They dont like being from Harlan. He made shoes. I saw a little of all of it. Its nice to remember, though. IM RETIRED AND LIVE IN TN NOW BUT I GO BACK TO HARLAN ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. Give me about 30 minutes, and its like I never left. And they didnt. A mouthy little man like me finds out the hard way that bad is good, but big is better. I used to sleep on the bread racks. So much that even some locals have a hard time understanding me. I rarely saw Janice after I left the hospital, Black lung finally got the best of him but legally these days black lung doesnt exist. She taught Home Ec, but also taught other classes. They were both sweet, kind, honest, decent people. Have a cousin who lives in Evarts and cousins in middle KY. I have to say, I know of nobody named Lonzo. It is my hometown by choice.I love it, I retired from Ky Dept of Trans (engineering). He was from Leslie, she from Perry. Doc Gray? How can I contact your Uncle Clarence E. to find out if he has any information to help with my research? Brought back some memories. I absolutely LOVE this! 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 . I dont believe Ive ever been called a mooron before. This has been the driver to be obsessive about work and a career. Thats when people get their checks. Honestly, it took me years to adapt. Your mother was my teacher at Hall High for four years. If we meet anyone else from Eastern Kentucky, we can get instant acceptance with a simple I grew up in Harlan. Translation: Despite appearances, I will kill you if necessary. Loyallhad a school, a railroad yard, one stop light, a movie theater (at one time), the Corner Store (a genuinesoda shop), a gas station, a barber and a couple of stores. They just inflict harm. Ive often heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from Harlan county. A meeting of the Brookside women's support group. Enjoyed the article. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLAN,CO. 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. Thanks for the comments. I moved to the Tampa Bay area as a teenager and it was a bit of a culture shock. preston and i have lived here in lexington since 1999. bu i consider loyall and that little house my adopted home. Thanks. Now, far in the past, at least until I visit. I am an outlander. Weve been in the Lexington area since then, but we still say back home when we are talking about Neon and Jenkins. My reply was that he didnt scare me, I am from Harlan, Kentucky! I just found this wonderful Blog! Janice and I were both switchboard operators and admissions clerk. Ben Joe Harris disarmed the guy so that it would be a fair fight. Accents. I KNOW A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AT CAWOOD AND SMITH, KY. Theres no future. Were also the last of a breedand this applies to all of Appalachia. Hart Perry as Director of Photography. There was nothing like sitting on the front porch swing drinking RCs from my uncles one room store. I just said, hey, he was my neighbor. In fairness, many went to both joints. A miner was killed by a company foreman. Our teeth arent all that bad, although mine arent great. E Hudson. Get directions The road to lexington did get better tho. Foster Funeral . I called some place the other day, got an automated machine.your name, address, (Im sorryI didnt get that could you repeat that again. Grew up in Loyall. Mrs Abraham was my Home Ec teacher @Hall High. 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. He died in a house fire a few years ago. I live in Lexington now as well have since 1990. I grew up here, went to school here and am still here by choice. Obituaries may be a good source of information about a person and may also include information about family members. I am VERY new to the blogging world. I feel like they are missing something that we experienced, but so is life. Maybe its the camo/orange. We werent eligible for cheese, either, but my Dad would get it anyway! Ruth Ann was my older brothers age. I had friend in Sunshine growing up. To the men that worked at the Highsplint mine, where the majority of filming took place for the documentary, he was the one responsible for making sure Basil and his men got through to work every day. Sally Simonton. When she made this movie, Kopple was one of the bravest filmmakers working. In that regard, Harlan is Small Town, USA. now let me add to your story, Harlan has taken a step ferder, and now has a Huge new Comfort Inn Hotel.Yep, John this is LONZO, and we now have more southern hospitality hure..Come see us sometime. We have corresponded back and forth for several years about our Leonard connections. Were from coal mining stock. I know that area, well, too. Parents moved to Dayton, OH in 63. I must admit, however, that we have had few issues adjusting to Tennessee except for the color orange. This is the first time I stumbled across you