Keep writing as I do enjoy it. Bad and small isnt a recipe for success. Hollywood Bledsoe from the mouth of Cloverlick in HC, once wrote a song about Government Cheese. Sometimes, the film would jam and you could watch it melt. 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 suspect its mostly because they didnt care much for Hustler, at least not publicly. Oh the cheese made the best grilled cheese, My wife from Ohio and my 2 children even loved it. Many who knew of the hair would be shocked to know he wears it pretty much buzzed these days. I saw a little of all of it. I worked as a car hop from Denny rays rite out of high school. Interview Summary. Absolutely loved this!! Construction on the house beat the power company by a few years. He was a sort of silent partner of mine from 1974. 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. 4. Probably like 4th or 5th cousins. Weve been in the Lexington area since then, but we still say back home when we are talking about Neon and Jenkins. You have to sound like us. Most of my old mean crowd are dead. Unemployment in 2017 was 9.4 percent, far above the national average. I still get over through there for work sometimes. Obituaries usually give the name of the deceased and the death or burial date. 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. Andas for the grid: Morehead is east of Middlesboro. he passed away in 2013. his wife, jan, passed back in february of this year. I go back to Ky at least once a year. I guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. Congrats on a good job describing a little bit of what most folks cant imagine happened. The rest of us (that includes me) hate the image of Harlan Countians as violent, uneducated hooligans. Searching obituaries is a great place to start your family tree research. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. Yes I remember you, vaguely, it has been a long time. I am a faithful Kentucky Basketball fan and follow them year in and year out, through good and bad GO BIG BLUE.. I have always been proud of being from Cawood in Harlan County. Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. 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. A meeting of the Brookside women's support group. My Pappaw Creech was a coal miner, as were most of his brothers. I knew some fine people from Smith. Of course, theres a downside. Cheese is the only thing the US government ever perfected. I just cant get enough of the haters. Coal Mining. Women took over the picket lines. My life is very much divided into two partsbefore and after Harlan. If someone tells you that he or she is from Harlan, they could mean any town from Pathforkto Holmes Mill to Cumberland to Cranks. She was retired from the Harlan County Board of Education, where she worked at the Wallins School. Raised with his brother Dale and cousins. I would have loved to have had that McDonalds there when I was kid. The Chappells Dairy Slogan: It may be good and not be ours, but it cant be ours and not be good. Moo-ron. I love your blog, it is a great read. Im from graysknob, pine branch was were I lived till I was 17 then we moved to Putney. I have neglected my research of the Leonards and McKendrick for some time because of my health problems. I miss Government Cheese. I was just in Harlan County this weekend. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. First time reading it. There arent any hotels to speak of, really. They say that when they see I use Scotch Tape, staples or safety pins to fix a hem in a pair of pants. We got spanked when we needed itdidnt hurt us one bit but sure made us better kids growing up and better adults today. And of that i am very proud. Still have a few family members there and many friends. 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. I just know that by writing all this misinformation as if it were this day in time, you have disgraced and embarrassed your people, an you should be ashamed of yourself. LO I was born in Harlan County, Louellen specifically, but moved away when I was little due to my dad being in the Navy. Again I will say Harlan is a great place to be from but I would not want to live there today. You have to have mountains, not hills. Welcome to Harlan County! I grew up in Eastern Kentuckyborn and raised as we say. Really enjoyed the read. I was in Wallins Creeks all day Saturday visiting my niece and stayed at my Mothers in Rhea. Take care! He was retired from the Harlan Co. Board of Education with 35 years of service in the maintenance department. 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. I live in Lexington now as well have since 1990. Growing up, I didnt feel particularly tough. Gillis Heather Elaine. 