Reply #40: I believe what the people around me believe! [View All]

Unusual Flooding and property damage!


Hi,

My name is Mary and I have really enjoyed visiting your website.
I was raised on Rum Creek. I have lived at Yolyn, Slagle and Dehue.
It is really a shame what has happened to all those mining communities. There used to be so many families there. Lots of good people. It is hard for people who have left there to comprehend what has been done to the mountains and the little towns by the coal companies.

12/12/01

HI,
MY MOTHER IS PATSY SMITH HALL FROM BLAIR WEST VIRGINIA, AND I THINK IT IS AWFUL THAT MY MOTHER, AUNTS AND UNCLES BIRTH PLACE AND HOME IS BEING DESTROYED BY A HEARTLESS COMPANY!! IT SADDENS US TO SEE THE PLACE WHERE MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS FROM BEING DESTROYED! MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED THERE, BEFORE MY GRANDPA DIED, AND MY GRANDMA MOVED TO CLEVELAND. MY GRANDPA PERSHING "PERK" SMITH IS BURRIED ON TOP OF BLAIR CEMETARY, AND HALF OF THE HEAD STONES ARE CRACKED, AND BROKEN, DUE TO THE BLASTS. WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE CAN BE SO RUTHLESS TO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT REST IN THEIR GRAVES?? AS FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, MY MOTHER IS VERY SAD. SHE WENT ALONG WITH HER SISTER NANCY, AND BROTHER PERK TO SHARPELS HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WAS A CHEERLEADER THERE, AND NOW ITS BEING DESTROYED. MY FAMILY HAS HAD TO MOVE AWAY, AND IT IS JUST SICK, BECAUSE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THERE WILL BE NO PLACE TO GO BACK TO. I USED TO LOVE TO GO THE THE SMITH FAMILY REUNION, AND HAVE MY MOM SHOW US WHERE SHE GREW UP, WHERE SHE PLAYED, AND WENT TO SCHOOL. THE NEXT TIME I GOT BACK, I PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO FIND MY GRANDPA PERKS GRAVE, DUE TO THE HEADSTONE BEING GONE. HE DIED WHEN MY MOM WAS 7, SO GOING TO HIS GRAVE IS THE ONLY THING I HAVE OF HIM, NOW I'LL HAVE NOTHING. ITS JUST SO SAD, THAT PEOPLE CARE MORE FOR MAKING A BUCK THEN THE HEARTS OF PEOPLE, AND THEIR PAST AND FUTURE..............
SINCERLY, SHELLEY HALL JACKSON

12/12/01

HI I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL ABOUT BLAIR, WHERE MY MOM IS FROM, AND AS I WAS LOOKING ON THIS SITE, I SEE THAT LAUREL CREEK IS AMONG THE PLACES OF MAJOR MINE BLASTS AS WELL. AGAIN I AM SADDEN, DUE TO THIS IS WHERE MY FATHER GREW UP, WITH HIS 4 BROTHERS, AND SISTER. IS WEST VIRGINIA GOING TO BE BLOWN OFF THE MAP??? I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS SITE, AND BECOME MORE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND SOMEONE WILL PUT AN END TO THIS!!

1/17/02

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