The Appalachians are in mourning. Last week, the mountains — and their people — lost one of their fiercest and most loyal defenders. Judy Bonds was 58 years old when she died of cancer only months after first being diagnosed. It is ironic and perhaps even illuminating that Bonds died of the disease after more [...]
Rest of the Story ...Mrs. Bowling passed away on 12/17/2010. May she rest in peace. ‘American Hollow’ told family’s story By Jim Warren jwarren@herald-leader.com Bowling, a Perry County matriarch who appeared in American Hollow, a 1999 HBO movie about her family’s strong ties and way of life, has died. She was 81. Mrs. Bowling died Friday at her home [...]
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Rest of the Story ...Film depicts an Appalachian tragedy Documentary recalls 1958 school bus crash that killed 26 children in Floyd County By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com Associated Press A school bus that carried 26 children and a driver to their deaths is shown after it was pulled from the Levisa Fork, Floyd County, near Prestonburg, Ky., on March 3, [...]
Rest of the Story ...I remember it as if it was yesterday. Although I did not know the men involved, their families, or even been to their town, I felt their sorrow in the deep pits of my soul.  I truly felt their ups and downs, I prayed for days,  I mourned and I got physically ill. That’s something that bonds all people from [...]
Rest of the Story ...I was born and raised in Martin Co. in a little place called Beauty, Kentucky, right at the bottom of Buck Creek mountain in our family holler known as Charlie Maynard holler, Charlie being my Grandpa. I loved this place like no other I’ve been in my life time and wouldn’t change a second of [...]
Rest of the Story ...Noah Maynard BACK IN 1960 WAS BAD AND GOOD TIMES FAMILY’S DID NOT HAVE MUCH BUT WE HAD LOVE DAD HAD A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION IN MARKUM HOLLOW MARRIED RUTH SHE WAS 14 HAD HARD TIMES LIVED ON $200 DOING ODD JOBS AND NINE CHILDREN BORN AT HOME NO HOSPITAL IN MARTIN CO KY FATHER’S [...]
Rest of the Story ...She left us way to early, we were given no time to prepare She left a hole so large in us it can never be repaired She loved us all in different ways, giving us each what it was we needed She knew exactly how to pick us up even when we felt defeated She made [...]
Rest of the Story ...Wilson Rome Meade 58, of Smith, Ky. Passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital from injuries sustained during a mining accident. He was born January 24, 1951 in Harlan, Ky. Mr. Meade was the Night Shift Boss for D & C Mining with over 40 years experience in coal mining. [...]
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