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. This section contains the heritage, vision, and the people behind West Family Funeral Services's reputation of quality, sincerity, and trust. 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. Just discovered your blog. Then, they can come back and pay admission to see where they used to live. It will always be home to me. We outlanders like our Harlan roots. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, He also served in the 4th Supply Company, in Stockton, California. 1939 - 1945 World War II - Ages: 29 - 24 years. 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. The road to lexington did get better tho. I feel the same way, even though my sons say they cant believe I grew up there! We used to sprinkle sugar over the cheese, before grilling them! Enjoyed the article. 3. What Mountains besides the one on the border with Virginia, Black Mt.(?)? She married a coal miner who also was educated and chose that life. Allegedly once Collins was released at wars end he cut off the head of his prison guard with the guards own sword. We lived in Yancey when I was born, moved to Brookside, then moved to Evarts (Woods Mine Area) before moving to Walker County, AL. Bloody Harlan is just badass. Besides the accident of birth, we have certain commonalities: Harlan Countians can be found everywhere. What year, and how did he die (or is he still alive)? He enlisted in the U.S. Army in . Many who knew of the hair would be shocked to know he wears it pretty much buzzed these days. Add to home screen. Getting Started | Contributor Zone Contribute to This Page Edit page Clear your history 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. March 9, 1997. 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. Again, they are excluded because of lack of isolation. 6. I have a heavy heavy accent. I used to sleep on the bread racks. I lived in Harlan and Loyall. E Hudson. ha! Nothing like the beauty of a snow covered mountain, springtime with sprinkles of dogwoods and redbud blossoms or the beautiful fall foliage! Thanks for the great story. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLAN,CO. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. Maybe they never left. I was looking for the turnoff to Loll. Harlan Countians like Justified. First time reading it. They point to the many fine folks in the county who were (and still are) horrified by the goings on at Eastover. Again I will say Harlan is a great place to be from but I would not want to live there today. My Dad and his six siblings were all raised in Evarts. I happened across this blog through a friend. The culture you describe in Harlan is very similar to Leadville-only the accents are different-except for my dadhe never lost his. I still have a lot of family living in Harlan, Evarts, going all the way to Holmes Mill (Alias. Greenup is east of Harlan, Ashland is east of Whitesburg, and if Catlettsburg gets any more east it`s going to be West Virginia, are you seriously arguing with the lat/ and longitude? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . Barbara Kopple as Director. You have to sound like us. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and just being outdoors. Why? As for accent and all that, I never noticed having any problems understanding anything anybody said, strange utterances, etc. They often do not contain the death . 1750 Hwy 213. Wouldnt trade it for anything. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. 1944 - 2023 ONEONTA - Ronald G. Peters, 78, passed away Feb. 1, 2023, at his home. Kevin, Sarah (parents) and Grace (daughter age 12) Hendrix of Corbin Kentucky were shot and killed by Jason Hendrix, their son and Grace's brother. 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 !! 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. One hell of a nice fellow. Art worked in one of the maintenance departments (cant remember which one). I dont know. We hiked deep into the woods for good sled trails in the winter. If you dont believe me, I just might have to kill you. but was always glad to talk to her by phone. . 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. Bianchi Funeral Homes, Inc. Evarts ~ Harlan ~ Loyall ~ Tri City. Fleming County has beautiful, rolling hills, but they arent mountains. LOUDOUN COUNTY OBITUARIES Emilia Ann Dawe. http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/ just saying. 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. Nolan, age seventy-one, is a retired miner. You hit the nail on the head. Were also the last of a breedand this applies to all of Appalachia. I was born in my grandmothers house, in those days hospitals were few and far between. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Barbara Kopple Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification Produced by Barbara Kopple . Most of us pass through this phase at some point. Obituaries can vary in the amount of information they contain, but many of them are genealogical goldmines, including information such as: names, dates, place of birth and death, marriage information, and family relationships. The vast majority of Harlan Countians are proud to be from Harlan. Before we started, I told the court reporter that Ive been told I have an accent of some kind. We are our own world. We lived the last house in the head of the holler with my poppy and granny our only neighbors. Also attended and graduated from Loyall High, where I was cheerleader and fairly popular. Havent lived there since the late 70s, but Harlan is always home. 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. Hart Perry as Director of Photography. 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. It would occasionally be condemned but re-open at some point. Check out some of my other posts. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Have you checked out Welcome To Watts Creek site? I remember it seemed like every time my high school played Cawood there was a knife fight. John. I lived through that strike, my dad was in charge of security for Eastover, so I guess that made him the head gun thug to many. I suggest you search my blog for my many other posts about life in Harlan County. While my friends and fellow graduates were leaving here, I was happy to stay in a place I loved. The previous mentioned Clarence E. Leonard is my Uncle. 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. LOL! I can connect with outlanders here in Georgetown by telling them, I was there the day that McDonalds opened..great times! Love your response, I live in central ky for a lot of years now, but when I can go home I stay at the Comfort Inn Hotel, it is a Blessing to us out of towners, I think this page is right on, and I dont like the way most people think of Harlan, we are just like anyone else, even if we have a little accent, awesome page, and I lived in Loyall a few years also, my mother died there, thanks for letting people know that its not all justified, although I have never watched a full episode, they are awful. A man that loved I dont need tattoos, i have scars. My great aunt Alafair lived there till she died and her beauty shop was still there, run by one of daughters the last time I was there. I have lived in Evarts since age 7 this is my home (sals Branch) I had your mom in home Ec. A mouthy little man like me finds out the hard way that bad is good, but big is better. John, this is really good stuff! Cheese is the only thing the US government ever perfected. Arrangements are pending with Oneonta's only family-owned funeral home, Lewis, Hurley & Pietrobono at 51 Dietz St., www.lhpfuneralhome.com. 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. It was a thriving community in the 60s-70s. Honestly, it took me years to adapt. My cousin posted the link on Facebook and I have not been able to move till finishing the read. . Everything is right on! Its nice to remember, though. We know trash when we see it, and Im not talking about garbage pick up. We used to be territorial based on our schools. I wouldnt trade my life for anyone else. Myself, Im from Loyall which is three miles from the town of Harlan. I know that area well. "Harlan County, U.S.A," opening today at the Outer Circle 2, suffers from some makeshift structural devices and occasional lapses of judgment, but it's an ardent, absorbing work of . I am an outlander from Bell County and so enjoyed reading this! Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA They were both sweet, kind, honest, decent people. . Today, theres not much there for anyone, unfortunately. I was about 11-12 and I remember we played outside constantly. I have been gone from Harlan now for 40 years, One thing I will say is you are accurate in your writings of Harlan. Bad and small isnt a recipe for success. My mother drove through Brookside to go to work every day, so I also know the strike was real. I graduated in 1964. We knowthat houses have winders and chimleys. Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. One can argue that its always been over-populated what with the chronic high unemployment and high poverty rate. Contents 1 County Information 1.1 Description 1.2 County Courthouse 1.3 Harlan County, Kentucky Record Dates 1.4 Record Loss 1.5 Boundary Changes 1.6 Populated Places 1.7 History Timeline Loved this! Thats pretty much the consensus of people I know. Bell county baby.We got the mountains here too. Now, people in Carter County pretty much sound like us, but they have that Interstate. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. Harlan County USAdivides us into two groups: Those that love it and those that hate it. Im proud of where Im from and yes my Daddy was a coal miner for a time. Thank you so much for sharing. I left here when i was 15 came back in my late 20s. Howard and Lucille Leonard are my grandparents. About 1,000 people lived there when I was a kid. My mom was from Lynch and my dad from Without. Harlan is quiet, unless you grew up near the railroad tracks like I did. Rich Montjoy, I am replying to your post because you didnt say anything bad about Harlan, (Harlan County), Ky. They might as well have been in different states. Dad was a good friend of Norman Yarboroughs. Phyllis Lorene Gardenhire 82, of Salina passed away, Friday, February 17, 2023. Sherry Jones Hall. 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? Trivia: He was a survivor of the Bataan Death March. I still tell people I am from Harlan because it brings instant recognition. John. She was one of my favorite. | Coal Troll's Blog, https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/, ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! 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. Rachel Elaine Smith, 46 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. We are related to at least one coal miner. We were driving down the road from Pineville toward Harlan and I was looking for the turn off to get to sister Normas place. Were isolated. Andas for the grid: Morehead is east of Middlesboro. Alan Creech, such nice thoughts and memories of this beautiful part of God earth that I am proud to call home. Welfare checks. My dad was certainly a bad ass, growing up in a time and place that required that to survive. The only tv stations the antenna could pick up were out of knoxville Now kids go to Harlan County High School which consumed Cawood, Evarts and Cumberland High Schools. And of course, I mean that in a funny, I`m laughing kind of way. We live in McCreary Co now, so still SEKY. Ralph was born August 16, 1964 in Harlan to the late Ralph and Delores Moore Osborne. Being a descendant of such a controversial character of those times I may be asking for a social beating on here. I was born, raised and still live in Pike County. I go back once or twice a year to visit relatives. Charlotte, Eaton County, MI, United States Immediate Family: Husband of Neta Belle Collins Father of Robert Basil Collins and Private Collins. My Pappaw Creech was a coal miner, as were most of his brothers. I do not claim to be from there so I am not in any of your groups. Growing up, I didnt feel particularly tough. Thanks. 