Harlan County High School Kentucky Alumni Obituaries

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 loving loyal wife Kathy Riley Tackett of Mt. Vernon who survives him. He is also ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...