubles with alcohol yet another commonality of that age. How do we know they dont live in a ghetto. I was in her class the day JFK was shot in Dallas. We just live somewhere else. The ones who love it love the depiction of rough and ready union brothers and sisters ready to wage war with the coal company thugs. Jane E. Bailey Graves, 72 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. I was up at Holmes Mill just a few months ago. I pass by there to go to my mothers home, it is amazing to see in Harlan Co. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. I also have those wonderful memories, of making grilled cheese sandwiches in the evening, after supper when we as children, never seem to be really full. Obituaries. SO neat to see my family talked about on here! More than 450 new Canadian obituaries add each day. There are doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers, coaches, laborers, deadbeats and criminals. Well.. BANTAM, BRYAN Funeral services for Bryan Bantam were conducted from the Presbyterian Church in Orleans, NE on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 2 p.m. with Pastors William Bills and Dixon Powers officiating. Were hemmed in. In Barbara Kopple 's 40-year career as one of America's . I have never been to a Harlan County Bears football game, but I have been told that the team enters the field to Brad Paisleys You will never leave Harlan alive song. All my mothers family is from Harlan (Baxter, Big Laurel, Loyall) and my heart is there. I knew your father-in-law, and mother-in-law. I have always been proud of being from Cawood in Harlan County. Among this crowd are those that my father called off the grid. He said we had a sub-culture of people so far off the creek that they werent plugged in to the modern world. Justified portrays Harlan as a lawless frontier of wanton violence. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLAN,CO. Memorials. Mikes Drive In was in Loyall. I love your wifes Loll great story! In Atlanta, some of the New Yorkers that worked with me at the ad agency used to continually ask me where I was from just to hear me say it. Marshall, NC 28753 . We outlanders like our Harlan roots. I think we also went to RC Bottling Plant at Loyall. Thanks for letting me rant. Harlan graduated from Readstown High School in 1949. We hung out at Denny Rays, Kens and I cant remember the drive in on the road to Loyall?? I was raised in Wallins Creek and Cumberland by my Mamaw as a child. We got spanked when we needed itdidnt hurt us one bit but sure made us better kids growing up and better adults today. There are gun thugs in Harlan County, U.S.A., in particular a mean, squinty-eyed, jackal named Basil Collins, his pistol sticking out of his Dickies like a goofy cap gun. Rachel Elaine Smith, 46 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. LO I have to say, I know of nobody named Lonzo. I live here because I truly love this beautiful part of Kentucky and America. My Mom was a nurse at the hospital there (where I was born in 66). I was just in Harlan County this weekend. I havent lived in Harlan in 30 year, but if someone asks where Im from, Harlan is the immediate response. HARLAN WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME. miners in this county AND other states. You shouldve had to breath half a can of hairspray in the morning after he got out of the bathroom. Whitley County has an interstate so are they still Eastern Kentucky? The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. And hell, I was taken at knife-point down into the creek at Hall when I was in 6th grade. They might as well have been in different states. I graduated in 71 from JACHS. I miss Government Cheese. I went to college and had personal and professional opportunities that pulled me away. Were about the same age. Ive really enjoyed reading this article. . I used to sleep on the bread racks. My grandad lived and mined Stone Ky, in Pike County. I live in Nashville now, it seems like everyone here know someone from Harlan. I am still Harlan County thru and thru. I first saw the light of day in Oneida, tn because that was the closest hospital & the road l.P. looPwas better list of former red arrows pilots; alfred dunner sweatshirts; santa cruz midtown fridays; is jaws appropriate for a 10 year old; cmmg mk47 mutant Yes, Big_O,, I remember the man you asked about. Jenny, I worked in Harlan Co. in the 90s on the railroad and worked with a Saylor but cant remember his first name. Ronald Peters. This section contains the heritage, vision, and the people behind West Family Funeral Services's reputation of quality, sincerity, and trust. Dickens said it best . I am now in Knoxville tn, happy as a proud old grandpa can be, and thankful the good Lord saw fit to bring me through times i cant tell about. The wrong side of the tracks to the town school crowd of the 1960s. My Pappaw Creech was a coal miner, as were most of his brothers. I appreciate all commentspositive and negative. And they didnt. Trivia: He was a survivor of the Bataan Death March. You mustve been a good student, John. Thats righttheyll pretend. now but have family still in Harlan Co. Harlan County U.S.A. Our client was suing the City of Sandy Hook. I go back once or twice a year to visit relatives. It is true that you can take the boy out of the mountains but never the mountain out of the boy. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. They had no desire to ever live anywhere else. Born and raised as you said in Lynch You pretty much hit the nail on the head.. great write-up. Disability checks. It is funny how people from all over the Country know where you are talking about when you say you are from Harlan Co. and many of them visibly tense on that statement. I, too, am from Harlan an outlander like yourself, and I was left laughing and shaking my head at all the things only people like us would know to be true I would love to include a link to this in my own blog, but I dont yet know how to do it, lol. I not THAT old! I was even sent back to Atlanta to attend Agnus Scott College, and didnt stay because I actually missed my family AND Harlan County. Ralph was born August 16, 1964 in Harlan to the late Ralph and Delores Moore Osborne. I was in the 7th grade at Evarts when we moved. My dad grew up in Evarts. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit but my parents were from Harlan County, my dad born in Holmes Mill growing up in Highsplint, my mother born and raised in Black Mountain eventually leaving and lived in Corbin. Funny thing is, thats what my kids do, even though they live in a small city with a million things to do. Regardless, they came back. There is no Holiday Inn Express in Harlan. myname isronnie saylor i lived in fairview hollow i was 11 years old,went to haran grade school i remenber my gym treacher they call him doc , he would paddle you for saying the word shit ,does anyone remenber that .i will never forget the family that live accross from us the kids name was buck and peggy thomas,peggy was my frist she was beauitful to,the boys lived next to me , i remender one of thems name phiplip,i still got a scarefrom where he hit me with a rock.we used to take car hoods cut them off and float down rivier on them.my dad work out of town in ohio,my mommy would slip around with a taxi driver,she drink alot ,we move to wallins after that , thats where i never went to school,started working in coal mines at 16 years old dad sign so i could work under ground.we lived in wallins for a little while then move to molus ky thats where my dad was risedthey were about all kin florks back then they all live in camp houses granmam and jack brock lived next to each other they were family to, i remenber my brother got lock in a rc cola mach out on granmam poach. Im pretty sure Lanes Cliffhanger was in the old Mount Aire building. Most of them have never even been to Ky let alone Harlan. Good old Mikes drive in, where one of Harlan Countys finest young men threatened me with a belt when I stepped in to defend a younger friend. Doris, do I know you? Btw, the Mount Victory part of this county feels very Eastern KY. Just found the blog and enjoyed it. THIS is just funny. Being a descendant of such a controversial character of those times I may be asking for a social beating on here. You brought back a lot of memories. Harlan County. Yes. That brings back fond memories. My mother drove through Brookside to go to work every day, so I also know the strike was real. Well, I have rambled enough. Thanks again for the good read. My Mom taught at Evarts from 1951 to 1980. If someone tells you that he or she is from Harlan, they could mean any town from Pathfork to Holmes Mill to Cumberland to Cranks. I know it well. Now, dont confuse Harlan County with the town of Harlan, our county seat. today Middlesboro, KY Transportation Jobs Offered 888-909-2737. Ring any bells? We didnt all drink Mountain Dew as babies. I do not intend to change it now and I am NOT ashamed of it. As usual John you nailed it!! I even remember who it was, but lets let bygones be bygones. Thank you so much for this, it came at a time when I needed to count my blessings, and being born in Liggett, and raised in Pansy, I truly was blessed. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. Wayne brought u shea and ur mom n I think he took pictures. I wonder if youre related to Clarence Leonard who lived near Evarts. Pingback: Im Baaaackmaybe | Coal Troll's Blog, Loyall kid hereloved finding this. Parents moved to Dayton, OH in 63. My Mom taught at SE Community College. E Hudson. He said that I was making the county look bad. He was born April 13, 1930, in the town of Kickapoo, Vernon County, Wis., to James and Helen (Larson) Drake. Brought back alot of memories. Ben Joe Harris disarmed the guy so that it would be a fair fight. I loved growing up there and go back frequently. I dont remember Chappells slogan, but I do remember: Thats what I saidBunny Bread! I also remember the 1st grade field trip to Chappells, Bunny Bread and Harlan Ice. I LOVE where i am from and am harlan county proud even when i dont have much to be proud of.lol. And they were well respected. They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. I was born and raised in Harlan County-Cumberland. Well written and interesting. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, He also served in the 4th Supply Company, in Stockton, California. He points a gun directly at the camera in one scene. 22 years old. Trust me on this one. In reference to going swimming in the river and the city pool, we did that too. He died in 1978, I dont remember the year Basil died, but early 1980s is right. Entertained by the tendency to call you a mooron and ignorant while not fully grasping the importance of grammar and spelling. I still tell people I am from Harlan because it brings instant recognition. Hi Julie, Yes I know your mother. Still consider Harlan County as home. Holmes mill was actually named after my family. Its amazing how many of Moms students I still run into. I will never be ashamed of where I grew up. About 1,000 people lived there when I was a kid. He died in a house fire a few years ago. Oh, you might go to Garys Lounge and Roller Rink sometimes. heres the link: Ive been gone for 20+ years now. You hit the nail on the head ~ Love this! Robert Basil (Bob) Sydney, NS. My brother actually had a knife pulled on him at Cawood. These are small town people just like in every small town. It has been both fascinating and sad as well to learn so much about the history, struggles, strength and resilience of the Harlan countians. She is survived by her sons, Nicholas George Ingemi Matthews and Eugene Christopher Hanc. Sometimes, the film would jam and you could watch it melt. The general store, a thriving Coal community. I just tried a case in Illinois. I believe they graduated for there on 83. My dad was certainly a bad ass, growing up in a time and place that required that to survive. