basil collins harlan county obituary

I even remember who it was, but lets let bygones be bygones. They often do not contain the death . Hi aurea, Ive helped ur grand paw make many many gallons of moonshine just over the hill from ur mom n dads house. Pingback: Hometown Loyall-ty | Coal Troll's Blog. now let me add to your story, Harlan has taken a step ferder, and now has a Huge new Comfort Inn Hotel.Yep, John this is LONZO, and we now have more southern hospitality hure..Come see us sometime. John Read my post about growing up in Loyall sometime. Enjoyed reading your blog. http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/ just saying. What Mountains besides the one on the border with Virginia, Black Mt.(?)? of life I have lived in Chicago, IL., Ypsilanti, MI., Charleston, W. Va., so I know all to well about the differences of living in Eastern KY & a big city. I dont believe Ive ever been called a mooron before. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was real. .I didnt think to ask them while they were alive. One guy said we were like Indians who left the reservation. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. I was born and raised in Harlan County and we moved to Alabama in 1952 when I was 12 years old. 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. Ive never known anyone who didnt wear shoesand I knew some pretty rough characters. My great granny and grandpa lived in Harlan when they first married but moved to Leslie county. However, I always tell my two teenagers that some of the smartest people they will ever meet come from the mountains of Kentucky and may have never finished high school! Entertained by the tendency to call you a mooron and ignorant while not fully grasping the importance of grammar and spelling. =). Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, He also served in the 4th Supply Company, in Stockton, California. My Grandfather/Grandmother was Floyd/Janie Clark. I would have loved to have had that McDonalds there when I was kid. I believe you will see that I have great affection for Harlan, much more than many of the people who still live there. Many who knew of the hair would be shocked to know he wears it pretty much buzzed these days. U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! When we heard a car coming we knew we were having company.we usually hid to see who it was. People were practically hanging on it. It captured the essence of Jimmy. You brought back a lot of memories. I didnt mean to turn my comment into a mini blog, but you inspired the flood of memories! I am also a faithful Alabama Football Fan ROLL TIDE. That bastion of journalism, Hustler Magazine, once listed Harlan (the town) as one the three meanest towns in America. My momma cooked on a coal fired cookstove. They arent isolated enough. Then it was quiet except when the trains ran, which seemed like every 15 minutes or so. Whats up with that? I am definitely proud of my heritage, both generally mountain/Appalachian and Harlan County in particular. Graduated from jach in 78. 6. Happy to be an Outlander! Although I left Harlan County in 1968, and grew up in Florida, I am still proud to say, I am from Harlan County! Ann was born to the late Shady and Alkie Saylor Fugate of Molus, KY on February 22, 1943. . Still consider Harlan County as home. While my friends and fellow graduates were leaving here, I was happy to stay in a place I loved. 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. The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. Its a nice place. It has always been home for me. They say that when they see I use Scotch Tape, staples or safety pins to fix a hem in a pair of pants. Each letter she wrote me held the news. We always found lots of mutual interest things to gab about. Maybe they never left. I have neglected my research of the Leonards and McKendrick for some time because of my health problems. 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. Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and just being outdoors. She was a member of Laymon Holiness Church. When attempting to explain to someone where I grew up it was easiest to say somewhere between Harlan and Hazard. I actually grew up on Beech Fork in Leslie County. They just hang around and complain. Just curious, if you struggled with the inclusion of Whitley county..what was your rationale for the inclusion of mccreary county? Well.. Born on. No Holiday Inn Express, Hampton Inn, etc. What year, and how did he die (or is he still alive)? My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. Honestly, it took me years to adapt. Kathy believed in the Pentecostal Faith and loved the Lord. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/. You hit home with many of your comments being born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Sandy Hook, Elliott County to be exact. 10 Grandchildren and . Mr. Blanton explained the reasoning behind coal camps. . We still have relatives in the area. LOL! Next, everyone is not here because we cant escape. 1944 - 2023 ONEONTA - Ronald G. Peters, 78, passed away Feb. 1, 2023, at his home. Parents moved to Dayton, OH in 63. More than 450 new Canadian obituaries add each day. This was the day that I learned that when we turned the corner at Pineville, my wife changed languages and I needed an translator.. They might as well have been in different states. Most of my old mean crowd are dead. 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. She was 30 (now 76) years old. Loved reading your blog and reminiscingI was raised in Harlan County both parents having been from there. Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. This is the first time I stumbled across you blog. The government cheese, however, is real. They are either Harlan by birth or moved there at a young age. I definitely would NOT have fit in. One person wrote that people visiting here didnt have hotels or anywhere to stay unless they stayed with family. Its amazing how many of Moms students I still run into. It was tough to find two functioning seats together. Our teeth arent all that bad, although mine arent great. Keep writing as I do enjoy it. By the way, I think grilled cheese sandwiches made from government cheese were the best! He was my English teacherand a good one at that. | Coal Troll's Blog, My Life in Harlan County | Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC. Finally I hang on long enough to get a real person. He was allowing my cousin Elizabeth Jennings and me to tour the mine property. I, too, am from Harlan an outlander like yourself, and I was left laughing and shaking my head at all the things only people like us would know to be true I would love to include a link to this in my own blog, but I dont yet know how to do it, lol. (She died in 1995, and I am so glad to have such good and often funny memories of her.) She talks about taking care of her father through his health issues while also participating in the Brookside strike. The wrong side of the tracks to the town school crowd of the 1960s. The name of the area now came to be because the truckers that hauled from the mill just refrerred to it as Holmes Mill! A particular obituary may be a simple two-line death notice or an elaborate biography of the deceased. Box 102, Oswego, New York 13126. That is where my husband grew up. I love being from there. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. No one from Harlan . https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/, http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/, SoWhere Are You From? Were also the last of a breedand this applies to all of Appalachia. I was born and raised in Sunshine. I loved all your rationale for your boundary lines. Phyllis Lorene Gardenhire 82, of Salina passed away, Friday, February 17, 2023. Heres my personal map of the area: This seemingly random boundary results in some folks calling it Southeastern Kentucky which, geographically speaking, is more accurate. NOTE TO SELF: Dont move to Ages,Ky,Home of Brookside Mine, during a strike. My Mom was a nurse at the hospital there (where I was born in 66). 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. I will never be ashamed of where I grew up. They dont want to sound like Harlan or look like Harlan. You nailed it. 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. Get directions My dad grew up in Evarts. It tends to work to my advantage. , well leave the porch light on. 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. If its easy, theres nothing better. By Steven Gaydos. Its nice to remember, though. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. Katherine Lynn Caldwell February 24, 2023 (51 years old) View obituary. Rachel Elaine Smith, 46 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. We visited my grandparents every summer. 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. There was nothing like sitting on the front porch swing drinking RCs from my uncles one room store. the Ackley Hotel in Harlan until he retired and moved back to Cumberland. Also as a child there was a Ski Lodge and slopes on Black Mountain. My Dad was born in Evarts andexpect for military service and collegenever lived anywhere else. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. Graduated Wallins about 1956. The only tv stations the antenna could pick up were out of knoxville I REMEMBER govt. art halcomb. 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. It might have been the wrong side of the tracks, but I knew some good folks from 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." All thats left is the yard and that light. Rich Montjoy, I am replying to your post because you didnt say anything bad about Harlan, (Harlan County), Ky. After all no one I know would go north of the Ky border to see. Some of these folks do leave Harlana lot of them, in fact. I also have no desire to change this wonderful region.am I forgiven? Thanks again for the good read. Garys was a fun place. Im from Loyall. Really enjoyed the read. I was able to buy it when we lived in the Corbin area for $20 a box. Its a kind of mountain street cred. Fun read. . I have always considered Harlan my second home. 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 . No complaining here though. I was raised on Rhea straight, where the old airport was. It was a movie experience like no other. Im fortunate that my job regularly takes me to Eastern Kentucky. If we didnt know them, well they were at the wrong house. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun "thug," Basil Collins. Yes. They have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the mountains. I have many good friends I have met through the Hall High Gamecock web site. 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 need tattoos, i have scars. I didnt like a lot of your article, some of it is accurate. HARLAN PRICE OBITUARY. No worries. Thanks again for the trip back to the Harlan of my youth! Harlan is total badass. Funeral Home Phone Number Website; Barnes Funeral Chapel: 419-822-5995: www.barnesfuneralchapel.com: Grisier Funeral Home And Cremation Center: 419-822-31 I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. I was born in Harlan and I remember living there, but I didnt have the experience that my parents had (who were both born in Harlan County) since I didnt grow up there. Yes I remember you, vaguely, it has been a long time. We knew Jimmy Meeks very well. Stumbled across your post. I live in Texas but will always be a Harlan Co Ky girl. An obituary is a published or unpublished death announcement. On future blog give Watts Creek a mention. 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. My grandparents, Elve and Flaura Campbell, moved to Sunshine and eventually to Loyall. 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 . And they didnt. Hollywood Bledsoe from the mouth of Cloverlick in HC, once wrote a song about Government Cheese. I was blessed to have been raised in the mountains. I knew Lisa vaguely. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. In reference to going swimming in the river and the city pool, we did that too. 