They go to other parts of the state or country and live as ex-Harlan Countians. I am definitely proud of my heritage, both generally mountain/Appalachian and Harlan County in particular. Harlan County. Everyone I knew (including my family) ate government cheesethe best cheese ever. Hart Perry as Director of Photography. Interment was at the Orleans Cemetery.. Bryan Bantam, 93 years of age, or Alma, NE (formerly of Orleans), passed away Sunday, September 12, 2004, at the . Paddling. Goodbye Fleming, Nicholas and Robertson Counties. These folks are Harlan Countians, but they dont like it. Even though they have visited my homeland many times, they remain baffled by it. I am an outlander from Bell County and so enjoyed reading this! Alfredia Miniard Kenney February 10, 2023 (91 years old) U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! They pity Harlan. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. Lots of good folks from across the mountain.. Ishas Smiths 2nd cousin. I do find a lot of people think Harlan is Hazzard from the TV show, so they ask me if Harlan is in Hazzard county and if I knew Luke and Bo Duke???? I have a heavy heavy accent. He told The Sun on Sunday: "His real name was Basil and his nickname was always Val. .I didnt think to ask them while they were alive. I think they graduated in the same class at Cawood. I went to Business College, married my daddys cousin (you had to know that was coming didnt you). I am so grateful to the educators in Harlan who worked so diligently to open our minds, expand our thinking and develop our talents especially in music. Hi aurea, Ive helped ur grand paw make many many gallons of moonshine just over the hill from ur mom n dads house. Cats and Harlan Countians have 9 lives. . Crackin me up. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. I was born and raised in Harlan County-Cumberland. He was my English teacherand a good one at that. He was allowing my cousin Elizabeth Jennings and me to tour the mine property. Imagine trying to explain where Cutshin is located!! One hell of a nice fellow. 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. I was born and raised in Leslie County. Ive lived a few places in east ky, but never been to Harlan. I know you as a Harlan Countain and also as a fine person. My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. One can argue that its always been over-populated what with the chronic high unemployment and high poverty rate. I get the isolation, and the coal mining( although Boyd , Greenup, and a lot of the others have had some minor strip mining now and then.) https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/. I attended LoyallElementary and Junior High and James A. Cawood High School. My grandfather was from Island Creek, and my grandmother was from Harold. Rich Montjoy, I am replying to your post because you didnt say anything bad about Harlan, (Harlan County), Ky. Growing up, I didnt feel particularly tough. We have accents which are obscured by our penchant for mumbling. . Even though I havent lived there in many years, I still visit. Your dad was a really good teacher. Sometimes you hear gun fire in the distance, but thats in the woods. Ralph Osborne, Jr 58 of Bledsoe, KY passed away Tuesday evening of February 14, 2023 at his home. Everything is right on! South Farmington, NS. Im sorry but I dont think so. BTW until barrack obama declared war on our coal mines,a fact, there were more millionaires in Harlan, Pike,Perry Counties, per capita than in our largest cities. We knowthat houses have winders and chimleys. Do you remember the Chappells Dairy slogan? We always found lots of mutual interest things to gab about. 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. Great description. If someone tells you that he or she is from Harlan, they could mean any town from Pathforkto Holmes Mill to Cumberland to Cranks. Now, dont confuse Harlan County with the town of Harlan, our county seat. 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. Sometimes, these people would show up to help us. Kildav . This is the first time I stumbled across you blog. Ill say Im from Harlan, but dont get confused. Maybe they never left. Once you push too far north, you get out of the mountains, and we have to exclude you. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. His name was Arthur Johnson, he was from Cumberland, but lived at You can see it in Google Street Views here: https://goo.gl/maps/QoyKa, Hey my cousin owned the fuzzy duck my papa had a poker house there and boot legged beer iwas raised in the first house coming down black mountain love it go back all the time, Right before you get to lynch golf course coming down black mtn there was a house to the right my great great grand pa had a saw mill there and built the house where my great grand pa lived then my mama got it love it there if I ever hit the lottery ill be back to live and put alot of people to work I love the mtns go there every christmas and summers thanks for the memories cool blog sorry for the grammer lol periods commas all the same to me it. Of course, theres a downside. You have to have mountains, not hills. Not at