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. Its quiet now. I would have loved to have had that McDonalds there when I was kid. I have all the respect in the world for the good people in Harlan county its rough with mines getting shut down and people loosing what they know best and thats coal Im sorry it rough that is a reason I moved but keep strong everyone in Harlan has a big heart and I promise they are some the best people u ever meet in ur life. Weve been in the Lexington area since then, but we still say back home when we are talking about Neon and Jenkins. For instance, threats didnt faze me. My reply was that he didnt scare me, I am from Harlan, Kentucky! Heres my personal map of the area: This seemingly random boundary results in some folks calling it Southeastern Kentucky which, geographically speaking, is more accurate. NEAR CLOSPLINT KY AND I AM PROUD TO BE FROM HARLAN CO THAT IS HOME ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CORBIN KY NOW. Even though life was very hard at times, it was filled with family and friends and its been fun thinking about them this morning. Police said in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and set his house on fire . And of course, I mean that in a funny, I`m laughing kind of way. My mother grew up in Cumberland and knew tons of Creeches from up that way. These are the folks who stayed in Harlan. Janice Kaye Banks, 72 of Premium, passed away Tuesday, February 7, 2022, at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center in Hazard, Ky. Janice was the daughter of the late Ben and Edith Smith Ratliff. Pingback: ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! You might even become a best-selling author or reality TV producer. . I once met a police officer who worked in the State Police in Harlan, he visibly tensed when I said I was from Harlan, went ashen when I said I was from Smith, and excused himself when I said I was a Middleton. One side was a roller rink. It captured the essence of Jimmy. Interview Summary. I aint convinced about mccounty I was born and raised in Harlan County, from Jones Creek, graduated from Evarts High. What Mountains besides the one on the border with Virginia, Black Mt.(?)? Thanks for reminding me of a great memory of my mother! Pretty accurate for McCreary Co, as well. Nothing came easy for Dad but he never complained. We wore machine guns with semiautomatic carbines. Thanks for the article. Kevin, Sarah (parents) and Grace (daughter age 12) Hendrix of Corbin Kentucky were shot and killed by Jason Hendrix, their son and Grace's brother. Daughter has owned her own business in Harlan for thirty years. Have a cousin who lives in Evarts and cousins in middle KY. 7. If he called on you and you missed the questionBOOM! No one should have to make a livin working between 2 rocks. South Farmington, NS. Very isolated. Everywhere I go here in Ohio I run into people from Harlan or people who have relatives from there and some still living there. It rated right up there with his song about Jim and Tammy Baker, pretty good actually. The name of the area now came to be because the truckers that hauled from the mill just refrerred to it as Holmes Mill! I was born, raised and still live in Pike County. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. He had a taxi service called Do me right He was found on the side of the mountain with many bullets in him and his taxi. We are related to at least one coal miner. We had a wonderful daughter and divorced when she was nine. We have accents which are obscured by our penchant for mumbling. born and raised in harlan ky live in northern. I wonder why they went to Harlan to get married. Would I be a pretender? That hurts everyone. There was nothing like sitting on the front porch swing drinking RCs from my uncles one room store. Thanks. Kentucky. Pat your name seems familiar. I still have family in Cawood and Baxter but I dont get up there much.. Jennifer, I moved to the Tampa Bay area when I was four and a half. Eastern Ky is not privvy to divorce is it?? I remember your father well, especially his hair! We used to sprinkle sugar over the cheese, before grilling them! There is a bleak side to Harlan, as anywhere else. Of course, it doesnt. I enjoyed your blog ..I too left Harlan to find work ..I recently got turned down for a job doing private duty nurses aide for a new client because I was from Harlan ..The job interview started out very well until she ask where I was from I had an accent 24 years later I still have that accent I think she was worried I was packing a gun..to funny ..love my Harlan county roots ..from Wallins.. ..Oh yeah agree with everyone loved that Gov, cheese. What is Eastern Kentucky? I married a Lady, born and raised in Harlan. Ralph Osborne, Jr 58 of Bledsoe, KY passed away Tuesday evening of February 14, 2023 at his home. U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA Plaster would fall from the ceiling and you could throw popcorn on the stage in front of the screen and watch the rats scurry out to eat. We lived the last house in the head of the holler with my poppy and granny our only neighbors. Box 102, Oswego, New York 13126. They just inflict harm. Sometimes you hear gun fire in the distance, but thats in the woods. My dad spent much of childhood there in the 30s. EVERYTHING . preston and i have lived here in lexington since 1999. bu i consider loyall and that little house my adopted home. My dad was a teacher at JACHS from 1962 to 1968. He was my English teacherand a good one at that. Crackin me up. So if you have a iota of respect for you mom and dad, grandma and grandpa you will correct this mess and actually write something that isnt from fifty years ago. She laughed. No worries. This excludes Boyd, Greenup, Lewis, etc. We were poor and I will say very poor. We know at least one person whose mother was really their grandmother, and sister was their mother. Brought back some memories. Basil was born January 18, 1930, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the third of five. 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