blog. It was a movie experience like no other. A full obituary will follow in The Daily Star. Georgetown Telegraph Obituaries 1811-1813 (enter "obituary" in keywords) Harlan Daily Enterprise Obituaries - (11/17/2005-Current) at Genealogy Bank ($) Henson & Rich Funeral Home Obituaries in Harlan KY. Kentucky Death Index 1911-1992 at familysearch.org. And of that i am very proud. Next, everyone is not here because we cant escape. I bet I heard them talking about you. Raised up on Happy Top, Back Street and Creechs. We update obituary links daily as a public service, without charge to families or funeral homes. Sudie Crusenberry talks about her father's work as a miner and his suffering from black lung. cheese. Oh the cheese made the best grilled cheese, My wife from Ohio and my 2 children even loved it. Pingback: ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! Marshall, NC 28753 . John,I also remember those 1st grade field trips. I am Wayne Middletons daughter. He is easygoing for a security guard and handsome in a salt-of-the-earth way. Eastern Ky is not privvy to divorce is it?? 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. Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries Search; Sponsored by Ancestry. Charles Leonard Birmingham, AL. Loved reading your blog and reminiscingI was raised in Harlan County both parents having been from there. The government cheese, however, is real. Thanks for the kind words. Always. Whitley County is troublesome. We also had to carry our water from a water-pump in buckets, so the new bathroom was a good conversation subject with its only use was the bathtub that we would heat water to bathe in. Whats up with that? art halcomb. I was born and raised in Harlan County, from Jones Creek, graduated from Evarts High. 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. Hollywood Bledsoe from the mouth of Cloverlick in HC, once wrote a song about Government Cheese. Just kiddingabout the hate part. , well leave the porch light on. Her husband had been killed during the war. Then it was quiet except when the trains ran, which seemed like every 15 minutes or so. I feel the same way, even though my sons say they cant believe I grew up there! Pat your name seems familiar. One hell of a nice fellow. I havent lived in Harlan in 30 year, but if someone asks where Im from, Harlan is the immediate response. McCreary just has that Eastern Kentucky feel to it. I appreciate your comments but must, of course, defend myself. Elliott County is an exception becausewellyou just have to visit there to see. The good ones liked my Dad if not, oh well. My dad grew up in Evarts. My dad and papa were both coal miners for blue diamond mining for years. Doris, do I know you? I didnt want to leave. I too are from Harlan I left in Jan. 1975. LOL. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. I graduated from Cumberland High School in 1975. I grew up in Sunshine too. Lynch had a skating rink when I was a teenager. Elliott County. Harlan is total badass. Fleming County has beautiful, rolling hills, but they arent mountains. 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. HARLAN COLLINS OBITUARY. The field is backdropped by some beautiful mountains, right at Tunnel Hill. As you know we lived near Evarts. Keep writing as I do enjoy it. Howdy, Enjoyed the article. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. Daughter of a preacher. I told him apparently his computer didt speak Hillbilly.I am proud of my head of the holler rasin. 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. We know at least one person whose mother was really their grandmother, and sister was their mother. Dont say we are not eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life that people from harlin county do. U may or may not remember it and I also did alot of the fencing around the many many acres he and ur moms own. For instance, threats didnt faze me. U and I are related. We have accents which are obscured by our penchant for mumbling. What happened to Basil Collins in the end? He was a clerk there. Loved your blog and thought it to be an accurate description. Guy Enos Bobby T. Jessie W. Finis Marvin W. Burley . We liked him! Harlan County U.S.A. Many who knew of the hair would be shocked to know he wears it pretty much buzzed these days. 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. I love being from there. 