March 23, 1977. Jeff Otis C. Elster Ray Ulysses Sam Benton Tilmon Floyd H. Arthur F. Charles J. I have neglected my research of the Leonards and McKendrick for some time because of my health problems. Nolan, age seventy-one, is a retired miner. I have a 95 year old aunt who still lives there. Ha, Ha. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. Pic from Harlan County USA of a Coal Camp. If you do so, you wont be called a bigot or a phobe of any type. Like to have all the money I spent in those places back! I still have a lot of family living in Harlan, Evarts, going all the way to Holmes Mill (Alias. Did you live here? JACHS did not open until the 66 67 school year. I wonder why they went to Harlan to get married. I KNOW A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PEOPLE AT CAWOOD AND SMITH, KY. Sweet. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit but my parents were from Harlan County, my dad born in Holmes Mill growing up in Highsplint, my mother born and raised in Black Mountain eventually leaving and lived in Corbin. Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. Thank you so much for sharing. What is Eastern Kentucky? Coal mining runs in cycles. Surviving is her husband: Lee Banks; 1 son: Timothy Lee Banks of Whitesburg; 2 daughters: Beverly (Tim) Lawson of Roxanna . They go to other parts of the state or country and live as ex-Harlan Countians. My husband has worked in low coal where one had to crawl to get to your section. | Coal Troll's Blog, I stumbled across your blog and enjoyed much. 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. FR. The motel next to Holy Trinity was a Holiday Inn Express at one time, but now its a Comfort Inn. View All Funeral Homes in. Eastern Kentucky isnt for everybody, it isnt even for a lot of the people who live here their whole life. February 24, 2023. Bloody Harlan is just badass. 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. I worked as a car hop from Denny rays rite out of high school. We mourn with the family of Basil Collins for this great loss. I was born in Harlan County, Louellen specifically, but moved away when I was little due to my dad being in the Navy. A rural county of 27,000, Harlan County's average household income is about $29,000. He lived there with his wife my Aunt Hazel and their children Laura Jean, Stanley and Mickey. Ben Joe Harris disarmed the guy so that it would be a fair fight. Whats up with that? Marshall, NC 28753 . This is where Norma lives, was the reply. miners in this county AND other states. If so, let me know so I can fill any dates, places, names and information you may furnish to me. . 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. We got segregation in those years, and I never knew the difference, we all got along. What Mountains besides the one on the border with Virginia, Black Mt.(?)? Bianchi Funeral Homes, Inc. Evarts ~ Harlan ~ Loyall ~ Tri City. Overall, we like the stereotypical portrayal of Harlan. 10.basil collins harlan county obituary - Energy Connection Author: www.energyconnectioninc.com Post date: 11 yesterday Rating: 4 (1656 reviews) Highest rating: 4 Low rated: 1 Summary: Harlan County, Kentucky: Scabs and gun thugs led by Basil Collins confront strikers on the pick line at Highsplint mine. Your mother was my teacher at Hall High for four years. I knew your father-in-law, and mother-in-law. I graduated in 1964. I knew some fine people from Smith. LOUDOUN COUNTY OBITUARIES Emilia Ann Dawe. Our teeth arent all that bad, although mine arent great. When we heard a car coming we knew we were having company.we usually hid to see who it was. I graduated in 80. I was raised in Wallins Creek and Cumberland by my Mamaw as a child. Barbara Kopple Reflects on Joys and Dangers of Filming 'Harlan County, USA'. THIS is just funny. Im actually kind of offended by your antics and false information. You are so right, except I dont know anyone named Lonzo. If its easy, theres nothing better. Russell Swanson, 58 of Cawood, passed away on February 7, 2023 at Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital. I miss Government Cheese. 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. I respect ALL coal miners. Vacation at Hilton Head, Tybee Island, Myrtle Beach, Hawaii, have an American Spirit Coachman that sleeps ten and a pontoon. (: Did you know Jo Alice Chitwood or Lance Johnson? It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. My Grandfather/Grandmother was Floyd/Janie Clark. As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. Collins starts flinging the N-word at a black miner at one point, apparently to make himself come off as that much more evil. Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. We once had a train full of nerve gas pass through Loyall. Im fortunate that my job regularly takes me to Eastern Kentucky. Me, my brother and sister went to church every Sundaywe werent allowed to even go to the toilet until after church. Janice and I were both switchboard operators and admissions clerk. Government checks. Doc Gray? Photoplay, 'I Saved My Brother's Life,' by Helen Martin, p. 94, February 1967. Town is flooded with people. They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. 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. Didnt know him well, but I remember him. That brings back fond memories. Miner Curtis Cress, 34, says towns. 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. Im from Loyall. For instance, threats didnt faze me. My Mom taught at SE Community College. Right now, its in a big down turn. Like you, I loved growing up there but couldnt see myself living there now. This was the day that I learned that when we turned the corner at Pineville, my wife changed languages and I needed an translator.. It rated right up there with his song about Jim and Tammy Baker, pretty good actually. My Dad taught English there for a long time (Mr. Creech). I feel like they are missing something that we experienced, but so is life. My husband is a retired coal miner. As usual John you nailed it!! I was born, raised and still live in Pike County. Enjoyed reading your blog. Ive been trying to read up on as much as I can on the people in the documentary. Abe was in my class @Black Star when it was an elem. My mom (Joyce Abraham) was a home ec teacher at JACHS at the time of government commodities, and she had students who always offered to sell her their cheese for $5.00 a block. Any of that sound familiar, Pingback: SoWhere Are You From? They had four children..and not once did he ever treat me nor my older brother like step-chilldren. The road to lexington did get better tho. Charlotte, Eaton County, MI, United States Immediate Family: Husband of Neta Belle Collins Father of Robert Basil Collins and Private Collins. Spent many an evening in Tiny Joes!!!!!!! I USE TO WORK IN THE COAL MINE AT THREE POINT, CRANKS AND HARLAN. It will always be home to me. We knew who it was, because he told my mom about the encounter, but he was quietly scary, like a lot of the men from