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The town is the birthplace of country singer Loretta Lynn, who paid tribute to the community in the song "Coal Miner's Daughter", which begins with the lyrics Well, I was born'd a coal miner's daughter. 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:
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).
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 ...
The home in the 200 block of 24th Avenue N., near Music Row, is worth about $1 million. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Country music legend Loretta Lynn buried, public ...
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.
Loretta Lynn in Nashville, Tenn., on Feb. 10, 2016. Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, died Oct. 4 at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90.
Scenes were also shot in Loretta Lynn's Madison, Tennessee, home on Barbara Drive. [7] The replica of Lynn's home in Butcher Hollow, built at Bottom Fork, Letcher County, Kentucky, was burned by arsonists. It was on the front porch of that house that Levon Helm, drummer and singer of the rock group The Band, made his acting debut as Lynn's ...
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