The Chappells Dairy Slogan: It may be good and not be ours, but it cant be ours and not be good. Thanks for the great story. My children are fascinated and perhaps slightly horrified that I grew up in Harlan. My grandfather worked in the Sunshine mines in the 20s and 30s. I guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. Jan had so many stories about the hospital. Swanson is preceded in death by his Parents, Franklin and Opal Swanson; a Brother, Franklin Swanson Jr.; His companion for 20 years, Minnie Sue Earls; and Nephews . I think we overlapped at Cawood for a year. Elliott County. Check out some of my other posts. March 23, 1977. Sometimes you hear gun fire in the distance, but thats in the woods. 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. Why? Although its closer to Hazard than Harlan, I would reply, Bean Patch Holler on Irishman Creek! They loved it! Sweet. I grew up here, went to school here and am still here by choice. We had our own post office, City Hall and fire station. We like people to think wed kill them for some trivial reason. SO neat to see my family talked about on here! Me, my brother and sister went to church every Sundaywe werent allowed to even go to the toilet until after church. Join us . 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. The general store, a thriving Coal community. Even though I had been lots of places, leaving Harlan took me out of my comfort zone. .I didnt think to ask them while they were alive. 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.) 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. The road to lexington did get better tho. Oh, people still get shot occasionally but at much lower rate than wed like you to believe. West Family Funeral Services is the primary provider of funeral and cremation services that create a healing experience for families and their loved ones. , well leave the porch light on. They point to the many fine folks in the county who were (and still are) horrified by the goings on at Eastover. 10 Grandchildren and . Even though I havent lived there in many years, I still visit. Clarence had one brother Howard P. Leonard and Howard P and his wife Lucille had a son named Clarence Edwin Leonard. You werent one of us. We rarely hung out with anyone from Evarts or Cumberlandin those days, they had their own high schools. Police said in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and set his house on fire . Mountains. 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 !! We mine coal and have for over 100 years. It was tough to find two functioning seats together. Im on the state Corrections Commission, so Ive seen her name. Its nice to remember, though. Well, I have rambled enough. We have corresponded back and forth for several years about our Leonard connections. The obvious beingwe are just like you and every one else. I used to try and derail the presumptions, now I just embrace them. I called some place the other day, got an automated machine.your name, address, (Im sorryI didnt get that could you repeat that again. Thanks again for the trip back to the Harlan of my youth! The motel next to Holy Trinity was a Holiday Inn Express at one time, but now its a Comfort Inn. Regardless, they came back. They pity Harlan. I definitely would NOT have fit in. 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. Bianchi Funeral Homes, Inc. Evarts ~ Harlan ~ Loyall ~ Tri City. I just said, hey, he was my neighbor. There are a lot of us spread over the country, but we still think of ourselves as being from Harlan. I have more memories of the younger Brittons that are closer to my age. Ann was born to the late Shady and Alkie Saylor Fugate of Molus, KY on February 22, 1943. We also suffer from stereotyping. The county is big, about 50 miles across, but sparsely populated. He told me if I stayed there I would either be an alcoholic, like him to survive, or I would end up dead. His name was Arthur Johnson, he was from Cumberland, but lived at We have live all over Eastern Ky, moved south to the Carolinas, then back to eastern Ky for a couple years. Debbie Elaine Absher February 23, 2023 (72 years old) View obituary. Not at all. In reference to going swimming in the river and the city pool, we did that too. It was a thriving community in the 60s-70s. With our many years of experience in caring for . JACHS did not open until the 66 67 school year. We visited my grandparents every summer. Welcome to Harlan County! I am a faithful Kentucky Basketball fan and follow them year in and year out, through good and bad GO BIG BLUE.. When she made this movie, Kopple was one of the bravest filmmakers working. 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. He made shoes. Managed by: Carlton William . What happened to Basil Collins in the end? . And Misty, April and I grew up together. E Hudson. Its nice to read good thoughts of Harlan County. Kentucky. I dont get back as often as Id like but always thoroughly enjoy coming back to visit. Oh, and that knife fight deal down there: I saw a big one at Hall once, in the yard in front of the school crazy watching the teachers try to break that one up. I must admit, however, that we have had few issues adjusting to Tennessee except for the color orange. We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. I think they graduated in the same class at Cawood. They dont say that because of my accent, since I only have one when I go back there. We just live somewhere else. Are we still allowed to be in Appalachia? Proud to be from Harlan County.. man now im so homesick!! Although we certainly werent poor, Government Cheese is excellent, and my Dad would get us a block whenever he could. We always found lots of mutual interest things to gab about. She taught Home Ec, but also taught other classes. He was retired from the Harlan Co. Board of Education with 35 years of service in the maintenance department. 