U take car cuz. John,I also remember those 1st grade field trips. Obituaries of Harlan Funeral Home. The old structure is still up there on Pine Mountain. Harlan Countians like Justified. I knew a bunch of Napiers (Napper). Murdered while on a picket line in Harlan County KY, After his death an agreement was signed between the miners and the union! She stayed there for a few months but felt things just werent the same so she moved back to Newport News where she had made some good friends. I live in Nashville now, it seems like everyone here know someone from Harlan. I found the search function and found the story. | Coal Troll's Blog, I stumbled across your blog and enjoyed much. "I bought him out after seven. She agreed. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/. Barbara Kopple as Producer. I was mostly raised In Floyd Co. KY & did live in Grundy , Va. at one time. Allegedly once Collins was released at wars end he cut off the head of his prison guard with the guards own sword. But I have lived in Harlan Co. since 1986 & now I couldnt imagine living any where else. Like you, I loved growing up there but couldnt see myself living there now. I also have no desire to change this wonderful region.am I forgiven? I am a brand new grandma and I am Mamaw to that beautiful baby. That hurts everyone. My parents who were also my papaw and mamaw owned Tiny Jos market in Baxter. Your Great Grandfather John D. and my Grandfather Brack H. were brothers and my Grandmother Geanie and your Great Grandmother Jeanette were sisters. I never got a straight story from my parents and possibly they didnt know why or what happened. I live here because I truly love this beautiful part of Kentucky and America. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. I left here when i was 15 came back in my late 20s. I have been gone from Harlan now for 40 years, One thing I will say is you are accurate in your writings of Harlan. His name was Arthur Johnson, he was from Cumberland, but lived at born & raised Pathfork Ky~, Thanks. Genealogy profile for Basil M. Collins Genealogy for Basil M. Collins (1908 - 1979) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Pingback: My Life in Harlan County | Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC. My Dad was born in Evarts andexpect for military service and collegenever lived anywhere else. My grandad lived and mined Stone Ky, in Pike County. One of the greatest victories won by the efforts of the wives is the arrest of Basil Collins, the de facto leader of the "scabs", workers who are hired by the company to provide labor in the event of the strike. 1944 - 2023 ONEONTA - Ronald G. Peters, 78, passed away Feb. 1, 2023, at his home. Vacation at Hilton Head, Tybee Island, Myrtle Beach, Hawaii, have an American Spirit Coachman that sleeps ten and a pontoon. Paddling. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. She taught Home Ec, but also taught other classes. Browse Obituaries and Death Records in Middlesboro, Kentucky. I live in Lexington now as well have since 1990. If he called on you and you missed the questionBOOM! Harlan is tough. LOL. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. 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. You have to have mountains, not hills. Sudie Crusenberry talks about her father's work as a miner and his suffering from black lung. born and raised in harlan ky live in northern. My grandfolks, originally from Johnson Ct. lived up at the end of a holler. In that regard, Harlan is Small Town, USA. It tends to work to my advantage. Not at all. 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. Would I be a pretender? The children of Harlan are blessed to have such a nice school. November 20, 1931 - January 8, 2023 Harlan Price passed away peacefully at the age of 91 years with his wife Harriet at his side. He was a sort of silent partner of mine from 1974. Were isolated. 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. One hell of a nice fellow. Harlan graduated from Readstown High School in 1949. My husband has worked in low coal where one had to crawl to get to your section. Obituaries may be a good source of information about a person and may also include information about family members. Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA Arthur died when his house burned a few yrs ago. That is certainly true, but I must say that those unfortunates (if thats what they are) are the in minority.. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. 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. . U and I are related. I was born in my grandmothers house, in those days hospitals were few and far between. I am simultaneously entertained and offended. 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. Madison Funeral Services. Rest assured that no one in my family considers me a disgrace or embarrassment, but your concern is noted. Enjoyed reading your blog. Born and raised as you said in Lynch You pretty much hit the nail on the head.. great write-up. It is good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again. The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. I left a long time ago and went back to live there once for a few years. They dont like being from Harlan. One guy said we were like Indians who left the reservation. She was stationed in Newport News, Virginia when the war ended. Pingback: Hometown Loyall-ty | Coal Troll's Blog. Were still Harlan Countians. Dickens said it best . Coal Mining. Harlan County. Born on. We still miss it! I live in Northern KY now but all my family still resides in Harlan so I visit a lot. I live in Lee Co,Ky. Katherine Lynn Caldwell February 24, 2023 (51 years old) View obituary. I attended LoyallElementary and Junior High and James A. Cawood High School. Im pretty sure Lanes Cliffhanger was in the old Mount Aire building. One of the women told her story about him telling her about the gun he had on the seat next to him, under a rag and that if she brought that stick down on his car, he would use it. Therefore, the kids of this county today only have to step out theyre door and into a pool. Isolation. Then, I moved to