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. Our client was suing the City of Sandy Hook. Dad was a good friend of Norman Yarboroughs. Were originally from Letcher County and had to leave in 1995 due to the coal mines shutdown. I believe they graduated for there on 83. Death Notice. He was 45 (88) years old when He died. I was born in Atlanta and moved here when my step-daddy (forevermore referred to as daddy) and my momma met when he was proudly serving this country.He a handsome young man from the mountainsshe a beautiful divorced young woman with two small children. Now, people in Carter County pretty much sound like us, but they have that Interstate. Loved this! harlan community school district job openings; scottish reeling dresses; chanel miller boyfriend lucas; marilynn bradley horton; foreign education consultants in sri lanka. He was allowing my cousin Elizabeth Jennings and me to tour the mine property. NEAR CLOSPLINT KY AND I AM PROUD TO BE FROM HARLAN CO THAT IS HOME ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CORBIN KY NOW. I will say Harlan is a great place to be from, I would not want to raise my kids there because of all the struggles I went through, and all the people I knew while growing up there. Thanks! I was one of the Hensley girls that lived on the strawberry farm. Im surprised I didnt end up with some kind of lung disease. Your email address will not be published. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. I have a heavy heavy accent. miners in this county AND other states. I guarantee you that my Dad knew your father. Thanks for your comments. Basil Collins was Uncle Basil to us. They go to other parts of the state or country and live as ex-Harlan Countians. I have always considered Harlan my second home. Fine set of words here! A friend of mine once drank a beer from a girls cowboy boot at the Lounge. It has always been home for me. Rich Montjoy, I am replying to your post because you didnt say anything bad about Harlan, (Harlan County), Ky. 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. If its easy, theres nothing better. associate director Dad used have him mow for us sometimes. Awesome story. LOL LOL..enjoyed the article, One way to prove that someone is from the mountains is if they know someone named Lonzo! I dont think I have an accent but get me out of Pike County and they all say I do. I appreciate all commentspositive and negative. My mother grew up in Cumberland and knew tons of Creeches from up that way. Goodbye Fleming, Nicholas and Robertson Counties. I guess this was one of many reasons my dad thought California was a good choice for me. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. It is a tragedy what Black Jewell Coal company has done to honest, hard working coal She always bought some, even though she was never sure if doing so was legal. I remember an encounter with the business end of a 38 special at the Smith lake boat ramp late one night. Ralph Osborne, Jr 58 of Bledsoe, KY passed away Tuesday evening of February 14, 2023 at his home. You need some coal mines, either now or in the past. Two of my best friends were Steve Farley and Jamie Helton. (She died in 1995, and I am so glad to have such good and often funny memories of her.) 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. She went back to Harlan as soon as she was discharged. February 23, 2023. I knew the Clarks well. I also have no desire to change this wonderful region.am I forgiven? the Ackley Hotel in Harlan until he retired and moved back to Cumberland. I remember it seemed like every time my high school played Cawood there was a knife fight. Helped me so much when I worked there. I got cussed up and down over it! I lived in Cumberland for 2 years from ~ 1974-1976. There has always been tension between those who work and those who dont or wont. Basil Collins asks the sheriff, who is handling the situation in plainclothes, why he's being arrested and hears, "Disorderly conduct I guess; I don't know." Even at a tragic moment, a union veteran speaks after the death of Lawrence Jones and puts it this way: "Why couldn't it be somebody like me, some old man just about spent anyhow." But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. I was in Harlan last October, visiting my aunt that still lives there and yes, my sister and I had a lovely stay at the Comfort Inn! It captured the essence of Jimmy. Ralph was born August 16, 1964 in Harlan to the late Ralph and Delores Moore Osborne. 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. I go back once or twice a year to visit relatives. When I started reading this blog I thought well this is alright, but as I continued I came to realize that you dont know what the hell your talking about. Overall, we like the stereotypical portrayal of Harlan. I think they graduated in the same class at Cawood. I still have a lot of family living in Harlan, Evarts, going all the way to Holmes Mill (Alias. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, He also served in the 4th Supply Company, in Stockton, California. I never got a straight story from my parents and possibly they didnt know why or what happened. Stalwarts, outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out. Pingback: Hometown Loyall-ty | Coal Troll's Blog. Love the article. With our many years of experience in caring for . Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. Its bleak. . Sometimes you hear gun fire in the distance, but thats in the woods. . Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA Ring any bells? He lived there with his wife my Aunt Hazel and their children Laura Jean, Stanley and Mickey. Again, they are excluded because of lack of isolation. Getting Started | Contributor Zone Contribute to This Page Edit page Clear your history Today he wore jeans and a navy hooded sweatshirt, with his neatly trimmed silver-white hair tucked under a Tractor Supply Company cap. As for accent and all that, I never noticed having any problems understanding anything anybody said, strange utterances, etc. She was one of my favorite. Although I left Harlan County in 1968, and grew up in Florida, I am still proud to say, I am from Harlan County! It was originally the Bays Motel. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Me, my brother and sister went to church every Sundaywe werent allowed to even go to the toilet until after church. I was raised in Wallins Creek and Cumberland by my Mamaw as a child. I was even sent back to Atlanta to attend Agnus Scott College, and didnt stay because I actually missed my family AND Harlan County. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. No complaining here though. Not many folks have a clue of my history, and thats fine. He evidently hasnt been to Harlan lately. Trust me on this one. Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. 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. If I knew them personally I would surly let them know about it too. If he is still living can you ask him about any Leonard relatives he know about or put him in touch with me. Katherine Lynn Caldwell February 24, 2023 (51 years old) View obituary. Okay, now Im homesick! . Unless you lived in the town of Harlan, you dont go to the city schoolsHarlan High Elementary and Harlan High School. Ann was born to the late Shady and Alkie Saylor Fugate of Molus, KY on February 22, 1943. Wayne brought u shea and ur mom n I think he took pictures. My Dad and his six siblings were all raised in Evarts. I am a badass.. We mourn with the family of Basil Collins for this great loss. I owned a genteel little social club called THE CLIFFHANGER up on pine mountain, and had some of the finest folks i ever knew as customers, although mostly they considered the Garys crowd a little on the gentler side. My brother actually had a knife pulled on him at Cawood. She graduated from Cumberland High School. My parents married in Harlan County in 1949. We laugh at them but let them have their fun. On future blog give Watts Creek a mention. Guide to Harlan County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. His hair was infamous! My parents (James Depew & Thelma Randolph) grew up in Harlan in the late 20s-30s My Grandfather was Bill Randolph, one time police chief, Constable and apparently gun thug for the man. . LOL! I graduated in 71 from JACHS. We like being the badasses of Eastern Kentucky. Oh, well. We can be called ignorant, inbred, genetically inferior, toothless, shoelessyou name it. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. I was in Wallins Creeks all day Saturday visiting my niece and stayed at my Mothers in Rhea. View Recent Obituaries for Bianchi Funeral Homes Evarts~Harlan~Loyall~Tri City. Being a descendant of such a controversial character of those times I may be asking for a social beating on here. The culture you describe in Harlan is very similar to Leadville-only the accents are different-except for my dadhe never lost his. I am still Harlan County thru and thru. Bianchi Funeral Homes, Inc. Evarts ~ Harlan ~ Loyall ~ Tri City. I am from Wynntown, went to Evarts High School and live in Richmond Ky. Thanks. Been back very few times. My parents who were also my papaw and mamaw owned Tiny Jos market in Baxter. Finally I hang on long enough to get a real person. My Aunt Pauline is 95 now and still lives there. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. Sometimes, these people would show up to help us. Whitley County has an interstate so are they still Eastern Kentucky? One can argue that its always been over-populated what with the chronic high unemployment and high poverty rate. I remember Alafair. I dont need tattoos, i have scars. I guess you can tell by my rant that I CANNOT stand anyone putting this beautiful part of Gods earth down. I didnt like a lot of your article, some of it is accurate. Well written and interesting. She was retired from the Harlan County Board of Education, where she worked at the Wallins School. Used to go to Cumblin every Fride and satdy nite. Still have family there. I visit very often, as my father still lives there. Allegedly once Collins was released at wars end he cut off the head of his prison guard with the guards own sword. They might as well have been in different states. 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