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Perry woman featured in HBO documentary dies

December 24, 2010 admin 1 Comment american, bascum, bowling, county, documentary, hbo, herald, hollow, iree, jim, kennedy, leader, lexington, mudlick, obituary, perry, rory, saul, warren

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

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A 7 year old Litle Boy's Memories of his father's death

April 12, 2010 admin 2 Comments 1944, appalachia, bean, blast, boy, crushed, death, died, fall, father, fork, garmeda, hise, Jack, jack p hise, kentucky, killed, ky, middlesboro, mine, obituary, ospital, slate, work

The memories that remain in my mind of my father are still a haunting memory. It was January 1944 that

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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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