Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days. Shelby Lee Adams Esther Renee Adams was born on her ...
In the late 1700s, settlers were just starting to explore the land we today call Kentucky. To get there, they'd take the Wilderness Road across the Cumberland River at a shallow point just past a gap ...