all. This is where Norma lives, was the reply. Born on. They know whats best for Harlan, though, and wont hesitate to tell you. Loved reading your blog and reminiscingI was raised in Harlan County both parents having been from there. In the 1970s, a strip-mining company asserted its ownership over the mineral rights for property he. Andas for the grid: Morehead is east of Middlesboro. I grew up in Sunshine, graduated from Harlan High School in 1972 and after going to Southeast and U.K., headed to California. The original Mount Aire Motel was on Pine Mountain, and it burned down in the 70s. E Hudson. My husband and I are the black sheep as I am an attorney and my husband is an accountant. Sally Simonton. I left here when i was 15 came back in my late 20s. Just discovered your blog. The other motel in Browning Acres is Mount Aire Motel. He died in a house fire a few years ago. John Oh yeah, one last thingI am a coal miners daughter..and damned proud of it. January 7, 2009 Harlan R. Collins, 89, of Fulton, died Wednesday at his home following a long illness. A bazillion of cousins to play with..mountains to explore..farm animals to learn about, a total difference than city life on a quiet street just across from Fort McPherson Army Base. We just live somewhere else. Lynch had a skating rink when I was a teenager. I guess this was one of many reasons my dad thought California was a good choice for me. I go back to Ky at least once a year. My great aunt Alafair lived there till she died and her beauty shop was still there, run by one of daughters the last time I was there. I have no other information on these two at this time. Its still pretty much the same. Loved Justified. I found a place to turn around and get back down the road and get my act together. My great granny and grandpa lived in Harlan when they first married but moved to Leslie county. He evidently hasnt been to Harlan lately. My mom is from Cote (Evarts) I cant wait to read this to her! Alan Creech, such nice thoughts and memories of this beautiful part of God earth that I am proud to call home. My dad grew up in Evarts. Construction on the house beat the power company by a few years. Who are we? And to the ones that moved away (say to the north) or wherever, it shows very little respect and class to put down the place you came from. People may had been living on Government cheese when you grew up and the first may had been like a amusement park, but all that has changed. Now, people in Carter County pretty much sound like us, but they have that Interstate. Sweet. 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. Obituaries. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. I was told if I was ever alone at night that they would kill me, so I promised the head gun thug, Basil Collins, he wouldn't catch me alone at night. Your article is awesome! They just hang around and complain. When I first saw the documentary, I was on the edge of my seat, wondering how my dad would be portrayed, but his name was never mentioned. It was described as a place where people only smiled when they heard that someone had died. I would sometimes go out and spend a month or two with my grandparents and spend some nights with other family members in Harlan and Bell counties. His name was Wiley Holmes. SO neat to see my family talked about on here! Black lung finally got the best of him but legally these days black lung doesnt exist. I have always been proud of being from Cawood in Harlan County. We had our own post office, City Hall and fire station. I went back through my Ancestry.com files and I found 2: Clarence Leonard, born 24 May 1914, Walker County, AL and died 27 July 1985 at Corbin, KY, it shows he had no wife or children, and his father was John D. Leonard and his mother was Jeanette McKendrick Leonard. I have lived in Evarts since age 7 this is my home (sals Branch) I had your mom in home Ec. But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. Pingback: My Life in Harlan County | Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC. An obituary will follow. I was in the 7th grade at Evarts when we moved. He lived there with his wife my Aunt Hazel and their children Laura Jean, Stanley and Mickey. Thats pretty cool. We still miss it! 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. In fact, when I was down there on business a couple of years ago, I saw a couple hanging out in front of rock store. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. Jeanette McKendrick Leonard was my Me-maw and the best lady you to have ever been born! It captured the essence of Jimmy. It was a thriving community in the 60s-70s. I miss Government Cheese. I remember commodity butter. Miner Curtis Cress, 34, says towns. 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. I couldnt quit reading it. One of the great things about Harlan is that changes very little. 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. Abe was in my class @Black Star when it was an elem. 6. First, much of what I wrote is tongue in cheek. I have resided in Knoxville, TN for 26 years but Eastern Kentucky will always be home because that is where my extended family and my husbands extended family continue to reside. | Coal Troll's Blog, My Life in Harlan County | Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC. His hair was infamous! My parents married in Harlan County in 1949. I love your wifes Loll great story! 