A convenient store replaced the gas station and stores. We cant include any counties on the Ohio River. And should I know you? We just live somewhere else. U take car cuz. So my family got to enjoy it even tho they never lived in Harlan. God do I ever remember the Government Cheese and all the other free food provided by the gov. Always. Clarences family was pretty small. 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. Today, theres not much there for anyone, unfortunately. My sister in law was born over in Leatherwood. Age 82. ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE, WOULDNT TRADE THE PLACE I GREW UP FOR ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD . Oh, i think these shows are a joke, they couldnt do the truth,,, thank you, Lane. My children are fascinated and perhaps slightly horrified that I grew up in Harlan. I was even sent back to Atlanta to attend Agnus Scott College, and didnt stay because I actually missed my family AND Harlan County. Your email address will not be published. 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. Harlan graduated from Readstown High School in 1949. I am a Harlan Countian, born in Harlan at the old hospital as they call it. My dads cousin J.R. Williams owned a shoe shop (cobble shop) in Cumberland. 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. View most recent obituaries published on the Web by funeral homes for province of Nova Scotia. My dad was certainly a bad ass, growing up in a time and place that required that to survive. So much that even some locals have a hard time understanding me. Stalwarts, outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out. My Mom and grandparents are gone now but I have always continued to visit with relatives in Harlan every summer. Small town life can be hard or easy. Im from graysknob, pine branch was were I lived till I was 17 then we moved to Putney. 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. I wonder why they went to Harlan to get married. Women took over the picket lines. These folks are Harlan Countians, but they dont like it. He points a gun directly at the camera in one scene. I appreciate all commentspositive and negative. 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 One day I kidding with a guy about something he was buying and at some point he says that hes from Mingo, West Virginia. She was one of my favorite. We have corresponded back and forth for several years about our Leonard connections. 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. Fun read. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Murdered while on a picket line in Harlan County KY, After his death an agreement was signed between the miners and the union! I was raised on Rhea straight, where the old airport was. What is Eastern Kentucky? I was in Wallins Creeks all day Saturday visiting my niece and stayed at my Mothers in Rhea. HARLAN COLLINS OBITUARY. Glad that youre happy in whatever metro area you moved to. Arthur died when his house burned a few yrs ago. Not at all. I didnt want to leave. To the men that worked at the Highsplint mine, where the majority of filming took place for the documentary, he was the one responsible for making sure Basil and his men got through to work every day. I lived there 6 years and worked in the mines . Yes, Big_O,, I remember the man you asked about. 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. March 23, 1977. Sweet. FR. 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???? I went to Cumberland College, Austin Peay Univ for my first masters, Trevecca University for my doctorate, second masters, and administrative certification. My roots and my heart are there and for me thats important. To add to my previous comment above, my other Grandfather was Elijah Depew (nicknamed Lidge? Daughter has owned her own business in Harlan for thirty years. Love the article. The economy continues to contract and isnt likely to get much better. They dont like being from Harlan. Theyre still there. She taught Home Ec, but also taught other classes. I was born, raised and still live in Pike County. My mom grew up in Cutshin, my dad was from Martins Fork, they met at The Court Cafe. Salinas - Longtime Salinas resident Basil Eugene Mills passed away peacefully on January 14, 2022, at the age of 91. This is where Norma lives, was the reply. I guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. Yes I remember you, vaguely, it has been a long time. My uncle Clarence still lives in Ky. My mother and her Sister Yuvonne live in TN. We had a wonderful daughter and divorced when she was nine. Jan had so many stories about the hospital. Browse Obituaries and Death Records in Middlesboro, Kentucky. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. She is survived by her sons, Nicholas George Ingemi Matthews and Eugene Christopher Hanc. Im from Loyall. I own a piece of railroad track on the Rhea Straight. She was 30 (now 76) years old. The first of the month is a big time in Harlan. First, much of what I wrote is tongue in cheek. I have neglected my research of the Leonards and McKendrick for some time because of my health problems. As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. First time reading it. Cawood was named after James A. Cawood, long time Superintendent of the Harlan County Schools. my growing up years were behind the old telephone company next to Robinette Chevrolet which was across from the old Macks Supper Market and down the street from Hackneys. Harlan County. Oh, and that knife fight deal down there: I saw a big one at Hall once, in the yard in front of the school crazy watching the teachers try to break that one up. It was tough to find two functioning seats together. Thanks for the comments. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Oswego County Hospice, P.O. Sherry Jones Hall. They just inflict harm. Basil Collins was Uncle Basil to us. Some of these folks do leave Harlana lot of them, in fact. Coal Mining. I try to go back a couple times a year, for nostalgia as much as bagging those elusive, scarce birds. Im from a family of 12, but no inbreds here, but I do know cousins who married. ha! 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. its more home to me than anywhere ever will be. Finished my last year in high school from there. Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA Andas for the grid: Morehead is east of Middlesboro. Ive often heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from Harlan county. I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. 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. The road to lexington did get better tho. I am also thankful for the brief time that I knew my grandmother on Turner Hill who taught me how to grow strawberries, to make jelly, string shuck beans, quilt, crochet. This, so they say, makes them mountain people. Ralph Osborne, Jr 58 of Bledsoe, KY passed away Tuesday evening of February 14, 2023 at his home. I have a 94 year old aunt who still lives there. Phone: (828) 649-9163. The motel next to Holy Trinity was a Holiday Inn Express at one time, but now its a Comfort Inn. My mother grew up in Cumberland and knew tons of Creeches from up that way. We were always suspicious of outsiders, especially those offering help. We could tell if you were from Ohio or Michigan or some other exotic place. Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. I dont live in Harlan now, but Im still a Harlan Countian. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. I live in Texas but will always be a Harlan Co Ky girl. I was in her class the day JFK was shot in Dallas. Good to hear from you. Government checks. Never mind. Willa Jean Ferrier, Crystal Conaster, and Chris Boswell were shot and killed by John Roscoe Garland in McCreary Country, supposedly over jealousy. Oh the cheese made the best grilled cheese, My wife from Ohio and my 2 children even loved it. Really enjoyed the read. Weve been in the Lexington area since then, but we still say back home when we are talking about Neon and Jenkins. Congrats on a good job describing a little bit of what most folks cant imagine happened. FR. Add to home screen. Im actually kind of offended by your antics and false information. Give me about 30 minutes, and its like I never left. 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. . he passed away in 2013. his wife, jan, passed back in february of this year. Very funny (and true). Clarence had one brother Howard P. Leonard and Howard P and his wife Lucille had a son named Clarence Edwin Leonard. When I went to college, I befriended other Eastern Kentuckians. Theres nothing to do. "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 . Justified portrays Harlan as a lawless frontier of wanton violence. We went to the movies most weekends and to every football and basketball game. Genealogy profile for Basil M. Collins Genealogy for Basil M. Collins (1908 - 1979) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. I think we also went to RC Bottling Plant at Loyall. January 7, 2009 Harlan R. Collins, 89, of Fulton, died Wednesday at his home following a long illness. I have three amazing great-grandbabies. art halcomb. 1976 Harlan County U.S.A. (Documentary) Self - Mine Foreman (as Basil Collins) Edit Personal Details Alternate Names: Basil Collins Edit Did You Know? Of course you have to wash it all down with whole milk from Chappells Dairy! It rated right up there with his song about Jim and Tammy Baker, pretty good actually. An outlander is someone who used to live in Harlan. Gillis Heather Elaine. Very isolated. But my roots are still strong an a country girl. Ruby did you know a family named Clark? Jenny, I worked in Harlan Co. in the 90s on the railroad and worked with a Saylor but cant remember his first name. Most of my old mean crowd are dead. Funeral Home Phone Number Website; Barnes Funeral Chapel: 419-822-5995: www.barnesfuneralchapel.com: Grisier Funeral Home And Cremation Center: 419-822-31 The experiences never leave me about growing up poor and the shame and humiliation that I felt as a child. Cats and Harlan Countians have 9 lives. (She died in 1995, and I am so glad to have such good and often funny memories of her.) I grew up here, went to school here and am still here by choice. I am a born and raised harlan countian. People were practically hanging on it. Whats up with that? https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/, http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/, SoWhere Are You From? Spent many an evening in Tiny Joes!!!!!!! EVERYTHING . . Ring any bells? My Dad used to talk about when they distributed commodity margarine. I live in Lee Co,Ky. My little brother had a knife pulled on him at Cawood. Nancy Baker as Editor. We know trash when we see it, and Im not talking about garbage pick up. Bell county baby.We got the mountains here too. I LOVE where i am from and am harlan county proud even when i dont have much to be proud of.lol. Obituaries. Now 75, Chester has endured his share of losses. There are a few folks who left and dont care to ever hear of Harlan again, but thats true of all small towns. That I can remember but I cant find my car in the parking lot? McCreary just has that Eastern Kentucky feel to it. Police said in February 2013, Shell murdered Ronnie King, a former Evarts mayor, and set his house on fire . Ive really enjoyed reading this article. But today, thanks to my daughter and another pool company, there are more privately owned pools at homes, per average, than in Fayette County (Lexington). Dad used have him mow for us sometimes. 