Lexington, Kentucky and found out that I was pretty tough by Lexington standards. I have enjoyed these old memories!!! My younger brother and I were born and raised in Dayton. Just discovered your blog. It is true that you can take the boy out of the mountains but never the mountain out of the boy. I know that area well. If we had a problem like that today in my slice of Suburbia, there would be a full-blown panic. I had to laugh at your reference to government cheese. It really was good stuff! How do we know they dont live in a ghetto. I knew the Clarks well. It was tough to find two functioning seats together. She talks about growing up in the Brookside mining camp. My mom is from Cote (Evarts) I cant wait to read this to her! I have been gone for 40 years I still have my Harlan Co accent and the kids have lost their Eastern Ky accent. If I go back to Harlan for even a day, even my family cant understand me when I get back. Fine set of words here! Who are the Harlan Countians? It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. as differences, real ones, but the rest is a little over stated, like JUSTIFIED, eh? I live in Texas but will always be a Harlan Co Ky girl. Ive often heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from Harlan county. ha! Harlan Countians did not like that. cheese. She retired in 1982. When we heard a car coming we knew we were having company.we usually hid to see who it was. My mother grew up in Cumberland and knew tons of Creeches from up that way. We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. They go to other parts of the state or country and live as ex-Harlan Countians. Harlan is total badass. She married a coal miner who also was educated and chose that life. I need a shirt like that. But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. The government cheese, however, is real. My people have been there for over 200 years, since before it was Harlan. They deal with a drug problem that I cant imagine. 1750 Hwy 213. My parents married in Harlan County in 1949. My grandparents, Elve and Flaura Campbell, moved to Sunshine and eventually to Loyall. My husband and I are the black sheep as I am an attorney and my husband is an accountant. Sally Simonton. Guide to Harlan County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Growing up, I didnt feel particularly tough. I lived in Cumberland for 2 years from ~ 1974-1976. In fairness, many went to both joints. It was an old theater whose best days had long past. He's lived in Harlan County ever since. I didnt like a lot of your article, some of it is accurate. Then, they can come back and pay admission to see where they used to live. Check out some of my other posts. miners in this county AND other states. They dont want to sound like Harlan or look like Harlan. The hills and hollers made me who I am today and the people I love still call Eastern Kentucky home. For instance, threats didnt faze me. And of course, I mean that in a funny, I`m laughing kind of way. Caroline Andrieu for Variety. While my friends and fellow graduates were leaving here, I was happy to stay in a place I loved. I suspect its mostly because they didnt care much for Hustler, at least not publicly. Harlan County USAdivides us into two groups: Those that love it and those that hate it. I am a badass.. You might even become a best-selling author or reality TV producer. Are we still allowed to be in Appalachia? I lived in Harlan and Loyall. Remember all the men that used to hang out around the courthouse, sitting on the little wall? 10 Grandchildren and . Advertisement. I lived in Rio Vista until I was 12. Yes. They had four children..and not once did he ever treat me nor my older brother like step-chilldren. Doris, do I know you? Read my post about growing up in Loyall sometime. Disability checks. Fantastic post, though. Maybe they never left. I was born, raised and still live in Pike County. I was one of the Hensley girls that lived on the strawberry farm. We just live somewhere else. I was born and raised in Floyd County,I always heard my family came out of Harlan or Harlan County over a hundred years ago.I dont know if there are any STAPLETON family in Harlan anymore,I am proud to be from the HILLS OF KENTUCKY !! My parents were stalwarts. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLAN,CO. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. Bertha was proceeded in death by her mother Eveda Williams and her father George Adams She is survived by her husband Danny D Little, her children Christopher Shawn Little, Rosalie Peral Brown, Chadwick Darrel Little, and Aaron Daniel Little. My uncle Clarence still lives in Ky. My mother and her Sister Yuvonne live in TN. After all no one I know would go north of the Ky border to see. I found a place to turn around and get back down the road and get my act together. I remember Alafair. My Mom was a nurse at the hospital there (where I was born in 66). I think they graduated in the same class at Cawood. I KNOW A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AT CAWOOD AND SMITH, KY. Harlan. I worked as a car hop from Denny rays rite out of high school. And so do I. I know all those places. HARLAN WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME. I go there to visit, and it has improved somewhat, but I like my central Ky home in LaRue county much better. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. We mispronounce light, fight, white and night. My mother taught Home Ec at Evarts for 28 years. They have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the mountains. My first trial was in Elliott County. The people certainly are of Eastern Kentucky stripe, but they do lack isolation. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. We were always suspicious of outsiders, especially those offering help. We could tell if you were from Ohio or Michigan or some other exotic place. My brother and I thought we had died and gone to Heaven. I knew some fine people from Smith. Howard and Lucille Leonard are my grandparents. IM RETIRED AND LIVE IN TN NOW BUT I GO BACK TO HARLAN ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. I just know that by writing all this misinformation as if it were this day in time, you have disgraced and embarrassed your people, an you should be ashamed of yourself. I do not claim to be from there so I am not in any of your groups. So you see, all of this rambling I have just done is to state the obvious because you have made us sound like we are backwoods, unlearned, in-bred no accounts. 