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 live here because I truly love this beautiful part of Kentucky and America. You mustve been a good student, John. Enjoyed the article. Overall, we like the stereotypical portrayal of Harlan. A meeting of the Brookside women's support group. Kevin Keating as Director of Photography. Im class of 83. I knew some fine people from Smith. In fact, when I was down there on business a couple of years ago, I saw a couple hanging out in front of rock store. My cousin posted the link on Facebook and I have not been able to move till finishing the read. You werent one of us. View Recent Obituaries for Bianchi Funeral Homes Evarts~Harlan~Loyall~Tri City. John, this is really good stuff! Help me out with what category to look at to fi the hitchhiking story. My husband is a retired coal miner. My parents married in Harlan County in 1949. You probably know others of my family, like my sister Lisa, that worked at the Enterprise for years and now works for Corrections and lives in Georgetown; or my cousins that went to James A.Cawood, Ruth Ann and Gary Cox. Spent many an evening in Tiny Joes!!!!!!! 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. Coal mining runs in cycles. I need a shirt like that. You are so right, except I dont know anyone named Lonzo. I graduated from Cumberland High School in 1975. Welfare checks. https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/. Congrats on a good job describing a little bit of what most folks cant imagine happened. cheese. I got away. 2022-11-11T17:09:58Z. We meet in Williamsburg, but I love going back to the Creek. Required fields are marked *. We also had to carry our water from a water-pump in buckets, so the new bathroom was a good conversation subject with its only use was the bathtub that we would heat water to bathe in. I remember when you had to take a gravel road from Pineville to Loyall when they were building the new 119. Anyway, thanks again. We didnt all drink Mountain Dew as babies. We like that its called Bloody Harlanby some folks even though that name is based upon events which occurred 70 years ago. Thanks. Were still Harlan Countians. Very proud of my heritage. My Mom taught at SE Community College. Mostly, we didnt do much, because there wasnt much to do. 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. I appreciate all commentspositive and negative. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Oswego County Hospice, P.O. Jane E. Bailey Graves, 72 Mynatt Funeral Home, Halls Chapel. These are the folks who stayed in Harlan. Good memories there. How can I contact your Uncle Clarence E. to find out if he has any information to help with my research? In fact, I got up this morning with the intent or renewing my research. 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. So, watch your step. It is not, as you might think, simply the eastern half of the great Commonwealth of Kentucky. A man that loved Thats pretty cool. Thanks for the kind words. Thanks. We like people to think wed kill them for some trivial reason. We also suffer from stereotyping. "I bought him out after seven. I am a Harlan Countian, born in Harlan at the old hospital as they call it. Everyone I knew (including my family) ate government cheesethe best cheese ever. I have been gone from Harlan now for 40 years, One thing I will say is you are accurate in your writings of Harlan. 66, originally of Loudoun County, VA passed away January . There are people who will pretend to be from Harlan or any place else in Eastern Kentucky. Pingback: Im Baaaackmaybe | Coal Troll's Blog, Loyall kid hereloved finding this. It was a Best Western when it was first built. Were isolated. I happened across this blog through a friend. Eastern Kentucky isnt for everybody, it isnt even for a lot of the people who live here their whole life. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. The children of Harlan are blessed to have such a nice school. One of the great things about Harlan is that changes very little. I spent a lot of hours and burned up a lot of powder and boot leather grouse hunting in Pathfork and Black Star. Kathy Ann Duncan, age 62 of Cumberland, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, February 9th, 2023, at the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital. I called some place the other day, got an automated machine.your name, address, (Im sorryI didnt get that could you repeat that again. She graduated from Cumberland High School. Loved this! He told me if I stayed there I would either be an alcoholic, like him to survive, or I would end up dead. Thank you so much for sharing. We rarely hung out with anyone from Evarts or Cumberlandin those days, they had their own high schools. Basil Collins was Uncle Basil to us. But they dont always leave. Itd be hard to sneeze and not hit a Creech with the spray. Im very impressed by your writing. I do think this is good stuff. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, Exchange office contact details: Contact Point: Mrs . but was always glad to talk to her by phone. My Mom taught at Evarts from 1951 to 1980. The first of the month is a big time in Harlan. They had two fabulous sons who have college education with degrees in medical field and other fields. Andas for the grid: Morehead is east of Middlesboro. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. The road to lexington did get better tho. We update obituary links daily as a public service, without charge to families or funeral homes. We like being the badasses of Eastern Kentucky. I live in the city now, and raised my daughters here. I have a 95 year old aunt who still lives there. It definitely has an Eastern Kentucky feel to it, but its out. LOL. Even though I had been lots of places, leaving Harlan took me out of my comfort zone. My dad was a teacher at JACHS from 1962 to 1968. They had no desire to ever live anywhere else. Harlan is mean. I remember your father well, especially his hair! Took the jury about 5 minutes to find against us, lol. . If you need to go someplace that can be accessed through Harlan County, I guarantee that theres an easier, quicker way to get there. Ive lived a few places in east ky, but never been to Harlan. Dont say we are not eastern Kentuckians because we dont speak your slang, or live the life that people from harlin county do. 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. Bell county baby.We got the mountains here too. BTW I live on Watts Creek and have most of my life..off and on. And Misty, April and I grew up together. There arent running gun battles anymore like the famed Battle of Evarts many decades ago. Im one of those that left for work but I have a brother who still lives there and I occasionally visit.

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