2022-11-11T17:09:58Z. He was a clerk there. It was a movie experience like no other. Middlesboro Daily News - Official Site. I remember it seemed like every time my high school played Cawood there was a knife fight. People gathered at the railroad tracks to watch it. Thanks for the article. =). These are small town people just like in every small town. I have lived in Evarts since age 7 this is my home (sals Branch) I had your mom in home Ec. This is the first time I stumbled across you blog. Good memories there. your a fuckin mooron ive lived here all my life ,my family pioneered this place ,both sides, why arent u still living here? If you live in Harlan, I cant say that I blame you. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. USA. My dad grew up in Evarts. Great description. A particular obituary may be a simple two-line death notice or an elaborate biography of the deceased. One of the only times I used my dads reputation, telling the guy to go ahead but it was going to be his last night on Earth, because if I didnt kill him, my dad would. Before Justified, many people got their image of Harlan from the award-winning documentary Harlan County USAwhich followed the Eastover coal mine strike at Brookside, Kentucky. You brought back a lot of memories. Who We Are. We hung out at Denny Rays, Kens and I cant remember the drive in on the road to Loyall?? Imagine trying to explain where Cutshin is located!! Graduated Wallins about 1956. I am simultaneously entertained and offended. We mispronounce light, fight, white and night. I moved to the Tampa Bay area as a teenager and it was a bit of a culture shock. I was just in Harlan County this weekend. They didnt know what to do with me! North America. In Barbara Kopple 's 40-year career as one of America's . We have mountains all around us. There are a lot of Harlan Countians that are very happy to be called just that. And of that i am very proud. They pity Harlan. Im sorry that I didnt do more to keep in closer touch with them both as we grew older. Harlan Countians like Justified. My people have been there for over 200 years, since before it was Harlan. Im sure youd know if you were related. I owned a genteel little social club called THE CLIFFHANGER up on pine mountain, and had some of the finest folks i ever knew as customers, although mostly they considered the Garys crowd a little on the gentler side. Btw, the Mount Victory part of this county feels very Eastern KY. Just found the blog and enjoyed it. Raised up on Happy Top, Back Street and Creechs. We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. Oh, you might go to Garys Lounge and Roller Rink sometimes. Knox County. I spent at least a week during the summer vacation every year growing up visiting the Harlan area and family enjoying every visit which included rail road tracks and slate dumps on one side of house and the Cumberland River on the other side all residing in a big holler off HWY 38. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun "thug," Basil Collins. By Steven Gaydos. Both our families are made up of longtime coal miners and school teachers. He was a sort of silent partner of mine from 1974. Georgetown Telegraph Obituaries 1811-1813 (enter "obituary" in keywords) Harlan Daily Enterprise Obituaries - (11/17/2005-Current) at Genealogy Bank ($) Henson & Rich Funeral Home Obituaries in Harlan KY. Kentucky Death Index 1911-1992 at familysearch.org. . Thats probably why he is disabled now at a a young age. Region. I was about 11-12 and I remember we played outside constantly. Like much of Eastern Kentucky, the population has declined for decades. Im one of those that left for work but I have a brother who still lives there and I occasionally 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 graduated from Cumberland High School in 1975. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in . I didnt know, but thats before my time. We always found lots of mutual interest things to gab about. About 1,000 people lived there when I was a kid. Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. If you read it carefully, youll note that I said I havent lived there in 30+ years. They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. November 20, 1931 - January 8, 2023 Harlan Price passed away peacefully at the age of 91 years with his wife Harriet at his side. I plan to continue reading your blog. SOMEONE MENTIONED SMITH. I love being from there. Very proud of my heritage. There are a couple of places to stay, and theyre okay. Married Diana Jones on They were married Nov. 5, 1973. . Harlan Countians did not like that. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. A mouthy little man like me finds out the hard way that bad is good, but big is better. Like you, I loved growing up there but couldnt see myself living there now. I grew up in the town of Harlan, at the bottom of Ivy Hill. If so, let me know so I can fill any dates, places, names and information you may furnish to me. Ralph was born August 16, 1964 in Harlan to the late Ralph and Delores Moore Osborne. We drive Chryslers, BMWs, Honda Van, Subaru sports car, Chevy pick-up, Harleys, Hondas, Yamaha V-stars-4-wheelers. 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." Most of them have never even been to Ky let alone Harlan. Loved this! I remember Alafair. 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