Harlan County High School Kentucky Alumni Obituaries

Berton Caldwell age seventyfive of Keith Kentucky passed away at his home on Sunday January 18 2026. Bert one of six children born to Eli and Mahaley Brock Caldwell was born and raised in Harlan County. He attended Wallins High School. Bert began working at the age of sixteen. Having an excellent wo...

Elder Henry F. Butler Jr. was born on September 21 1951 in Harlan County Kentucky to the union of Henry Butler Sr. and Sarah Jane Tuggle Butler. He was the fifth of thirteen children raised in a large closeknit family. Henry attended Calumet High School in Gary Indiana where he distinguished himself...

Brian Keith Nantz age 58 of Morehead Kentucky formerly of Loyall passed away at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington on Sunday January 25 2026. Brian was born in Honolulu Hawaii on October 2 1967 to Olen and Rosa Jackson Nantz. His younger years were spent in Harlan County but the ...

Linda Murl Maiden Johnson, age 84, of Carterville, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Memory Care-Manor in Carbondale, Illinois. Born September 10, 1941 in Carrollton, Kentucky, she was the daughter of Harlan and Violet (Brophy) Maiden.Mrs. Johnson was a 1959 graduate of Carroll ...

Mr. James Elbert "Jim" Saylor age 80 of Scottsburg Indiana entered this life on January 3 1946 in Harlan County Kentucky. He was the loving son of the late Rufus and Annie Short Saylor. He moved to Indiana after he graduated from high school. On May 24 1975 he was united in marriage to Donna V. Jack...

Barbara Ann Elliott Yeager 89 of Campton. Kentucky died on November 27 2025. She was born on January 14 1936 in Harlan County Kentucky to the late Colston and Bonnie Elliott. After graduating from Knox County High School she married the late James E. Yeager Sr. in 1953. They had three sons the late ...

78 passed away December 3 2025. James was the son of William Samuel Campbell and Cora Lyttle Campbell born to them on December 12 1946 at home in Blake Star Coal Camp Alva Kentucky. James was a kind man much beloved by all who knew him. He was a dedicated member of Northside Baptist Church. James lo...

Gene Edward Prewitt, age 78, passed away peacefully on February 4, 2026, after spending his final days surrounded by family and friends who loved him dearly.Gene was born on November 3, 1947, in Harlan, Kentucky, to the late Elisha and Flossie (Adkins) Prewitt. He was raised in Jellico, Tennessee, b...

Earnest Dean Ernie Tackett of Mt. Vernon Kentucky was born on May 4 1944 in Jackhorn Letcher County Kentucky. He was the son of the late McKinley Tackett and Barbara Ellen Hall Tackett. He was united in marriage to his wife Kathy Riley Tackett of Mt. Vernon who survives him. He is also survived by t...