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. At Kopple, among others. They were pretty quick to tell you that they were from Harlan. I guess teenagers everywhere just hang out. So, I guess Im just arguing it is in the wrong state He had a lot of money. Crew. John. Surviving is her husband: Lee Banks; 1 son: Timothy Lee Banks of Whitesburg; 2 daughters: Beverly (Tim) Lawson of Roxanna . Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, Exchange office contact details: Contact Point: Mrs . Btw, the Mount Victory part of this county feels very Eastern KY. Just found the blog and enjoyed it. It is my hometown by choice.I love it, I retired from Ky Dept of Trans (engineering). Again, they are excluded because of lack of isolation. We were just there in July , I love going back to visit. Elliott County. My brother actually had a knife pulled on him at Cawood. My Mom then joined the WAC. Murdered while on a picket line in Harlan County KY, After his death an agreement was signed between the miners and the union! I even remember who it was, but lets let bygones be bygones. your a fuckin mooron ive lived here all my life ,my family pioneered this place ,both sides, why arent u still living here? It was gray and you had to add the coloring to it. We just live somewhere else. She was a great homemaker and was full of wit, wisdom and love. Among this crowd are those that my father called off the grid. He said we had a sub-culture of people so far off the creek that they werent plugged in to the modern world. Graduated Wallins about 1956. The "villain", Basil Collins, survived the Batan Death march. Harlan County U.S.A. They find it hard to believe we had no fast food restaurants. I first saw the light of day in Oneida, tn because that was the closest hospital & the road l.P. looPwas better 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. No wonder I was overwhelmed. Its nice to remember, though. Take care. Middlesboro Daily News - Official Site. Grew up in Loyall. I went for a while to Holy Trinity School, Harlan Elementary for one year, then to Hall before Cawood. Very isolated. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. We mine coal and have for over 100 years. Spent many an evening in Tiny Joes!!!!!!! I was born and raised in Leslie County. . Box 102, Oswego, New York 13126. That hurts everyone. U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! We live in McCreary Co now, so still SEKY. It has been both fascinating and sad as well to learn so much about the history, struggles, strength and resilience of the Harlan countians. Maybe its the camo/orange. What Mountains besides the one on the border with Virginia, Black Mt.(?)? They tease me that my accent changes when I cross the county line going back home :-). Advertisement. When I went to college, I befriended other Eastern Kentuckians. This one in particular may be of interesthttps://thetrivialtroll.com/2013/07/13/hometown-loyall-ty/ They might even live in Harlan, but it doesnt suit them. Dont say we are not eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life that people from harlin county do. To her credit this pretty city girl took these inconveniences in her stride and made this mountain man a very good wife. Daughter has owned her own business in Harlan for thirty years. And hell, I was taken at knife-point down into the creek at Hall when I was in 6th grade. Second, my parents lived in Harlan County their entire lives, as have aunts, uncles, cousins and many of my closest friends. If he is still living can you ask him about any Leonard relatives he know about or put him in touch with me. Ive been gone for 20+ years now. My great grandpa ran a mill there. If we didnt know them, well they were at the wrong house. I went to Business College, married my daddys cousin (you had to know that was coming didnt you). He was the hardest worker I have ever known. Well written and interesting. basil collins harlan county obituary Phone: (828) 649-9163. I guess this was one of many reasons my dad thought California was a good choice for me. Salinas - Longtime Salinas resident Basil Eugene Mills passed away peacefully on January 14, 2022, at the age of 91. I wonder if youre related to Clarence Leonard who lived near Evarts. Ha, Ha. 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 knew the Clarks well. Were hemmed in. It would occasionally be condemned but re-open at some point. 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. I couldnt quit reading it. I raised my daughter hereBTW she has owned a successful swimming pool and fence company here for 35 yrs. Our football coach , Ed Miracle, was shot in the foot playing golf three weeks later . Then it was quiet except when the trains ran, which seemed like every 15 minutes or so. It is funny how people from all over the Country know where you are talking about when you say you are from Harlan Co. and many of them visibly tense on that statement. 