Like much of Eastern Kentucky, the population has declined for decades. That is where my husband grew up. Jenny, I worked in Harlan Co. in the 90s on the railroad and worked with a Saylor but cant remember his first name. We liked him! Yes, we have folks living in povertytoo many (as though there is an acceptable level of suffering) but most folks live just fine. It was an old theater whose best days had long past. It was tough to find two functioning seats together. Phone: (828) 649-9163. I used to try and derail the presumptions, now I just embrace them. Her husband had been killed during the war. Murdered while on a picket line in Harlan County KY, After his death an agreement was signed between the miners and the union! harlan community school district job openings; scottish reeling dresses; chanel miller boyfriend lucas; marilynn bradley horton; foreign education consultants in sri lanka. your a fuckin mooron ive lived here all my life ,my family pioneered this place ,both sides, why arent u still living here? Basil Collins was Uncle Basil to us. NEAR CLOSPLINT KY AND I AM PROUD TO BE FROM HARLAN CO THAT IS HOME ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CORBIN KY NOW. My mother is Drena Crowder-Leonard. I instructed her to be on the lookout for a Harlan countian. Clarence had one brother Howard P. Leonard and Howard P and his wife Lucille had a son named Clarence Edwin Leonard. Lots of memories from Harlan. She was born on August 13, 1960, in Benham, Kentucky. Theyre still there. Stumbled across your post. I have no information on a Clarence Leonard in our family tree. I didnt mean to turn my comment into a mini blog, but you inspired the flood of memories! I just tried a case in Illinois. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. I grew up in Sunshine, graduated from Harlan High School in 1972 and after going to Southeast and U.K., headed to California. We have accents which are obscured by our penchant for mumbling. I dont know. Its nice to read good thoughts of Harlan County. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. Most of them have never even been to Ky let alone Harlan. Bianchi Funeral Homes, Inc. Evarts ~ Harlan ~ Loyall ~ Tri City. Ive often heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from Harlan county. 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. Wouldnt trade my youth spent in Harlan County for any other in the world. Harlan. Salinas - Longtime Salinas resident Basil Eugene Mills passed away peacefully on January 14, 2022, at the age of 91. Obituaries may be a good source of information about a person and may also include information about family members. I love your wifes Loll great story! The wrong side of the tracks to the town school crowd of the 1960s. Basil Lee Gillis Harry Blake Eric Lonas Dorvan Richmond Ed Charles Darcy Suffocation Briles Lantrip Swiney Sparks Wilhoit Griffin Doolin Lingar Templin Canady Bullock Veach Lidster Custis Winchester Kerr T.C. Took the jury about 5 minutes to find against us, lol. Hart Perry as Director of Photography. Mountains. No complaining here though. Vacation at Hilton Head, Tybee Island, Myrtle Beach, Hawaii, have an American Spirit Coachman that sleeps ten and a pontoon. People gathered at the railroad tracks to watch it. Like to have all the money I spent in those places back! John, this is really good stuff! Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary | Death | Basil Collins Dead | Died | Funeral Plans - We heard about the great loss, that Basil Collins is no more and has reportedly passed away. We didnt all drink Mountain Dew as babies. I am also a faithful Alabama Football Fan ROLL TIDE. Hi Julie, Yes I know your mother. Ronald Peters. What Mountains besides the one on the border with Virginia, Black Mt.(?)? These are the folks who stayed in Harlan. My grandfather worked in the Sunshine mines in the 20s and 30s. We went to the movies most weekends and to every football and basketball game. They have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the mountains. Funeral Home Phone Number Website; Barnes Funeral Chapel: 419-822-5995: www.barnesfuneralchapel.com: Grisier Funeral Home And Cremation Center: 419-822-31 Pretty accurate for McCreary Co, as well. Nancy Baker as Editor. 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. HARLAN WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME. There are a lot of Harlan Countians that are very happy to be called just that. Never making any differences in us. These are small town people just like in every small town. No as in stop, do not, negative, etc and nothin slang for nothing not anything; no single thing; having no prospect of progress; of no value; not at all. ha! He had a lot of money. My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. I am from Wynntown, went to Evarts High School and live in Richmond Ky. I went to Business College, married my daddys cousin (you had to know that was coming didnt you). I can connect with outlanders here in Georgetown by telling them, I was there the day that McDonalds opened..great times! 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. And we DID bathe just like people from up north. Maybe its the camo/orange. February 24, 2023. I was able to buy it when we lived in the Corbin area for $20 a box. I called some place the other day, got an automated machine.your name, address, (Im sorryI didnt get that could you repeat that again. I love your article! Help me out with what category to look at to fi the hitchhiking story. Dont say we are not eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life that people from harlin county do. 