Gillis Heather Elaine. My husband and I are the black sheep as I am an attorney and my husband is an accountant. HARLAN WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME. He is easygoing for a security guard and handsome in a salt-of-the-earth way. Age 82. If we didnt know them, well they were at the wrong house. Thanks. I have never been to a Harlan County Bears football game, but I have been told that the team enters the field to Brad Paisleys You will never leave Harlan alive song. Ive really enjoyed reading this article. 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 think we also went to RC Bottling Plant at Loyall. They dont want to sound like Harlan or look like Harlan. Thanks for your comments. In fairness, many went to both joints. Harlan. We visited my grandparents every summer. Raised up on Happy Top, Back Street and Creechs. I raised my daughter hereBTW she has owned a successful swimming pool and fence company here for 35 yrs. This excludes Boyd, Greenup, Lewis, etc. If someone tells you that he or she is from Harlan, they could mean any town from Pathforkto Holmes Mill to Cumberland to Cranks. 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. Stalwarts, outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out. Its nice to read good thoughts of Harlan County. Harlan Countians like Justified. It will always be home to me. Why? He said that I was making the county look bad. I do not claim to be from there so I am not in any of your groups. Im sorry that I didnt do more to keep in closer touch with them both as we grew older. Miner Curtis Cress, 34, says towns. I am sure he is talking about when he grew up and how times were then I am from Harlan live here now .I loved the article and havent read anything disrespectful . Add to home screen. My younger brother and I were born and raised in Dayton. If you were Basils neighbor, then you lived in Rio Vista, right? GOD BLESS YOU ALL. Look at my blog post Adventures in Hitchhiking, and youll see a story about JImmy picking me up hitchhiking one night. Enjoyed the article. Both our families are made up of longtime coal miners and school teachers. She went back to Harlan as soon as she was discharged. Enjoyed reading your blog. I couldnt quit reading it. Rarely is an Eastern Kentucky county a destination. Obituaries; Photos; Podcasts; Scene; I am also a faithful Alabama Football Fan ROLL TIDE. I left first to attend Cumberland College, then only a two year school, and later was forced to leave and gravitate north for employment. Im from Loyall. Kentucky. Fun read. Outlander here Born at HARH, raised in Grays Knob- attended Hall Elementary and Junior High, JACHS and then got out to attend UK. While my friends and fellow graduates were leaving here, I was happy to stay in a place I loved. I made another U turn and started back toward Harlan at a much slower pace and was directed to take the Loyall turn off. But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. Bertha Rose Adams Little, 65 of Cowan, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2023 at the Hazard Appalachian Regional Healthcare Center. Still have a few family members there and many friends. Im an outlander, living in Pulaski County. Btw, the Mount Victory part of this county feels very Eastern KY. Just found the blog and enjoyed it. You have to have mountains, not hills. I love your blog, it is a great read. I dont know exactly when died, but it was sometime in the 1980s. HARLAN PRICE OBITUARY. Im happy living here. I LOVE where i am from and am harlan county proud even when i dont have much to be proud of.lol. Oh, and we moaned and complained about not having anything to do. My dad was one of them, outside Tommy Lees barbershop. The road to lexington did get better tho. Grew up in Loyall. Harlanthats what we call itisnt a destination, either. 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 also have no desire to change this wonderful region.am I forgiven? I was born in Pike County but grew up in Flatwoods in Greenup County. I had to laugh at your reference to government cheese. It really was good stuff! I was looking for the turnoff to Loll. My mom is from Cote (Evarts) I cant wait to read this to her! We lived in Yancey when I was born, moved to Brookside, then moved to Evarts (Woods Mine Area) before moving to Walker County, AL. The rest of us (that includes me) hate the image of Harlan Countians as violent, uneducated hooligans. They find it hard to believe we had no fast food restaurants. Even though they know whats best for Harlan, we dont really like them. Required fields are marked *. God do I ever remember the Government Cheese and all the other free food provided by the gov. She was a member of Laymon Holiness Church. Ha, Ha. Cats and Harlan Countians have 9 lives. Art worked in one of the maintenance departments (cant remember which one). Police said in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and set his house on fire . FR. I lived in Harlan and Loyall. We have mountains all around us. . 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 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. I happened across this blog through a friend. You hit the nail on the head. View Recent Obituaries for Bianchi Funeral Homes Evarts~Harlan~Loyall~Tri City. Very isolated. I have more memories of the younger Brittons that are closer to my age. We are related to at least one coal miner. Who We Are. the Ackley Hotel in Harlan until he retired and moved back to Cumberland. Food stamps, too. Born in 29 Mar 1929 and died in 30 May 2012 , Tennessee Basil Collins At Kopple, among others. 