# Loretta Lynn and Jack White - "Van Lear Rose"

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 12, 2004, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynn-and-jack-white-van-lear-rose/244754 "2004-05-12T07:31:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loretta-lynn-and-jack-white-van-lear-rose/244754/21 "2004-05-14T18:34:03Z")

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> [@DoctorJ](#):
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> BTW, Van Lear, KY is the little “town” that Loretta came from; I use quotes around “town” because it’s basically a post office not too far from Paintsville. You can still (or could still, as of a few years ago) follow the signs to Loretta’s childhood home.

My grandfather and great-grandfather went to Van Lear as soon as it was built (1910) to work in the newly opened coal mines. They left a few years later. Apparently the mines ran 40 or 50 years, and after the mines went away, Van Lear became almost a ghost town. I never knew Loretta Lynn was from Van Lear until this album came out - “Butcher Holler” is just outside of town. I am now enjoying thoughts of my grandfather hanging out with Loretta Lynn’s grandfather.

The [Van Lear Historical Society](http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8004/) has a proudly presented and quite interesting website.

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