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. My dad was one of them, outside Tommy Lees barbershop. Basil was born January 18, 1930, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the third of five. LOL! 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 remember when you had to take a gravel road from Pineville to Loyall when they were building the new 119. Sadly, they didnt seem to be doing well. I lived in Harlan for many years just ended up there one day and loved it and stayed I was not born or raised there just lived Place is wonderfull Im 25 so I would love to go back I call it home I feel home there I moved bout a year ago to Indiana. Spent many an evening in Tiny Joes!!!!!!! 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. Fantastic post, though. I was born in Pineville, Ky but grew up in Pathfork. Theyre still there. Different, but nice. 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. The hills and hollers made me who I am today and the people I love still call Eastern Kentucky home. That bastion of journalism, Hustler Magazine, once listed Harlan (the town) as one the three meanest towns in America. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Oswego County Hospice, P.O. There is a bleak side to Harlan, as anywhere else. We know at least one person whose mother was really their grandmother, and sister was their mother. She laughed. He used to go visit with Norman during the strike. A native of Fulton, he was a life resident of the Fulton-Volney area. Hell, it was the best cheese everthe only thing the Federal Government ever perfected! I dont get back as often as Id like but always thoroughly enjoy coming back to visit. Thanks for the great story. Bledsoe, so we limped, if you know what I mean Born in Leslie Co. and graduated James A Cawood in 81. Read my post about growing up in Loyall sometime. Doris, do I know you? The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun "thug," Basil Collins. Me, my brother and sister went to church every Sundaywe werent allowed to even go to the toilet until after church. At Kopple, among others. My people have been there for over 200 years, since before it was Harlan. ! Whatd I say? 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. We used to sprinkle sugar over the cheese, before grilling them! We drive Chryslers, BMWs, Honda Van, Subaru sports car, Chevy pick-up, Harleys, Hondas, Yamaha V-stars-4-wheelers. We have mountains all around us. Obituaries usually give the name of the deceased and the death or burial date. I know exactly where you were driving. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in . loved this. The government cheese, however, is real. My mother taught Home Ec at Evarts for 28 years. Lots of memories from Harlan. 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. So please you out landing, loathing spectator, Keep your thoughts on the area you live in now, and the goings on there, we dont need or want you perspective of the people that actually live, work and die here. Loyallalso had a theaterthe Roadenuntil I was about 6 years old. I was born in Harlan and I remember living there, but I didnt have the experience that my parents had (who were both born in Harlan County) since I didnt grow up there. It would occasionally be condemned but re-open at some point. Crew. John, enjoyed your comments. We were not eligible for the government cheese, but my aunt was, & she would always bring us some, every month. My Mom taught at SE Community College. Ive never known anyone who didnt wear shoesand I knew some pretty rough characters. born and raised in harlan ky live in northern. Mr. Blanton explained the reasoning behind coal camps. 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. We used to be territorial based on our schools. Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. That is perhaps because I hail from off the grid (Smith). Thats probably why he is disabled now at a a young age. Charles Leonard Birmingham, AL. Thanks for the kind words. They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. And they didnt. Barbara Kopple as Producer. These are small town people just like in every small town. It was the latest violent incident in Harlan County, long a scene of labor unrest. There is no Holiday Inn Express in Harlan. That is certainly true, but I must say that those unfortunates (if thats what they are) are the in minority.. My name is Julie Crowder-Ward. Thanks for the kind comments. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was real. I used to try and derail the presumptions, now I just embrace them. Yes I remember you, vaguely, it has been a long time. Pretty accurate for McCreary Co, as well. My Dad was born in Evarts andexpect for military service and collegenever lived anywhere else. Daughter of a preacher. Willa Jean Ferrier, Crystal Conaster, and Chris Boswell were shot and killed by John Roscoe Garland in McCreary Country, supposedly over jealousy. Although I left Harlan County in 1968, and grew up in Florida, I am still proud to say, I am from Harlan County! I got cussed up and down over it! West Family Funeral Services is the primary provider of funeral and cremation services that create a healing experience for families and their loved ones. She went back to Harlan as soon as she was discharged. I live in Lexington now as well have since 1990. 