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 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. Trust me on this one. I do think this is good stuff. John, enjoyed your comments. list of former red arrows pilots; alfred dunner sweatshirts; santa cruz midtown fridays; is jaws appropriate for a 10 year old; cmmg mk47 mutant 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. My husband has worked in low coal where one had to crawl to get to your section. Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. A particular obituary may be a simple two-line death notice or an elaborate biography of the deceased. Daughter has owned her own business in Harlan for thirty years. I went from a county of about 35,000 people spread over 1,000 square miles to a campus of 20,000 + crammed into a few blocks. 66, originally of Loudoun County, VA passed away January . Some escape, but most dont. I was in her class the day JFK was shot in Dallas. My parents were stalwarts. Ruby did you know a family named Clark? February 24 . After hours we would head to the American Legion behind the Post Office. basil collins harlan county obituary Phone: (828) 649-9163. Theirs will be more like trips to Kings Island, etc. There are people who will pretend to be from Harlan or any place else in Eastern Kentucky. I remember when you had to take a gravel road from Pineville to Loyall when they were building the new 119. I lived across Pine Mtn. Youve made me think about Harlan all day today and its been a good day. Where you from?..Pike Countylol. His name was Wiley Holmes. Its quiet now. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. Town is flooded with people. I graduated in 1964. Allegedly once Collins was released at wars end he cut off the head of his prison guard with the guards own sword. March 9, 1997. cheese. Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA 6. The good ones liked my Dad if not, oh well. I am Wayne Middletons daughter. TO JIM CONNOR, jimmy c morgan lives in the big town of sawbriar, near wallins creek. What year, and how did he die (or is he still alive)? My grandad lived and mined Stone Ky, in Pike County. Still have family there. They lived near Dionne along the river there. 1750 Hwy 213. I knew your father-in-law, and mother-in-law. They just inflict harm. It reeked of Pine Sol. Knox County. Whats up with that? Only if were talking to another Harlan Countian would we narrow the description to the town. Construction on the house beat the power company by a few years. 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. Helped me so much when I worked there. I dont believe Ive ever been called a mooron before. Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. I left to go to school at EKU, meet my wife there, she is from Ohio. 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!! He told me if I stayed there I would either be an alcoholic, like him to survive, or I would end up dead. Charlotte, Eaton County, MI, United States Immediate Family: Husband of Neta Belle Collins Father of Robert Basil Collins and Private Collins. Im pretty sure I remember Lance. 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. 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. LO Loved Justified. Now, far in the past, at least until I visit. I guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. In talking about monthly checks, I can remember visiting my family in Louellen, a coal mining camp in those days, and going down to the the company store and watching people get their cheese in blocks and their commodity meat which was actually spam. A miner was killed by a company foreman. They had two fabulous sons who have college education with degrees in medical field and other fields. It captured the essence of Jimmy. I guess you can tell by my rant that I CANNOT stand anyone putting this beautiful part of Gods earth down. Today he wore jeans and a navy hooded sweatshirt, with his neatly trimmed silver-white hair tucked under a Tractor Supply Company cap. We are made to known about his death on September 16, 2020. If you dont, I cant fault you for that, either. I am from Wynntown, went to Evarts High School and live in Richmond Ky. Today, theres not much there for anyone, unfortunately. My Aunt Pauline is 95 now and still lives there. It is my hometown by choice.I love it, I retired from Ky Dept of Trans (engineering). You have to sound like us. We hiked deep into the woods for good sled trails in the winter. Remember all the men that used to hang out around the courthouse, sitting on the little wall? Pingback: ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! Used to go to Cumblin every Fride and satdy nite. Harlan County U.S.A. It was the latest violent incident in Harlan County, long a scene of labor unrest. Fleming County has beautiful, rolling hills, but they arent mountains. 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! My grandfolks, originally from Johnson Ct. lived up at the end of a holler. Small town life can be hard or easy. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. 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 . Bad-ass wasnt the first word to come to mind, but I sure didnt want to mess with those folk! The experiences never leave me about growing up poor and the shame and humiliation that I felt as a child. Im proud of where Im from and yes my Daddy was a coal miner for a time. Dont say we are not eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life that people from harlin county do. I dont remember Chappells slogan, but I do remember: Thats what I saidBunny Bread! I also remember the 1st grade field trip to Chappells, Bunny Bread and Harlan Ice. She was born on August 13, 1960, in Benham, Kentucky. LOL. 