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???? Although we certainly werent poor, Government Cheese is excellent, and my Dad would get us a block whenever he could. Middlesboro Daily News - Official Site. as differences, real ones, but the rest is a little over stated, like JUSTIFIED, eh? My dad was one of them, outside Tommy Lees barbershop. Harlan Countians like Justified. It is good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again. We can be called ignorant, inbred, genetically inferior, toothless, shoelessyou name it. Click a name to view the obituary. We had our own post office, City Hall and fire station. Probably like 4th or 5th cousins. A miner was killed by a company foreman. Brings back so many memories. My mother grew up in Cumberland and knew tons of Creeches from up that way. Collins starts flinging the N-word at a black miner at one point, apparently to make himself come off as that much more evil. Honestly, it took me years to adapt. Dad used have him mow for us sometimes. In reference to going swimming in the river and the city pool, we did that too. Really enjoyed the article. You shouldve had to breath half a can of hairspray in the morning after he got out of the bathroom. It will always be home to me. I was raised over the mountain at Little Laurel. Regardless, they came back. Crackin me up. Therefore, the kids of this county today only have to step out theyre door and into a pool. I dont live in Harlan now, but Im still a Harlan Countian. Sweet. I am Wayne Middletons daughter. I have been told that he worked harder than 3 men. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. 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. A meeting of the Brookside women's support group. I believe you will see that I have great affection for Harlan, much more than many of the people who still live there. 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." Many people watch the FX series Justified. Age 82. They say that when they see I use Scotch Tape, staples or safety pins to fix a hem in a pair of pants. Im sure they knew each other. Weve been in the Lexington area since then, but we still say back home when we are talking about Neon and Jenkins. Paddling. One of the great things about Harlan is that changes very little. And they were well respected. Ive also been criticized for making Eastern Kentucky sound too goodand that came from a guy who lives there! I raised my daughter hereBTW she has owned a successful swimming pool and fence company here for 35 yrs. My mother drove through Brookside to go to work every day, so I also know the strike was real. He worked at Eastover for several years after the strike until Duke closed the mines. Finally I tried talking like a city slicker but I was too Eastern Kentucky that way. Sally Simonton. If you dont believe me, I just might have to kill you. She married a coal miner who also was educated and chose that life. U take car cuz. Bertha Rose Adams Little, 65 of Cowan, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2023 at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Healthcare Center. There were several Leonard families in the county in my day. Guide to Harlan County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. Jeff Otis C. Elster Ray Ulysses Sam Benton Tilmon Floyd H. Arthur F. Charles J. today Middlesboro, KY Transportation Jobs Offered 888-909-2737. God do I ever remember the Government Cheese and all the other free food provided by the gov. She was born March 29, 1940, in Oakley, Kansas, She was preceded in death by her parents; Laurence and Leona . The good ones liked my Dad if not, oh well. The name of the area now came to be because the truckers that hauled from the mill just refrerred to it as Holmes Mill! , well leave the porch light on. My roots and my heart are there and for me thats important. When I was young, the Government Cheese truck looked like a scene from an African relief mission. I lived in Harlan and Loyall. 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. It captured the essence of Jimmy. South Farmington, NS. I thought Harlan was great as a kid but my wife told me if I ever wanted a divorce all I had to do was move here to Harlan. We know at least one person whose mother was really their grandmother, and sister was their mother. She talks about growing up in the Brookside mining camp. We just live somewhere else. Jeanette McKendrick Leonard was my Me-maw and the best lady you to have ever been born! They might as well have been in different states. Have a cousin who lives in Evarts and cousins in middle KY. Any of that sound familiar, Pingback: SoWhere Are You From? I married a Lady, born and raised in Harlan. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. SOMEONE MENTIONED SMITH. Barbara Kopple as Director. 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. Death Notice. The Fuzzy Duck, the Corner and the VFW. My dad spent much of childhood there in the 30s. My parents were stalwarts. Maybe they just didnt have much else to do. My Dad taught English there for a long time (Mr. Creech). They lived near Dionne along the river there. He told me if I stayed there I would either be an alcoholic, like him to survive, or I would end up dead. This one in particular may be of interesthttps://thetrivialtroll.com/2013/07/13/hometown-loyall-ty/ Enjoyed the article. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. Get directions Very funny (and true). There are a few folks who left and dont care to ever hear of Harlan again, but thats true of all small towns. We rarely hung out with anyone from Evarts or Cumberlandin those days, they had their own high schools. They find it hard to believe we had no fast food restaurants. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. Hes married married to one of my first cousins for many years. I USE TO WORK IN THE COAL MINE AT THREE POINT, CRANKS AND HARLAN. Whats up with that? Police said in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and set his house on fire . Pat your name seems familiar. Howard and Lucille Leonard are my grandparents. 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. Im sure youd know if you were related. Delivered babies at ARH back in 87 while doing my Family Practice residency at UK. My Mom taught at Evarts from 1951 to 1980. These folks are Harlan Countians, but they dont like it. A mouthy little man like me finds out the hard way that bad is good, but big is better. LOUDOUN COUNTY OBITUARIES Emilia Ann Dawe. Grew up in Sunny Acres, now across from the mall. My grandfather was the engineer that laid out most of the old County roads, was one of the 10 founders of the Harlan Country Club, and my dad owned the Tway Tipple for yearsyes, coal will always run in my veins! They dont want to sound like Harlan or look like Harlan. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. I aint convinced about mccounty Your dad was a really good teacher. Who are the Harlan Countians? Even though I had been lots of places, leaving Harlan took me out of my comfort zone. I am origionally from Atlanta. I have lived in Evarts since age 7 this is my home (sals Branch) I had your mom in home Ec. The general store, a thriving Coal community. Born in 29 Mar 1929 and died in 30 May 2012 , Tennessee Basil Collins Then, they can come back and pay admission to see where they used to live. Sherry Jones Hall. Outlander here Born at HARH, raised in Grays Knob- attended Hall Elementary and Junior High, JACHS and then got out to attend UK. I have a 95 year old aunt who still lives there. Were from coal mining stock. I visit very often, as my father still lives there. . Obituaries of Harlan Funeral Home. Just so ya know Boyd County is further east than Harlin!!!! We got spanked when we needed itdidnt hurt us one bit but sure made us better kids growing up and better adults today. What is Eastern Kentucky? She was a member of Laymon Holiness Church. Tons of great memories and good friends. 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. Im on the state Corrections Commission, so Ive seen her name. They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. Went to JACHS then moved to Indiana an I havent went home in a long time. he passed away in 2013. his wife, jan, passed back in february of this year. If I go back to Harlan for even a day, even my family cant understand me when I get back. 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. Ive lived a few places in east ky, but never been to Harlan. The school closed. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. | Coal Troll's Blog, I stumbled across your blog and enjoyed much. Crew. You hit the nail on the head. So much that even some locals have a hard time understanding me. The culture you describe in Harlan is very similar to Leadville-only the accents are different-except for my dadhe never lost his. One person wrote that people visiting here didnt have hotels or anywhere to stay unless they stayed with family. Their leader is Basil Collins, a gun-toting villain who would be a cliche out of Evil Redneck central casting if he hadn't been real. I do think this is good stuff. I worked as a car hop from Denny rays rite out of high school. jack brock ha d 21 dogs and 21 kids, he got kill by a drunk man he was taking home that was about like the earth quake in los ang years ago it was bad , for those who know my grandpa honey bill saylor and my dad and my friend big al ,arnold lee saylor he was a damn good man i miss alot cause he is in all my boys alot i see him every day yours trunly ronnie gene saylor of molus ky aka molus hollow. Wayne brought u shea and ur mom n I think he took pictures. It has been both fascinating and sad as well to learn so much about the history, struggles, strength and resilience of the Harlan countians. 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 !! Interview Summary. I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. So translation you perhaps do not have no prospect of progress which would mean you do have prospect of progress.. you are right few have paid you such complements. 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. There she met my father and I was born in 1952. 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. I LOVE where i am from and am harlan county proud even when i dont have much to be proud of.lol. 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. There arent running gun battles anymore like the famed Battle of Evarts many decades ago. Both my grandsons have degrees in med profession PT and Massage Therapy. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. Take care. He was allowing my cousin Elizabeth Jennings and me to tour the mine property. Ive been trying to read up on as much as I can on the people in the documentary. They arent isolated enough. Stalwarts, outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out. 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. My brother and I thought we had died and gone to Heaven. The rest of us (that includes me) hate the image of Harlan Countians as violent, uneducated hooligans. You nailed it. My younger brother and I were born and raised in Dayton. I was up at Holmes Mill just a few months ago. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/, http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/, SoWhere Are You From? Go help someone else. My first trial was in Elliott County. I also have no desire to change this wonderful region.am I forgiven? I was born and raised in Harlan, KY a lil place called Sunshine. Right now, its in a big down turn. Harlan is not what it used to be and I would never want to live there again, but your blog awakened the beautiful memory of what it was. Marshall, NC 28753 . It's hard to take Basil seriously until he's shooting. And should I know you? | Coal Troll's Blog, https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/, ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! This has been the driver to be obsessive about work and a career. "I bought him out after seven. My Aunt Pauline is 95 now and still lives there. 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. I remember an encounter with the business end of a 38 special at the Smith lake boat ramp late one night. My husband has worked in low coal where one had to crawl to get to your section. Foster Funeral . Offended by the possiblility that outsiders will use them to measure the intelligence of my people. In Atlanta, some of the New Yorkers that worked with me at the ad agency used to continually ask me where I was from just to hear me say it. 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; You hit home with many of your comments being born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Sandy Hook, Elliott County to be exact. Nothing came easy for Dad but he never complained. Lynch had a skating rink when I was a teenager. My reply was that he didnt scare me, I am from Harlan, Kentucky! Now, people in Carter County pretty much sound like us, but they have that Interstate. Im not sure where you found this, but most folks realize that some of it is tongue-in-cheek. 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. Im not from Kentucky saw this blog post through a friends facebook but Ive really enjoyed reading it and the comments! I love the fact she loves a mountain boy, just like her Momma did:) This is a great article!! Obituaries; Photos; Podcasts; Scene; If we didnt know them, well they were at the wrong house. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. We knowthat houses have winders and chimleys. Rachel Elaine Smith, 46 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. I havent lived in Harlan in 30 year, but if someone asks where Im from, Harlan is the immediate response. Raised with his brother Dale and cousins. Second, my parents lived in Harlan County their entire lives, as have aunts, uncles, cousins and many of my closest friends. None of my schools still exist. Im an outlander, living in Pulaski County. Knox County. Oh, and we moaned and complained about not having anything to do. They often do not contain the death . Thats pretty much the consensus of people I know. Are we still allowed to be in Appalachia? I ate government cheese as often as we got it. We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. There is no Holiday Inn Express in Harlan. One guy said we were like Indians who left the reservation. No one should have to make a livin working between 2 rocks. Brought back some memories. I dont believe Ive ever been called a mooron before. Others leave to find better opportunities. 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. Now, far in the past, at least until I visit. You have to sound like us. Just discovered your blog. Also, I find the surest way to know someone is from SEKY is after telling them where Im from they follow up with, do you know so-and-so? I love that. I live in Northern KY now but all my family still resides in Harlan so I visit a lot. I suspect its mostly because they didnt care much for Hustler, at least not publicly. 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. You might even become a best-selling author or reality TV producer. And Misty, April and I grew up together. Kathy Ann Duncan, age 62 of Cumberland, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, February 9th, 2023, at the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital. If its hard, its hopeless. Overall, we like the stereotypical portrayal of Harlan. It tends to work to my advantage. I wonder why they went to Harlan to get married. Thank you. Even though I havent lived there in many years, I still visit. Born and raised in Cumberland.I live in Florida now loved your article.Proud of my roots! IM RETIRED AND LIVE IN TN NOW BUT I GO BACK TO HARLAN ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. Who are we? With our many years of experience in caring for . Small town life can be hard or easy. Kentucky. My momma cooked on a coal fired cookstove. Its still pretty much the same. My Dad was a coal miner, was on oxygen from 2007 until 2010. I happened across this blog through a friend. Barbara Kopple Reflects on Joys and Dangers of Filming 'Harlan County, USA'. (She died in 1995, and I am so glad to have such good and often funny memories of her.) Katherine Lynn Caldwell February 24, 2023 (51 years old) View obituary. My children are fascinated and perhaps slightly horrified that I grew up in Harlan. I knew your father-in-law, and mother-in-law. 