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. Loved your blog and thought it to be an accurate description. Honestly, it took me years to adapt. Wayne brought u shea and ur mom n I think he took pictures. Christy, I believe we may know each other. Theres nothing to do. I am also thankful for the brief time that I knew my grandmother on Turner Hill who taught me how to grow strawberries, to make jelly, string shuck beans, quilt, crochet. 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 . 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. Since Ive been gone, Harlanlike all of Eastern Kentuckyhas been devastated by prescription drug abuse. heres the link: BTW I live on Watts Creek and have most of my life..off and on. But my roots are still strong an a country girl. 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. Sherry Jones Hall. I wanted more for my kids and wife. I have a heavy heavy accent. We live in McCreary Co now, so still SEKY. 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. I spent a lot of hours and burned up a lot of powder and boot leather grouse hunting in Pathfork and Black Star. We mispronounce light, fight, white and night. If we had a problem like that today in my slice of Suburbia, there would be a full-blown panic. Lots of good folks from across the mountain.. My dad was a teacher at JACHS from 1962 to 1968. At Kopple, among others. I had to laugh at your reference to government cheese. It really was good stuff! I lived in Rio Vista until I was 12. Required fields are marked *. Its too dull. One guy said we were like Indians who left the reservation. Much later in life we got married and we were on vacation going south to visit her sister who lived back home. Funny thing is, thats what my kids do, even though they live in a small city with a million things to do. Right now, its in a big down turn. You hit the nail on the head. This is where Norma lives, was the reply. I graduated in 1964. I am a badass.. Delivered babies at ARH back in 87 while doing my Family Practice residency at UK. These folks are Harlan Countians, but they dont like it. 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. We wore machine guns with semiautomatic carbines. Harlan County was fighting for the right to have a union. As for accent and all that, I never noticed having any problems understanding anything anybody said, strange utterances, etc. Goodbye Fleming, Nicholas and Robertson Counties. Just discovered your blog. She agreed. 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. Accents. Surviving is her husband: Lee Banks; 1 son: Timothy Lee Banks of Whitesburg; 2 daughters: Beverly (Tim) Lawson of Roxanna . When we went to high school, we identified as being from Loyallor Hall or Wallins. Thats pretty much the consensus of people I know. He was the hardest worker I have ever known. If he is still living can you ask him about any Leonard relatives he know about or put him in touch with me. Were hemmed in. Mrs Abraham was my Home Ec teacher @Hall High. I grew up in this wonderful town, going for summers and Christmas in Atlanta. They were pretty quick to tell you that they were from Harlan. Born in 29 Mar 1929 and died in 30 May 2012 , Tennessee Basil Collins U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! I remember Alafair. You shouldve had to breath half a can of hairspray in the morning after he got out of the bathroom. He died in 1978, I dont remember the year Basil died, but early 1980s is right. There are a lot of Harlan Countians that are very happy to be called just that. . I go back once or twice a year to visit relatives. So so sad to see that head of the Holler non existent now, all overgrown. 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. Today he wore jeans and a navy hooded sweatshirt, with his neatly trimmed silver-white hair tucked under a Tractor Supply Company cap. Any of that sound familiar, Pingback: SoWhere Are You From? You do remember he is my step-daddy?? Dickens said it best . They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. The people of Harlan are among the nicest people I have ever met and I have traveled all over the country. Tons of great memories and good friends. My Uncle Ralph Leonard was Pastor at the Baxter Methodist Church before it was moved. Thats probably why he is disabled now at a a young age. Being a descendant of such a controversial character of those times I may be asking for a social beating on here. 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. Her husband had been killed during the war. My mother taught Home Ec at Evarts for 28 years. Who are the Harlan Countians? The only tv stations the antenna could pick up were out of knoxville I grew up in the town of Harlan, at the bottom of Ivy Hill. 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. Born and raised as you said in Lynch You pretty much hit the nail on the head.. great write-up. Still consider Harlan County as home. My grandparents, Elve and Flaura Campbell, moved to Sunshine and eventually to Loyall. Art worked in one of the maintenance departments (cant remember which one). They say that when they see I use Scotch Tape, staples or safety pins to fix a hem in a pair of pants. View most recent obituaries published on the Web by funeral homes for province of Nova Scotia. My grandad lived and mined Stone Ky, in Pike County. but was always glad to talk to her by phone. Welfare checks. She was born on August 13, 1960, in Benham, Kentucky. February 23, 2023. Pingback: Hometown Loyall-ty | Coal Troll's Blog. Obituaries; Photos; Podcasts; Scene; Were also the last of a breedand this applies to all of Appalachia. Its boring. I had friends in Pathfork. A miner was killed by a company foreman. A native of Fulton, he was a life resident of the Fulton-Volney area. We got spanked when we needed itdidnt hurt us one bit but sure made us better kids growing up and better adults today. I grew up in Sunshine, graduated from Harlan High School in 1972 and after going to Southeast and U.K., headed to California. I was looking for the turnoff to Loll. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. Our Story; Our Locations; Our Calendar; Contact Us; Directions; Send Flowers; Call: Evarts 606-837-2119 Harlan 606-573-3030 Loyall 606-573-2132 Tri City 606-848-5455; I remember commodity butter. We werent eligible for cheese, either, but my Dad would get it anyway! I still get over through there for work sometimes. Kevin Keating as Director of Photography. 1 Index Record. My cousin posted the link on Facebook and I have not been able to move till finishing the read. It even had an old balcony whererumor had itblack folks used to be seated. 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. That is perhaps because I hail from off the grid (Smith). Thanks for your comments. My Mother, Reba Campbell, was born in Liggett. Thanks! Maybe they were hoping to see (or experience) some kind of catastrophe. 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." Now kids go to Harlan County High School which consumed Cawood, Evarts and Cumberland High Schools. John Sometimes, these people would show up to help us. Of course you have to wash it all down with whole milk from Chappells Dairy! the Ackley Hotel in Harlan until he retired and moved back to Cumberland. Finished my last year in high school from there. The wrong side of the tracks to the town school crowd of the 1960s. Then, they can come back and pay admission to see where they used to live. You hit home with many of your comments being born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Sandy Hook, Elliott County to be exact. You brought back a lot of memories. Her movie career is noted for several horror cult films in which she . Its still pretty much the same. Then we moved up on Park Hill in Loyall. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. The accuracy of the index varies according to the quality of the original images. Your Great Grandfather John D. and my Grandfather Brack H. were brothers and my Grandmother Geanie and your Great Grandmother Jeanette were sisters. This excludes Boyd, Greenup, Lewis, etc. They just hang around and complain. Im from a family of 12, but no inbreds here, but I do know cousins who married. If so, let me know so I can fill any dates, places, names and information you may furnish to me. Theirs will be more like trips to Kings Island, etc. Married Diana Jones on They were married Nov. 5, 1973. . I have lived here all my life and even tho at times i feel like due to work i may have to leave, i doubt i ever could. Most OUTSIDE THE COUNTY shopping, doctors visits, etc were in Tennessee 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. Ive also been criticized for making Eastern Kentucky sound too goodand that came from a guy who lives there! Your ignorant, evidently you dont much about Catlettsburg in the early 1900s . We laugh at them but let them have their fun. Loved this! 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. Construction on the house beat the power company by a few years. It is good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again. I left to go to school at EKU, meet my wife there, she is from Ohio. I KNOW A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AT CAWOOD AND SMITH, KY. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to 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. 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. Rich Montjoy, I am replying to your post because you didnt say anything bad about Harlan, (Harlan County), Ky. They dont want to sound like Harlan or look like Harlan. These are the folks who stayed in Harlan. Well written and interesting. Loved reading your blog and reminiscingI was raised in Harlan County both parents having been from there. I was even sent back to Atlanta to attend Agnus Scott College, and didnt stay because I actually missed my family AND Harlan County. Coal Mining. My dad was certainly a bad ass, growing up in a time and place that required that to survive. I dont think I have an accent but get me out of Pike County and they all say I do. They might as well have been in different states. I used to sleep on the bread racks. Obituaries may be a good source of information about a person and may also include information about family members. Maybe its the camo/orange. The government cheese, however, is real. Madison Funeral Services. Did you know Jimmy C. Morgan? Never mind. He was allowing my cousin Elizabeth Jennings and me to tour the mine property. January 7, 2009 Harlan R. Collins, 89, of Fulton, died Wednesday at his home following a long illness. Im sure youd know if you were related. We still miss it! My roots and my heart are there and for me thats important. Anyway, I just had to leave a note. We know trash when we see it, and Im not talking about garbage pick up. I love your article! It definitely has an Eastern Kentucky feel to it, but its out. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was real. Oh, well. Dad used have him mow for us sometimes. Also attended and graduated from Loyall High, where I was cheerleader and fairly popular. I attended LoyallElementary and Junior High and James A. Cawood High School. 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. My great granny and grandpa lived in Harlan when they first married but moved to Leslie county. Take care. Doris, do I know you? . There was nothing like sitting on the front porch swing drinking RCs from my uncles one room store. born and raised in harlan ky live in northern. On this criterion, Robertson County would qualify, but again, its just too far north. Obituaries. March 9, 1997. Memorials. 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. Raised with his brother Dale and cousins. I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. 