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. He evidently hasnt been to Harlan lately. Awesome story. Phyllis Lorene Gardenhire 82, of Salina passed away, Friday, February 17, 2023. If you do so, you wont be called a bigot or a phobe of any type. Still have a few family members there and many friends. Photoplay, 'I Saved My Brother's Life,' by Helen Martin, p. 94, February 1967. If you dont, I cant fault you for that, either. 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. Entertained by the tendency to call you a mooron and ignorant while not fully grasping the importance of grammar and spelling. I love your wifes Loll great story! She was the daughter of the late Robert and Della Mae Hall Price. My roots and my heart are there and for me thats important. Did you know Jimmy C. Morgan? We have live all over Eastern Ky, moved south to the Carolinas, then back to eastern Ky for a couple years. The other motel in Browning Acres is Mount Aire Motel. My dad and papa were both coal miners for blue diamond mining for years. I have lived in Evarts since age 7 this is my home (sals Branch) I had your mom in home Ec. My Uncle Ralph Leonard was Pastor at the Baxter Methodist Church before it was moved. Pingback: ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! Born and raised in Cumberland.I live in Florida now loved your article.Proud of my roots! John, enjoyed your comments. Your dad was a really good teacher. This is the first time I stumbled across you blog. I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. Elliott County. It would occasionally be condemned but re-open at some point. Your email address will not be published. Im from Loyall. I dont get back as often as Id like but always thoroughly enjoy coming back to visit. Kevin Keating as Director of Photography. The general store, a thriving Coal community. I dont believe Ive ever been called a mooron before. I didnt know, but thats before my time. March 9, 1997. Harlan's mother was a music teacher. NEAR CLOSPLINT KY AND I AM PROUD TO BE FROM HARLAN CO THAT IS HOME ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CORBIN KY NOW. The wrong side of the tracks to the town school crowd of the 1960s. Whats up with that? Harlan is no more defined by any subculture than Chicago should be defined by its sad history of public housing or New York by the worst of its slums. Harlanthats what we call itisnt a destination, either. 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. I knew no one married to his own sister and just a handful married to their cousins. 66, originally of Loudoun County, VA passed away January . Im surprised I didnt end up with some kind of lung disease. I think we also went to RC Bottling Plant at Loyall. It might have been the wrong side of the tracks, but I knew some good folks from there. We currently have a lot of re-fencing to do, interested :). As usual John you nailed it!! Maybe 700 or so now. It has always been home for me. Thanks for the kind comments. (: Did you know Jo Alice Chitwood or Lance Johnson? GOD BLESS YOU ALL. They may be from such places as Shields, Jones Creek, Smith, Cranks, Punkin Center or Happy Top, although I can name you folks from all those places who have done quite well for themselves. Mountains. I went from a county of about 35,000 people spread over 1,000 square miles to a campus of 20,000 + crammed into a few blocks. Overall, we like the stereotypical portrayal of Harlan. Thanks. If not, you should. So my family got to enjoy it even tho they never lived in Harlan. There are a lot of Harlan Countians that are very happy to be called just that. Middlesboro Daily News - Official Site. My husband is a retired coal miner. If you need to go someplace that can be accessed through Harlan County, I guarantee that theres an easier, quicker way to get there. After 8 weeks or so the letter came with I found your Harlan countian!! My name is Julie Crowder-Ward. This section contains the heritage, vision, and the people behind West Family Funeral Services's reputation of quality, sincerity, and trust. It was a thriving community in the 60s-70s. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun thug, Basil Collins. He had a lot of money. John I cant believe you didnt even mention the no nothin about. What do you suppose that would translate into? Any of that sound familiar, Pingback: SoWhere Are You From? Bledsoe, so we limped, if you know what I mean Born in Leslie Co. and graduated James A Cawood in 81. Both my grandsons have degrees in med profession PT and Massage Therapy. 1 Index Record. We have corresponded back and forth for several years about our Leonard connections. Harlan County was fighting for the right to have a union. Thanks for reminding me of a great memory of my mother! The women have help, of course. There are doctors, lawyers, accountants, teachers, coaches, laborers, deadbeats and criminals. An outlander is someone who used to live in Harlan. My friends still tell me you can take the girl out of Eastern Kentucky, but you cant take the Eastern Kentucky out of the girl. There are people who will pretend to be from Harlan or any place else in Eastern Kentucky. That is perhaps because I hail from off the grid (Smith). Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. Helped me so much when I worked there. When I was young, the Government Cheese truck looked like a scene from an African relief mission. Used to go to Cumblin every Fride and satdy nite. They just hang around and complain. Im definitely a Harlan County boy. They are either Harlan by birth or moved there at a young age. I JUST RAN ACROSS YOUR CONVERSATION AND THOUGHT I WOULD COMMENT ON HARLAN KY. Crackin me up. Stalwarts, outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. 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