Good day, All...
Those of you interested in the Barren Fork Mining community (in McCreary
County) might like to read a poem about it that I have just added to the
McCreary website. It is linked from the Barren Fork Cemetery page at;
It is a very touching piece written by Reva Dean Draughn, a descendant of
some of the folks who lived at Barren Fork.
Margy
The following appeared in the June 20, 2000 edition of the McCreary County
Record. I thought it very interesting and thought you all might agree.
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"Hello Darling!"
The words brought tears to many eyes as a letter, lost for nearly 40 years,
was delivered to remaining family members last week.
Richard "Eugene" Spradlin of Strunk wa a patient in the Louisville Veterans
Hospital in 1960 when he wrote a letter to his wife Della Mae. Dell