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. If you live in Harlan, I cant say that I blame you. I have a 94 year old aunt who still lives there. Surviving is her husband: Lee Banks; 1 son: Timothy Lee Banks of Whitesburg; 2 daughters: Beverly (Tim) Lawson of Roxanna . Also as a child there was a Ski Lodge and slopes on Black Mountain. We mispronounce light, fight, white and night. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and just being outdoors. We were driving down the road from Pineville toward Harlan and I was looking for the turn off to get to sister Normas place. In fairness, many went to both joints. Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA He tell the difference between bills by touch. I remember it seemed like every time my high school played Cawood there was a knife fight. Who We Are. Born and raised in Harlan, graduated from HHS in 1974, and UK in 78.went to work in Washington DC.talk about culture shock! Its amazing how many of Moms students I still run into. Entertained by the tendency to call you a mooron and ignorant while not fully grasping the importance of grammar and spelling. I first saw the light of day in Oneida, tn because that was the closest hospital & the road l.P. looPwas better Phyllis Lorene Gardenhire 82, of Salina passed away, Friday, February 17, 2023. You nailed it. Ruth Ann was my older brothers age. The road to lexington did get better tho. Then it was quiet except when the trains ran, which seemed like every 15 minutes or so. . My grandparents, Elve and Flaura Campbell, moved to Sunshine and eventually to Loyall. Mrs Abraham was my Home Ec teacher @Hall High. Theyre usually the folks who dream of turning all of Eastern Kentucky into a massive tourist destination by having all the people who live there pack up and move. Isolation. My dad was a teacher at JACHS from 1962 to 1968. I was born and raised in Liggett. Irene Whitehead Clark. Whitley County is troublesome. Oh, i think these shows are a joke, they couldnt do the truth,,, thank you, Lane. Debbie Elaine Absher February 23, 2023 (72 years old) View obituary. 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. I do think this is good stuff. Glad that youre happy in whatever metro area you moved to. I graduated Harlan HS, UK, then moved to NYC, culture shock! Just curious, if you struggled with the inclusion of Whitley county..what was your rationale for the inclusion of mccreary county? Garys was a fun place. After 8 weeks or so the letter came with I found your Harlan countian!! I got away. Janice and I were both switchboard operators and admissions clerk. Our reputation precedes us. He was a clerk there. We didnt all drink Mountain Dew as babies. Its too dull. I am an Outlander (orlando), looking to be a Stalwart. Ironically, my daughter found a boyfriend from Loyal(the ones in Georgetown are apparently not her type) so she visits him a lot. My dad and papa were both coal miners for blue diamond mining for years. now but have family still in Harlan Co. NOTE TO SELF: Dont move to Ages,Ky,Home of Brookside Mine, during a strike. I JUST RAN ACROSS YOUR CONVERSATION AND THOUGHT I WOULD COMMENT ON HARLAN KY. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was real. | Coal Troll's Blog, https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/, ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! Im definitely a Harlan County boy. I appreciate your comments but must, of course, defend myself. The other side was the Lounge, a long, narrow open room with a dance floor. Maybe its the camo/orange. Just so ya know Boyd County is further east than Harlin!!!! Although we certainly werent poor, Government Cheese is excellent, and my Dad would get us a block whenever he could. My mother taught at Evarts for many years. Oh the cheese made the best grilled cheese, My wife from Ohio and my 2 children even loved it. I live here because I truly love this beautiful part of Kentucky and America. I grew up in Eastern Kentuckyborn and raised as we say. Pingback: ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! I have three amazing great-grandbabies. I told him apparently his computer didt speak Hillbilly.I am proud of my head of the holler rasin. Food stamps, too. 