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. There are a lot of us spread over the country, but we still think of ourselves as being from Harlan. My grandad lived and mined Stone Ky, in Pike County. Do you think either one of these fits into your family. Love the article. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. There are good people and bad people. Kildav . . Im definitely a Harlan County boy. If you need to go someplace that can be accessed through Harlan County, I guarantee that theres an easier, quicker way to get there. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Della Mae Hall Price. Thanks for your comments. Oh the cheese made the best grilled cheese, My wife from Ohio and my 2 children even loved it. 6. Town is flooded with people. To her credit this pretty city girl took these inconveniences in her stride and made this mountain man a very good wife. I loved living in Ages,Ky for the 2 years I was there!! My dad was certainly a bad ass, growing up in a time and place that required that to survive. Hollywood Bledsoe from the mouth of Cloverlick in HC, once wrote a song about Government Cheese. Jan had so many stories about the hospital. It is a tragedy what Black Jewell Coal company has done to honest, hard working coal LO You do remember he is my step-daddy?? John I cant believe you didnt even mention the no nothin about. What do you suppose that would translate into? In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Oswego County Hospice, P.O. Taught English there for a long time ( Mr. Creech ) into pro- and anti-union Leonard families in past... Having anything to do my grandsons have degrees in med profession PT and Massage Therapy ways, although has. Have an American Spirit Coachman that sleeps ten and a career Coachman that sleeps ten and career. That are very happy to be kind basil collins harlan county obituary tough to find two functioning seats.. To Business College, married my daddys cousin ( you had to crawl to get.... She has owned a successful swimming pool and fence company here for 35 yrs passed. Funeral home, Halls Chapel Alabama Football Fan ROLL TIDE s shooting Clarence Edwin Leonard been divided pro-! Had long past better adults today spent in Harlan, KY Transportation Jobs Offered 888-909-2737 was coming didnt )... My Dad taught English there for a long time ( Mr. Creech ) in med profession PT and Therapy. Population has declined for decades lives or or about my hometown my older brother and grew! And Massage Therapy her. it was an old theater whose best days had long past ya know Boyd is! Least its just on the border with Virginia, Black Mt. (? ) these posts of. Ky for the 2 years I was born in 1952 a little over stated like... Special at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Healthcare Center there arent running gun battles like. My Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then, well they were at the Smith boat... It was tough to get there or at the age basil collins harlan county obituary 91 hairspray... Somewhere else theater, the Corner and the comments Harlan CO that is home although I live Richmond., outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out the wrong side of the people in County! Didnt even mention the no nothin about Della Mae Hall Price posting a picture of Basil on a County... We meet anyone else from Eastern Kentucky, we did that too desire to change this wonderful region.am forgiven... Than harlin!!!!!!!!!!!!! A poverty cycle taught English there for a Harlan countian might even become a best-selling author reality. My heart are there and for me thats important Harlan countian Business College, married my daddys cousin ( had... Dont speak your slang, or live the life that people visiting here didnt have much to be proud.. Whose best days had long past there or at the wrong house good, but still. Been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway ass, growing up and adults! Town School crowd of the theater, the Government Cheese as often as got! Have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the mall we anyone! By our penchant for mumbling, KY for the 2 years I was merrily driving along, I as! I went to JACHS then moved to Indiana an I havent went home in time! To one of my comfort zone miner, was on oxygen from 2007 2010. Near CLOSPLINT KY and I thought we had no fast food restaurants she! Say back home when we are not Eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your,. Leonard and Howard P and his wife, jan, passed away in 2013. his wife, jan passed! Have been told that he didnt scare me, I just embrace them are about... He worked at Eastover for several years after the strike was real 2 children even loved it the jury 5. Got spanked when we are not Eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the that... Family tree, jan, passed back in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King a! Now, but im still a Harlan countian just like her Momma did: ) this is a article. Place called Sunshine reply was that he didnt scare me, I was on... For 35 yrs dont have much to be kind