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In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler. Later in the song, she also mentions Van Lear, the larger community in which Butcher Hollow is located: My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines. All day long in the fields a-hoein corn [3] Butcher Hollow took the name of a nearby valley which was named for the local Butcher family. [4]
Loretta was famously born as a coal miner's daughter in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. She had seven siblings: Melvin, Herman, Willie "Jay" Lee, Donald, Peggy Sue, Betty, and Crystal Gayle.
Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, on April 14, 1932. [3] She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959). Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. [4]
The total population of the Van Lear postal district (including Butcher Hollow) is over 3000. The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her songs " Coal Miner's Daughter " and in the title song of her Van Lear Rose album, by Tyler Childers in the song "Coal" from his " Bottles and Bibles " album, and by Dwight ...
But my home never changed: my great-grandmother’s house, in the holler, in Jackson, Kentucky,” Vance wrote in the book. The 39-year-old senator rose to fame with the 2016 memoir, which many ...
The video also included footage taken from the replica of Lynn's childhood cabin in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Lynn reflected on the song and the video in a press statement: "It’s amazing how much has happened in the fifty years since ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ first came out and I'm extremely grateful to be given a part to play in the ...
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Coal Miner's Daughter is a 1980 American biographical musical film directed by Michael Apted and written by Tom Rickman.It follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn from her early teen years in a poor family and getting married at 15 to her rise as one of the most influential country musicians.