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. Thanks. My Pappaw Creech was a coal miner, as were most of his brothers. He was 45 (88) years old when He died. Middlesboro Daily News - Official Site. Hes married married to one of my first cousins for many years. Norman was good to my dad, especially during my dads troubles with alcohol yet another commonality of that age. I volunteer as a cashier at a nonprofits ReStore. Holmes mill was actually named after my family. I had friend in Sunshine growing up. If its hard, its hopeless. I wouldnt trade my life for anyone else. Took the jury about 5 minutes to find against us, lol. None of my schools still exist. Jenny Lynn (Saylor) Moore I was born and raised in Wallins ,lived there until I was 28 moved to Florida w/ My husband David Moore from Graysknob, we both graduated from James A. Cawood, My heart is still in the mountains, you can take the girl out of the country but you cant take the country out of the girl, we long to come back some someday Lord willing, I am a Harlan girl to the bone. That hurts everyone. I just said, hey, he was my neighbor. When I was young, the Government Cheese truck looked like a scene from an African relief mission. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. I just found this wonderful Blog! I happened across this blog through a friend. My Uncle Ralph Leonard was Pastor at the Baxter Methodist Church before it was moved. We are our own world. I was up at Holmes Mill just a few months ago. I moved to the Tampa Bay area as a teenager and it was a bit of a culture shock. I instructed her to be on the lookout for a Harlan countian. I believe they graduated for there on 83. Again I will say Harlan is a great place to be from but I would not want to live there today. Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. The previous mentioned Clarence E. Leonard is my Uncle. They dont say that because of my accent, since I only have one when I go back there. 1944 - 2023 ONEONTA - Ronald G. Peters, 78, passed away Feb. 1, 2023, at his home. Arthur died when his house burned a few yrs ago. My Mom was a nurse at the hospital there (where I was born in 66). He's lived in Harlan County ever since. Good stuff, John. She was a great homemaker and was full of wit, wisdom and love. I was blessed to have been raised in the mountains. I rarely saw Janice after I left the hospital, . We got spanked when we needed itdidnt hurt us one bit but sure made us better kids growing up and better adults today. Bad-ass wasnt the first word to come to mind, but I sure didnt want to mess with those folk! Im from Tennessee (save your boos for later, lol) and grew up in a very small, rural town with a lot of off the grid inhabitants. There are a lot of us spread over the country, but we still think of ourselves as being from Harlan. A friend of mine once drank a beer from a girls cowboy boot at the Lounge. Our Location. We mourn with the family of Basil Collins for this great loss. Trivia: He was a survivor of the Bataan Death March. cheese. Yes, we have folks living in povertytoo many (as though there is an acceptable level of suffering) but most folks live just fine. In that regard, Harlan is Small Town, USA. Crusenberry talks about being asked by a group of women to . I appreciate all commentspositive and negative. Memorials. My Aunt Pauline is 95 now and still lives there. You do remember he is my step-daddy?? The motel next to Holy Trinity was a Holiday Inn Express at one time, but now its a Comfort Inn. 7. 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 guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. Probably like 4th or 5th cousins. I REMEMBER govt. I know it well. I didnt mean to turn my comment into a mini blog, but you inspired the flood of memories! Moved to Lynch in the summer of 1969. The good ones liked my Dad if not, oh well. Love your response, I live in central ky for a lot of years now, but when I can go home I stay at the Comfort Inn Hotel, it is a Blessing to us out of towners, I think this page is right on, and I dont like the way most people think of Harlan, we are just like anyone else, even if we have a little accent, awesome page, and I lived in Loyall a few years also, my mother died there, thanks for letting people know that its not all justified, although I have never watched a full episode, they are awful. HARLAN COLLINS OBITUARY. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun thug, Basil Collins. My mother grew up in Cumberland and knew tons of Creeches from up that way. He said that I was making the county look bad. 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. Harlan is total badass. One of the only times I used my dads reputation, telling the guy to go ahead but it was going to be his last night on Earth, because if I didnt kill him, my dad would. We liked him! I even remember who it was, but lets let bygones be bygones. I loved reading your blog and all, or at least most of the comments! Police said in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and set his house on fire . Lived in Hazard then, after Hazard we came to Ohio. Its nice to read good thoughts of Harlan County. SOMEONE MENTIONED SMITH. Mostly, we just hung out. "I bought him out after seven. harlan community school district job openings; scottish reeling dresses; chanel miller boyfriend lucas; marilynn bradley horton; foreign education consultants in sri lanka. Not a native but my ears always perk up when I hear Harlan. Parents moved to Dayton, OH in 63. A full obituary will follow in The Daily Star. An obituary is a published or unpublished death announcement. 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