22 years old. It even had an old balcony whererumor had itblack folks used to be seated. He died in 1978, I dont remember the year Basil died, but early 1980s is right. But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. I graduated from Cumberland High School in 1975. I knew some fine people from Smith. I know it well. Fantastic post, though. Good stuff, John. Well, I have rambled enough. And so do I. I know all those places. Still consider Harlan County as home. My Dad was a coal miner, was on oxygen from 2007 until 2010. I wonder why they went to Harlan to get married. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was real. Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. My Mom taught at Evarts from 1951 to 1980. When we went to high school, we identified as being from Loyallor Hall or Wallins. Harlan was born and raised in Council Bluffs, IA. It captured the essence of Jimmy. Photoplay, 'I Saved My Brother's Life,' by Helen Martin, p. 94, February 1967. It is not, as you might think, simply the eastern half of the great Commonwealth of Kentucky. Both my Grandfathers worked in the mines their younger years and I still have a 1st cousin working the mines. Ive got a few more Harlan County memories. today Middlesboro, KY Transportation Jobs Offered 888-909-2737. Eastern Ky is not privvy to divorce is it?? Always. My brother actually had a knife pulled on him at Cawood. There she met my father and I was born in 1952. These folks are Harlan Countians, but they dont like it. Fun read. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. Lived in Hazard then, after Hazard we came to Ohio. Thanks again for the good read. Town is flooded with people. 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. Thanks for the article. From the Harlan County Journal. A friend of mine once drank a beer from a girls cowboy boot at the Lounge. Entertained by the tendency to call you a mooron and ignorant while not fully grasping the importance of grammar and spelling. Guide to Harlan County, Kentucky ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. We meet in Williamsburg, but I love going back to the Creek. Much later in life we got married and we were on vacation going south to visit her sister who lived back home. He was allowing my cousin Elizabeth Jennings and me to tour the mine property. Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000 over 2 million records. 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. I got away. Crusenberry talks about being asked by a group of women to . Christy, I believe we may know each other. As usual John you nailed it!! So, I guess Im just arguing it is in the wrong state I was mostly raised In Floyd Co. KY & did live in Grundy , Va. at one time. Sadly, they didnt seem to be doing well. Were still Harlan Countians. Ishas Smiths 2nd cousin. Jane E. Bailey Graves, 72 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. My people have been there for over 200 years, since before it was Harlan. . Dickens said it best . Enjoyed the article. Arthur died when his house burned a few yrs ago. Oh, well. Whitley County has an interstate so are they still Eastern Kentucky? When we heard a car coming we knew we were having company.we usually hid to see who it was. Its bleak. My life is very much divided into two partsbefore and after Harlan. 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 knew a bunch of Napiers (Napper). I just cant get enough of the haters. This excludes Boyd, Greenup, Lewis, etc. My parents who were also my papaw and mamaw owned Tiny Jos market in Baxter. She went back to Harlan as soon as she was discharged. Its too dull. Do you remember the Chappells Dairy slogan? It is true that you can take the boy out of the mountains but never the mountain out of the boy. It has always been home for me. I know exactly where you were driving. I graduated in 71 from JACHS. I knew no one married to his own sister and just a handful married to their cousins. And we DID bathe just like people from up north. This one in particular may be of interesthttps://thetrivialtroll.com/2013/07/13/hometown-loyall-ty/ We mine coal and have for over 100 years. After hours we would head to the American Legion behind the Post Office. I live in the city now, and raised my daughters here. Ha, Ha. There arent any hotels to speak of, really. I am a Harlan Countian, born in Harlan at the old hospital as they call it. Construction on the house beat the power company by a few years. If you read it carefully, youll note that I said I havent lived there in 30+ years. My children are fascinated and perhaps slightly horrified that I grew up in Harlan. I have resided in Knoxville, TN for 26 years but Eastern Kentucky will always be home because that is where my extended family and my husbands extended family continue to reside. They tease me that my accent changes when I cross the county line going back home :-). Moo-ron. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was real. Glad I did not move here and my kids there, My children have been able to say they are from Eastern Ky as both were born down there. I dont get back as often as Id like but always thoroughly enjoy coming back to visit. Theyre usually the folks who dream of turning all of Eastern Kentucky into a massive tourist destination by having all the people who live there pack up and move. I guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. Sweet. He said that I was making the county look bad. Ive never known anyone who didnt wear shoesand I knew some pretty rough characters. 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