his era. Women took over the picket lines. today Middlesboro, KY Transportation Jobs Offered 888-909-2737. I need to work Watts Creek in to a future post, for sure. HARLAN WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME. So, watch your step. Holmes mill was actually named after my family. Im sure youd know if you were related. My best friend (not from Harlan) went to Saudi Arabia as a traveling nurse. Its a kind of mountain street cred. The people certainly are of Eastern Kentucky stripe, but they do lack isolation. As for accent and all that, I never noticed having any problems understanding anything anybody said, strange utterances, etc. Harlan County is not on the way to anywhere. Miss the trains. To add to my previous comment above, my other Grandfather was Elijah Depew (nicknamed Lidge? The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! Grew up in Loyall. I didnt mean to turn my comment into a mini blog, but you inspired the flood of memories! Then, they can come back and pay admission to see where they used to live. I remember Alafair. We were driving down the road from Pineville toward Harlan and I was looking for the turn off to get to sister Normas place. http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/ just saying. ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE, WOULDNT TRADE THE PLACE I GREW UP FOR ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD . I live in the city now, and raised my daughters here. loved her. I have been gone for 40 years I still have my Harlan Co accent and the kids have lost their Eastern Ky accent. Memorials. It reeked of Pine Sol. I dont know. 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. Clarence had one brother Howard P. Leonard and Howard P and his wife Lucille had a son named Clarence Edwin Leonard. Finally I hang on long enough to get a real person. 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. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. FR. Ronald Peters. I have always been proud of being from Cawood in Harlan County. Now kids go to Harlan County High School which consumed Cawood, Evarts and Cumberland High Schools. Most OUTSIDE THE COUNTY shopping, doctors visits, etc were in Tennessee Alan Creech, such nice thoughts and memories of this beautiful part of God earth that I am proud to call home. We mispronounce light, fight, white and night. He evidently hasnt been to Harlan lately. Russell was a coal miner for 18 years.Mr. A native of Fulton, he was a life resident of the Fulton-Volney area. Thanks for reminding me of a great memory of my mother! The experiences never leave me about growing up poor and the shame and humiliation that I felt as a child. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Della Mae Hall Price. Irene Whitehead Clark. I was raised on Rhea straight, where the old airport was. I went for a while to Holy Trinity School, Harlan Elementary for one year, then to Hall before Cawood. Went to JACHS then moved to Indiana an I havent went home in a long time. My mother moved to Harlan County from Pike County at around age 12 and never left except to attend college. He died in a house fire a few years ago. Fun read. Katherine Lynn Caldwell February 24, 2023 (51 years old) View obituary. We mine coal and have for over 100 years. Thanks for the comments. Harlan was born and raised in Council Bluffs, IA. . Its a nice place. Obituaries may be a good source of information about a person and may also include information about family members. Someone told me that the best way to commit suicide was to stand around in Smith and act like youre counting money! why dont u come back?i know why ,because it is to political and if your not a doctor or a lawyer or have plenty of money ,you aint shit yeah the mountains are nice and this is a beautiful place, but if you aint in the click you aint shit and thats the way it really is you just like the bloody harlan shit and it makes you look BADASS to tell people your from here .your a joke dude and quit livin off a place that you evidentally really no nothin about ..post this DUMBASS . For you truly arent a Harlanian, to show such disrespect. I was about 11-12 and I remember we played outside constantly. Where you from?..Pike Countylol. The Fuzzy Duck, the Corner and the VFW. I volunteer as a cashier at a nonprofits ReStore. I used to sleep on the bread racks. These are the folks who stayed in Harlan. On future blog give Watts Creek a mention. Funeral Home Phone Number Website; Barnes Funeral Chapel: 419-822-5995: www.barnesfuneralchapel.com: Grisier Funeral Home And Cremation Center: 419-822-31 They often do not contain the death . Youd be surprised how many of us moved here from other places (quite a few from other countries), were welcomed as friends, made our homes here and raised our families here. Have you checked out Welcome To Watts Creek site? Isolation. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. Harlan's mother was a music teacher. My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. Really enjoyed the article. Elliott County. We liked him! Even though I havent lived there in many years, I still visit. This one in particular may be of interesthttps://thetrivialtroll.com/2013/07/13/hometown-loyall-ty/ You have to have mountains, not hills. Basil was born January 18, 1930, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the third of five. 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. They point to the many fine folks in the county who were (and still are) horrified by the goings on at Eastover. of life I have lived in Chicago, IL., Ypsilanti, MI., Charleston, W. Va., so I know all to well about the differences of living in Eastern KY & a big city. TO JIM CONNOR, jimmy c morgan lives in the big town of sawbriar, near wallins creek. I just found this wonderful Blog! My Uncle Ralph Leonard was Pastor at the Baxter Methodist Church before it was moved. I left first to attend Cumberland College, then only a two year school, and later was forced to leave and gravitate north for employment. It was an old theater whose best days had long past. Bad-ass wasnt the first word to come to mind, but I sure didnt want to mess with those folk! I found a place to turn around and get back down the road and get my act together. I am VERY new to the blogging world. Charles Leonard Birmingham, AL. 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. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. Glad that youre happy in whatever metro area you moved to. Harlan Countians did not like that. Loved this! Not at all. 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. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/, http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/, SoWhere Are You From? I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL, DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER A LITTLE BLIND MAN THAT USE TO SELL NEWS PAPERS IN THE LOBBY OF THE HARLAN HOSPITAL? Your article is awesome! 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