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Deedie, the Daughter of a Coal Miner

April 15, 2010 admin 1 Comment 1033, 1035, 1930, 1930's, 1944, 2004, 4, abuse, abusive, accident, alcoholic, arkansas, ca, California, camp, coal, coal mine, coal miner, community, critical condition, daughter, deedie, died, discipline, doctor, fall, family, farm, farm community, farmer, farming community, flora, flora hise, games, garmeda, government aid, health, hise, hospital, hypocondriac, injured, injury, Jack, jack hise, jack ise, january, kentucky, killed, ky, lap, leo, leo hise, lpn, middlesboro, midwife, midwives, military, mine, miner, mining, mining camp, new mexico, new zealand, nm, nurse, oil field, ok, oklahoma, problems, rebellion, sare cropper, school, siblings, slate, slate fall, son, surgery, switch, tenant, tenant farmer, tulsa, union, world war II

Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â August 1, 1930 was a hot afternoon in a mining camp in Garmeda, Kentucky when Deedie (pronounced â??Dee Deeâ??),

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Wilson "Rome" Meade, 58,Dies In Mining Accident

June 10, 2009 admin 0 Comment 40 years, 59, accident, accident june, administration, appalachian, appalachian regional hospital, appalachianfolk.com, arlan, block, blocks, coal, coal industry, coal miner, concrete, construction, conveyer, corporation, crush, crushing, d and c, d&c, d&c mining, d&c mining corp, dead, death, deid, dies, equiptment, family, friends, harlan, harlan appalachian regional, harlan co, harlan county, harlan regional hospital, health, herald leader, kentucky, ky, load, meade, mine, mine safety, miner, mining, mining accident, news, obituary, regional hospital, rome, rome meade, sad, safety, trailer, u.s. mine safety and health administration, underground, us, veteran, wilson, wilson meade

Its a sad day in Harlan County, Kentucky.Â Mr Wilson “Rome” Meade, a veteran underground coal miner, died last night

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I have been a coal miner for almost 35 year

October 30, 2008 admin 1974, al, alabama, america, co, coal, coal company, coal miner, company, contenient, county, electrician, harlan, harlan co, harlan county, january, middlesboro, mine, miner, mining, north, north america, north american contenient, ospital, retired, work, worked

I was in a hospital owned by the coal company that my dad worked for.Â After growing up and trying

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