Steve Cawood Was Always a Volunteer for Appalachia

Steve Cawood was always a volunteer for Appalachia

If you wanted to make a movie about the pain and progress of Kentucky’s Appalachiancoalfield in the last 60 years, a key role would be that of Stephen C. Cawood, the Pineville lawyerwho died of cancer Oct. 17, three days after he turned 82. My friend Steve was an activist and a lawyer for people victimized by the coal industry, but alsoa lawyer for coal companies he respected; briefly a politician, a cloak that didn’t quite fit him; andforever a…

Steve Cawood spent his life fighting for Appalachian coal miners in Eastern KY

Lawyer Stephen Cawood built one of the greatest bodies of work of any Kentuckian to protect Appalachians from the adverse effects of coal mining.

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