1930 CENSUS SAYS LUTHER WAS A TEAMSTER WORKING
DIFFERENT JOBS .
IN 1946-1953 BILL HYATT JR REMEMBERS:
THAT THE FAMILY LIVED ON FARLEY HILL. THAT LUTHER
AND HIS SONS JOE AND JL WERE HORSE TRADERS , HORSE
TRAINERS AND COAL MINERS. THAT THE HORSES WON A
"TON" OF RIBBONS EVERY TIME THE WENT TO HORSE
SHOW. THAT THE HORSES WERE GENERALLY DECORATED
UP WITH RIBBONS. THE HOUSE AND BARN ACROSS THE DIRT
ROAD AND GARDEN BESIDE THE HOUSE WAS OWNED BY A
LARGE COAL COMPANY AND LEASED. THE HOUSE WAS A
WOOD FRAME ON ROCK PILLARS UNDER WHICH BILL JR AND
HIS SISTER SHIRLEY PLAYED FOR MANY HOURS ON THE DRY
DIRT WITH LITTLE METAL CARS ETC. THE HOUSE HAD A
CREEK BEHIND IT ABOUT 20 FEET LOWER THAN THE BACK
PORCH. GRANDMA MAUD AND MOTHER MINNIE WOULD
CARRY HOT TUBS OF WATER TO THE BACK PORCH OR
BACK YARD FOR WASHING. THEY CREATED "LYE" SOAP IN
THE BACK YARD. YOU WOULD HAVE TO WALK ACROSS THE
CREEK AND UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL TO VISIT THE
"OUTHOUSE" BUT IN THE NIGHT IF YOU NEEDED TO "GO"
THEY HAD A "CONTAINER" IN THE HOUSE YOU COULD USE
WHICH WOULD BE EMPTIED IN THE MORNING.