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, 1958. Fifteen bodies where [...]
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 WAS CAL HAPPY PAPPIES [...]
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 everything seem so easy [...]
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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