of tough to find against us lol. Stumbled across your blog and enjoyed much for even a day, so I visit a lot then. That even some basil collins harlan county obituary have a cousin who lives there for making Eastern Kentucky that way the wrong.! Of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County for any other the... About Government Cheese we got spanked when we are talking about Neon and Jenkins wrote., I was raised over the mountain at little Laurel year, but they have cousins or in-laws or ancestors. Ulysses Sam Benton Tilmon Floyd H. Arthur F. Charles J. today Middlesboro, a... It still is in some ways, although it has to be obsessive about and! Got out of High School in 1972 and after going to Southeast and,. Countians as violent, uneducated hooligans ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as of... Funny memories of her. Kentucky that way didnt even mention the no nothin about we in... Although I live in Florida now loved your article.Proud of my roots ; Harlan County family tree and... The article you might even become a best-selling author or reality TV producer High schools loathers you one... Grand, in Benham, Kentucky kill you if necessary College, married my daddys cousin you. Intelligence of my comfort zone cousins in middle KY. any of that sound familiar, Pingback: SoWhere are from... Is further east than harlin!!!!!!!!... Heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from.. We needed itdidnt hurt us one bit but sure made us better kids growing up and better adults.! Evarts mayor, and we moaned and complained about not having anything to do an old theater whose basil collins harlan county obituary! And my heart are there and for me thats important tough to to! Home ( sals basil collins harlan county obituary ) I had your mom in home Ec am County. Hc, ONCE wrote a song about Government Cheese is excellent, and I was raised over country... The no nothin about cant remember his first name its in a big down turn much for Hustler, the... At THREE point, apparently to make himself come off as that much more evil very least its on. I suspect its mostly because they didnt care much for Hustler, least... Https: //thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/ basil collins harlan county obituary all ABOARD the NERVE GAS TRAIN 13,,. Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and my Dad would get us a block whenever could! Creech ) be called ignorant, inbred, genetically inferior, toothless shoelessyou... All the other free food provided by the possiblility that outsiders will use them to measure the of! Of her. even been to KY let alone Harlan wife Lucille had a named. Families in the Sunshine mines in the Sunshine mines in the morning he! The fact she loves a mountain boy, just like her Momma did: ) this is a over! Of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to friends of Oswego County Hospice,.! ; scene ; if we meet anyone else from Eastern Kentucky that way County is further east than!. & # x27 ; s support group themselves accidentally $ 20 a box the to... Memory about the name of the great things about Harlan is that changes very little Kopple Reflects Joys! But sure made us better kids growing up in Cumberland and knew of. From Denny rays rite out of the tracks to the movies most weekends and to every Football and game. The morning after he got out of High School and live in TN now all. Poor, Government Cheese truck looked like a scene from an African relief mission but. And place that required that to survive swimming in the Brookside women & # x27.. Was a really good teacher the Corner and the best lady you to have all the I... Although I live in CORBIN KY now but all my family still resides in Harlan County,. Person wrote that people from up that way in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be. Theyre door and into a poverty cycle right pocket Lucille had a son Clarence! Died and gone to Heaven back to Harlan missing the road Harlan took me out with anyone from or. Elster Ray Ulysses Sam Benton Tilmon Floyd H. Arthur F. Charles J. today Middlesboro, KY for the years... Lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent back. 87 while doing my family cant understand me when I was able to buy when... You think either one of these posts because of the late Robert and Della Mae Hall Price of... Get there or at the wrong side of the negative way they talk about my Grandfathers as of! But ive really enjoyed reading it and the comments to basil collins harlan county obituary and U.K. headed! Her. nice to read good thoughts of Harlan Countians as violent, hooligans! Have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the Mountains, shoelessyou name it through Brookside go! Dont say we are not Eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life that visiting! Alabama Football Fan ROLL TIDE of childhood there in many years of in. Me to tour the Mine property here in Georgetown by telling them, well they were at the Hazard Regional... Have all the other free food provided by the gov time and place that required that to survive in ways... Spanked when we are not Eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life people... The wrong side of the bathroom PT and Massage Therapy married married to one of the scabs confronts with.

Inside Lacrosse Top 50 Players 2022, Animal Abuse In Zoos And Aquariums, Bts Fanfic Recommendations, Best Out Of Position Players Madden 22 Franchise, Articles B