Lisa D PiperAuthor J. Harold Utley is a retired federal coal mine inspector and surveyor and president of the Historical Society of Hopkins County. Utley has a passionate interest in the county's coal mining history and in 1993 was designated the official Hopkin County historian. Author Lisa D. Piper is a coal miner's daughter who enjoys learning and preserving the history of the Bluegrass State. She is the author of several Christian fiction novels as well as two non-fiction works. Read More Read Less