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. I live in Lexington, but always tell people Im from Southeastern Kentucky, Knox Co (not to be confused with just Eastern KY or Knott Co. My dad grew up in Evarts. A rural county of 27,000, Harlan County's average household income is about $29,000. LOL. Crew. There has always been tension between those who work and those who dont or wont. You talked funny. My dads cousin J.R. Williams owned a shoe shop (cobble shop) in Cumberland. We also have accents, heavy mountain accentsthe kind that can be indecipherable even to natives of the area. Mikes Drive In was in Loyall. "I bought him out after seven. I absolutely LOVE this! I pass by there to go to my mothers home, it is amazing to see in Harlan Co. John I cant believe you didnt even mention the no nothin about. What do you suppose that would translate into? 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. My husband is a retired coal miner. Nominally a documentary about the 1973 strike by Kentucky mineworkers, the 1976 Oscar-winning Harlan County U.S.A. observes the evolution of a movement, made urgent . The economy continues to contract and isnt likely to get much better. I still call Harlan home, and as our family decreases, we return to our home to rest in Resthaven until we are all reunited in the hereafter. I havent lived in Harlan in 30 year, but if someone asks where Im from, Harlan is the immediate response. 6. Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. All my mothers family is from Harlan (Baxter, Big Laurel, Loyall) and my heart is there. Wouldnt trade my youth spent in Harlan County for any other in the world. Maybe they never left. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun "thug," Basil Collins. Basil was born January 18, 1930, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the third of five. He was born on August 21, 1964. After hours we would head to the American Legion behind the Post Office. Just curious, if you struggled with the inclusion of Whitley county..what was your rationale for the inclusion of mccreary county? North America. Most of my old mean crowd are dead. I just tried a case in Illinois. We are related to at least one coal miner. And the tell me they can always tell when Im talking to a relative on the phone for the same reason. Harlan is quiet, unless you grew up near the railroad tracks like I did. I live in Northern KY now but all my family still resides in Harlan so I visit a lot. Im happy living here. Stumbled across your post. 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. 7. It was quiet then. My first trial was in Elliott County. I know that area well. 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. Thank you so much for sharing. 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. Youve made me think about Harlan all day today and its been a good day. Our client was suing the City of Sandy Hook. 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. 1750 Hwy 213. The old structure is still up there on Pine Mountain. She was a member of Laymon Holiness Church. Yes, we have folks living in povertytoo many (as though there is an acceptable level of suffering) but most folks live just fine. Its bleak. Used to go to Cumblin every Fride and satdy nite. We drive Chryslers, BMWs, Honda Van, Subaru sports car, Chevy pick-up, Harleys, Hondas, Yamaha V-stars-4-wheelers. Even though they know whats best for Harlan, we dont really like them. He worked at Eastover for several years after the strike until Duke closed the mines. Many people watch the FX series Justified. She talks about growing up in the Brookside mining camp. I guess Ive waited too many years to ask, but it would be nice if someone knew of him or my other Grandfather Bill Randolph. . I was born and raised in Harlan County-Cumberland. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . He was a sort of silent partner of mine from 1974. Dont be offended by one persons response that could learn and use some respect compared to the many nice responses. Thanks for letting me rant. Offended by the possiblility that outsiders will use them to measure the intelligence of my people. John,I also remember those 1st grade field trips. He points a gun directly at the camera in one scene. I wouldnt trade my life for anyone else. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun thug, Basil Collins. I feel blessed to have grown up in Harlan, at a time when people actually cared about each other, and would not trade it for anything!! (: Did you know Jo Alice Chitwood or Lance Johnson? Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. Do you remember the Chappells Dairy slogan? A meeting of the Brookside women's support group. My Mom graduated from Cumberland High School. He was from Leslie, she from Perry. Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company -owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. Willa Jean Ferrier, Crystal Conaster, and Chris Boswell were shot and killed by John Roscoe Garland in McCreary Country, supposedly over jealousy. Thats pretty cool. Thanks for the article. Both our families are made up of longtime coal miners and school teachers. Nothing like the beauty of a snow covered mountain, springtime with sprinkles of dogwoods and redbud blossoms or the beautiful fall foliage! Harlan Countians like Justified. I visit very often, as my father still lives there. Next, everyone is not here because we cant escape. Spent a lot of time at the top of the hill up Watts Creek. . its more home to me than anywhere ever will be. I have been gone for 40 years I still have my Harlan Co accent and the kids have lost their Eastern Ky accent. I had him for a health class. Ive really enjoyed reading this article. In response to your statement about pretenders, I personally feel Im still a Harlan resident at heart even though I dont live there and dont visit very often. I REMEMBER govt. Each letter she wrote me held the news. They have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the mountains. I knew a bunch of Napiers (Napper). Searching obituaries is a great place to start your family tree research. Yes. I ate government cheese as often as we got it. I LOVE where i am from and am harlan county proud even when i dont have much to be proud of.lol. My Dad and his six siblings were all raised in Evarts. It will always be home to me. 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