He attended school through the 3rd grade. Charley and his brother, Noah, were close. They inherited the family farm in 1950 but “let it go”. They were mountain men. Charley fiddled and Noah played guitar.

Charley was a natural story teller and he did so through his drawings, water colors and fiddle. His naïve type of telling stories of “haints” (ghosts), butchering, and everyday and special events of mountain people, are raw and refreshing.

 

 

 


 

 

Charles “Charley” Kinney (1906-1991)  
Vanceburg, Kentucky