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. I love the fact she loves a mountain boy, just like her Momma did:) This is a great article!! He is easygoing for a security guard and handsome in a salt-of-the-earth way. As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. An obituary is a published or unpublished death announcement. Did you know Jimmy C. Morgan? He told me if I stayed there I would either be an alcoholic, like him to survive, or I would end up dead. Id love to learn more about the people, especially on the other side of the strike. Obituaries of Harlan Funeral Home. Guy Enos Bobby T. Jessie W. Finis Marvin W. Burley . John,I also remember those 1st grade field trips. I know that area well. Would I be a pretender? If we had a problem like that today in my slice of Suburbia, there would be a full-blown panic. Debbie Elaine Absher February 23, 2023 (72 years old) View obituary. So please you out landing, loathing spectator, Keep your thoughts on the area you live in now, and the goings on there, we dont need or want you perspective of the people that actually live, work and die here. You talked funny. I am simultaneously entertained and offended. Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company -owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. I must admit, however, that we have had few issues adjusting to Tennessee except for the color orange. I am an outlander from Bell County and so enjoyed reading this! Her movie career is noted for several horror cult films in which she . How can I contact your Uncle Clarence E. to find out if he has any information to help with my research? https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/. That is perhaps because I hail from off the grid (Smith). My Mom taught at Evarts from 1951 to 1980. We wore machine guns with semiautomatic carbines. I attended LoyallElementary and Junior High and James A. Cawood High School. art halcomb. The people of Harlan are among the nicest people I have ever met and I have traveled all over the country. I have a 94 year old aunt who still lives there. 3. 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!! It was quiet then. Good memories there. What did he end up doing after the strikes? miners in this county AND other states. 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. Irene Whitehead Clark. Fine set of words here! Crackin me up. I went to Cumberland College, Austin Peay Univ for my first masters, Trevecca University for my doctorate, second masters, and administrative certification. It rated right up there with his song about Jim and Tammy Baker, pretty good actually. born and raised in harlan ky live in northern. 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. Clarence had one brother Howard P. Leonard and Howard P and his wife Lucille had a son named Clarence Edwin Leonard. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. Glad that youre happy in whatever metro area you moved to. Oh, i think these shows are a joke, they couldnt do the truth,,, thank you, Lane. Im surprised I didnt end up with some kind of lung disease. It was a movie experience like no other. To add to my previous comment above, my other Grandfather was Elijah Depew (nicknamed Lidge? Never making any differences in us. Nolan, age seventy-one, is a retired miner. The distance a miner had to walk and how time was looked at was in 15-minute increments. Funeral Home Phone Number Website; Barnes Funeral Chapel: 419-822-5995: www.barnesfuneralchapel.com: Grisier Funeral Home And Cremation Center: 419-822-31 We update obituary links daily as a public service, without charge to families or funeral homes. You hit the nail on the head. Im not from Kentucky saw this blog post through a friends facebook but Ive really enjoyed reading it and the comments! Brings back so many memories. Thats righttheyll pretend. Harlan County is not on the way to anywhere. They dont say that because of my accent, since I only have one when I go back there. I bet I heard them talking about you. Its a nice place. Overall, we like the stereotypical portrayal of Harlan. I pass by there to go to my mothers home, it is amazing to see in Harlan Co. We werent eligible for cheese, either, but my Dad would get it anyway! Well.. And they didnt. We were poor and I will say very poor. Born and raised in Cumberland.I live in Florida now loved your article.Proud of my roots! Local obituaries for Harlan County, Kentucky 531 Results Friday, February 24, 2023 Add Photos 1 Memory Debbie Elaine Absher Debbie Elaine Absher, 72, of Bean Station, TN, passed away. My husband has worked in low coal where one had to crawl to get to your section. I was up at Holmes Mill just a few months ago. I loved reading your blog and all, or at least most of the comments! The school closed. Loved reading your blog and reminiscingI was raised in Harlan County both parents having been from there. THIS is just funny. Obituaries; Photos; Podcasts; Scene; 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. 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