2017-04-19

Dinner, rose for mothers



Go to our Facebook page for announcements and pictures posted after each event, www.facebook.com/pages/Hemphill Community-Center. A schedule of workshops for the “Back to our Appalachian Roots Project” will be published in this column each week and on our Facebook page. Please register for workshops. This will ensure there is a place for you and free materials for you to work […]

Angella McFall succumbs at 76



Angella Evone Mullins McFall, 76, died April 7 in Armada, Mich. A daughter of the late Hobert and Hazel V. Mullins, she was a grandmother of the late Jesse Lyle Salle. Surviving are her husband of 58 years, Daniel McFall; a son, Keith Mc- Fall; three daughters, Kathy Buckalew and husband Al, Karen Hawkins and husband John, and Kristie McFall; […]

Highlights of Fleming-Neon Hi



1941 Senior Will: We, the seniors of Fleming High, in the year ’41, being of sound mind and body, do hereby, before entering a new phase of life, wish to leave our most valuable possessions to those less fortunate than we. First, as a group, we wish to leave our promptness, vigor, sincerity and adaptability to the juniors. Then, with […]

Family attends church for Easter



Hello everyone! How was your Easter? I hope it was wonderful and you attended the church of your choice and the little ones got a visit from the Easter bunny. Easter Sunday I did something I haven’t done in quite some time. My daughter Angie and my 10-year-old sidekick Bennie Wiederhold and I all went to Harrison Nazarene Church. The […]

Services held for Chuck Blair



Chuck Blair, 55, of Sandlick, died April 11 at Hazard Appalachian Regional Hospital. He was a son of the late Carl Douglas and Betty Gail Whitaker Blair. Surviving are his wife, Teresa Nichols Blair; two sons, Lucas Anthony Blair and fiancée Erica Bailey of Mayking, and Noah Alexander Blair and wife Montana of Jeremiah; a brother, David Douglas Blair of […]

Speak Your Piece



Call 633-7508 from 9 am Tuesday to 9 am Friday. E-m@il address In addition to the telephone and the U.S. Mail, The Mountain Eagle accepts comments to Speak Your Piece by electronic mail. Our address is: mtneagle@bellsouth.net Of all the ridiculous and insulting threats low-level coal company officials have made in Letcher County over the years, I can think of […]

Services set for Carol Johnson



Carol Sue Meade Johnson, age 63 of Deane, died Sunday, April 16, at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. Born in Jackhorn to the late Quiller and Zelma Florence Church Meade, she was a sister of the late Lou Meade. She is survived by her husband, Hoby Johnson of Hammond, Ind.; a daughter, LeShana Johnson of Deane; a sister, Lee Ward of […]

Christine Roark, 86, dies



Funeral services for Christine Roark, 86, of Whitesburg, will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) in Whitesburg. Burial will follow in the Roark family cemetery at Linefork. Born in Kingscreek to the late Harrison and Ora Ison Boggs, she died April 16 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was the widow of Paul Glenn Roark, who died January 30, […]

Magistrates explain votes against coal, gas well fees



A week after the Letcher Fiscal Court deadlocked on an ordinance to create a business license for industries extracting non-renewable resources, magistrates defended their “no” votes by indicating the county attorney had advised them to vote against the ordinance. The ordinance, which would have charged coal companies, gas companies, stone companies and similar industries an amount equal to $2,500 for […]

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