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    1. Re: [KYHARLAN] Family cemetery in Kitts
    2. There are a couple cemeteries in Kitts but as I understand they are over grown with weeds from lack of care. The cemetery is just a stones throw from Harlan on Highway 38 going towards Evarts. The highway has been redone and is now considered very safe. The road was in very bad condition for many years, being two land lanes with all the twists and turns. So many people were killed at dead mans curve located as u entered Kitts, finally after many years and deaths on highway 38 it got a face lift that should have been done years ago. Kitts Cemetery is small cemetery and served the Kitts community since the mid 1900s. Lige Howard Cemetery is also located at Kitts. All the towns between Harlan to Evarts were mining camps will be located right off the Highway. Kitts is very, very small and most if not all is torn down now and where the camp houses once stood is now grown over. Harlan County got it's first cemetery in 1927 Resthaven. Another one was proposed the same year on the Will Cornett property located on the Harlan, Pineville Road. Here is a quote from that article. "Harlan County people needs a chance to place their love ones in an excellent cemetery instead of having to bury them here and there or where ever they can buy a lot." Not a complete list Buried there Kitts Cemetery James Owens Daniel Barley Charles Delph Elmer Delph E.Day Lige Howard Cemetery, Kitts E. Day

    09/29/2005 07:49:30