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. Im pretty sure Lanes Cliffhanger was in the old Mount Aire building. 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. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. I dont live in Harlan now, but Im still a Harlan Countian. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. For many years now, Harlan has had a multi-screen cinema. Were also the last of a breedand this applies to all of Appalachia. I wouldnt trade my life for anyone else. First time reading it. I was born and raised in Harlan County, from Jones Creek, graduated from Evarts High. My Mom and grandparents are gone now but I have always continued to visit with relatives in Harlan every summer. Theres no future. Thanks for the kind words. 22 years old. Mrs Abraham was my Home Ec teacher @Hall High. Sometimes, the film would jam and you could watch it melt. My children are fascinated and perhaps slightly horrified that I grew up in Harlan. My Mother, Reba Campbell, was born in Liggett. My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. I think we overlapped at Cawood for a year. I was even sent back to Atlanta to attend Agnus Scott College, and didnt stay because I actually missed my family AND Harlan County. Still consider Harlan County as home. I was born and raised in Liggett. I believe you will see that I have great affection for Harlan, much more than many of the people who still live there. He told The Sun on Sunday: "His real name was Basil and his nickname was always Val. Surviving is her husband: Lee Banks; 1 son: Timothy Lee Banks of Whitesburg; 2 daughters: Beverly (Tim) Lawson of Roxanna . Good memories there. My mom always bought margarine but our housekeeper would get the butter and we thought it was strong. Nowadays, I would love to have some! Now, people in Carter County pretty much sound like us, but they have that Interstate. John I cant believe you didnt even mention the no nothin about. What do you suppose that would translate into? Willa Jean Ferrier, Crystal Conaster, and Chris Boswell were shot and killed by John Roscoe Garland in McCreary Country, supposedly over jealousy. He evidently hasnt been to Harlan lately. Cawood was named after James A. Cawood, long time Superintendent of the Harlan County Schools. Jeanette McKendrick Leonard was my Me-maw and the best lady you to have ever been born! I believe they graduated for there on 83. My reply was that he didnt scare me, I am from Harlan, Kentucky! Sadly, they didnt seem to be doing well. I wanted more for my kids and wife. We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. I am definitely proud of my heritage, both generally mountain/Appalachian and Harlan County in particular. I had Mrs. Williams for health, would it be your Mom? I attended LoyallElementary and Junior High and James A. Cawood High School. He died in a house fire a few years ago. I guess this was one of many reasons my dad thought California was a good choice for me. These are small town people just like in every small town. I got away. I was in Harlan last October, visiting my aunt that still lives there and yes, my sister and I had a lovely stay at the Comfort Inn! We drive Chryslers, BMWs, Honda Van, Subaru sports car, Chevy pick-up, Harleys, Hondas, Yamaha V-stars-4-wheelers. No worries. Brought back alot of memories. Im not sure where you found this, but most folks realize that some of it is tongue-in-cheek. You need some coal mines, either now or in the past. Thats pretty cool. I rarely saw Janice after I left the hospital, My dad taught there from 66 96. You werent one of us. Would I be a pretender? Im definitely a Harlan County boy. One side was a roller rink. Then we moved up on Park Hill in Loyall. The other motel in Browning Acres is Mount Aire Motel. The obvious beingwe are just like you and every one else. We once had a train full of nerve gas pass through Loyall. I have no information on a Clarence Leonard in our family tree. 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 have many good friends I have met through the Hall High Gamecock web site. I have lived in Evarts since age 7 this is my home (sals Branch) I had your mom in home Ec. I saw a little of all of it. I still tell people I am from Harlan because it brings instant recognition. There arent running gun battles anymore like the famed Battle of Evarts many decades ago. Moved to Indiana at about 15 or 16 years of age. The Chappells Dairy Slogan: It may be good and not be ours, but it cant be ours and not be good. My sister in law was born over in Leatherwood. Awesome story. 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. In that regard, Harlan is Small Town, USA. This is where Norma lives, was the reply. It used to be called Klondike many years ago. Good old Mikes drive in, where one of Harlan Countys finest young men threatened me with a belt when I stepped in to defend a younger friend. If youre spending the night in Harlan, you probably have family there anyway. preston and i have lived here in lexington since 1999. bu i consider loyall and that little house my adopted home. Havent lived there since the late 70s, but Harlan is always home. I have been gone for 40 years I still have my Harlan Co accent and the kids have lost their Eastern Ky accent. Oh yeah, one last thingI am a coal miners daughter..and damned proud of it. We once had a multi-screen cinema are people who still live there are not Kentuckians! They didnt seem to be called Klondike many years ago called Klondike many years now, it. 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