Alan Jackson Concert To Benefit Families of Mining Disaster

Alan Jackson will dedicate his May 22 show at the Charleston (W. Va.) Civic Center to the families who lost loved ones in the Upper Big Branch Mining Disaster in Montcoal. Profits from the show will go towards the Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund, administrated by the West Virginia Council of Churches.
 
“We are thrilled that Alan Jackson, an entertainer who sings about the working family, has committed his upcoming show in Charleston to the families of the fallen miners at the Upper Big Branch mine,” said Rev. Dennis Sparks, Executive Director WV Council of Churches. “On Behalf of the Montcoal Mining Disaster Fund, thank you Alan and we look forward to a great concert in West Virginia.”
 
On April 5, 29 miners lost their lives and two were injured in the tragedy at the Upper Big Branch Mine, about 30 miles south of Charleston. It was the country’s worst mining disaster in four decades.