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Author Cynthia Rylant was inspired by the time she spent with her grandparents to write her first book When I Was Young in the Mountains.
This week we re revisiting an episode of
Inside Appalachia that features children s authors in and from our region. We ll hear Cynthia Rylant, who wrote When I Was Young In The Mountains, David Perri, author of Messy Larry, and Bil Lepp reading from his recent children s book The Princess And The Pickup Truck, and Lyn Ford, a professional storyteller and children s educator, telling a story she wrote called The Old Woman and Death. And while these stories were written for children, like many children s stories, these stories have messages for all of us, including grown-ups.
This past weekend Eastern Kentuckians lost a prominent Appalachian activist and healthcare pioneer as Pike County native and Floyd County mainstay Eula Hall passed away.
On Saturday, May 8, Eastern Kentucky said goodbye to Eula Hall, as she passed away at her residence. Hall, age 93, of Craynor, widow of McKinley Hall, was born Oct. 29, 1927 in Greasy Creek, Pike County and since, has often been referred to as a âhero,â âlegendâ and many other celebratory adjectives for the trailblazing role she played throughout Eastern Kentucky.
Hall, who founded the Mud Creek Clinic, dedicated her life to helping others, a mission that took her from the picket line on strip mining jobs back in the 1960s to picket lines in Floyd County, when she was working to ensure all students had the right to free and reduced-priced lunches at school. Along the winding back roads of Floyd County, she transported people to and from medical appointments and other places they needed to go. Sh
Eastern Kentucky health clinic founder Eula Hall dead at 93 Share Updated: 4:31 PM EDT May 9, 2021 WLKY Digital Team
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 4:31 PM EDT May 9, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Eula Hall, who opened a clinic almost 50 years ago in Appalachia and never stopped trying to help others, has died. She was 93.Hall, of Craynor in Floyd County, Kentucky, died Saturday at her home, according to Hall Funeral Home in Martin.She founded the Mud Creek Clinic in 1973, bringing health care to a remote area, and continued working there until she died, news outlets reported. The clinic is now known as the Eula Hall Health Center and is operated by Big Sandy Health Care.“Eula Hall was one of Eastern Kentucky’s greatest saints, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, longtime representative of the region, said in a statement. “No challenge was greater than her courage to change the circumstanc
2021/05/09 22:58 CRAYNOR, Ky. (AP) Eula Hall, who opened a clinic almost 50 years ago in Appalachia and never stopped trying to help others, has died. She was 93. Hall, of Craynor in Floyd County, Kentucky, died Saturday at her home, according to Hall Funeral Home in Martin. She founded the Mud Creek Clinic in 1973, bringing health care to a remote area and continued working there until she died, news outlets reported. The clinic is now known as the Eula Hall Health Center and is operated by Big Sandy Health Care. “Eula Hall was one of Eastern Kentucky’s greatest saints, U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, longtime representative of the region, said in a statement. “No challenge was greater than her courage to change the circumstances of healthcare in the mountains. Driven by her own experience with poverty, Eula dedicated her life to ensuring every person had access to medical care, regardless of their ability to pay for services or pre