Pictured above are Carl Lively, right, who started working in a mine on Windrock Mountain north of Oliver Springs in 1939, when he was 16, and Manuel Tinker, who was born on top of the mountain and later worked in the mines.
WINDROCK MOUNTAIN—Volunteers who have worked for months to build a wall honoring more than 1,000 miners who once worked on Windrock Mountain north of Oliver Springs will have a dedication ceremony this afternoon.
The dedication and reception for the Coal Miners Memorial is scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. today (Saturday) at Lower Windrock in front of Union Valley Baptist Church.
Descendants of Windrock coal miners, retired miners, and many others have worked together raising money to build the red brick and granite wall. The names of more than 1,000 Windrock coal miners have been engraved into the granite.
Everyone is invited to attend. Organizers said they hope many people will come to honor their family miner.
Refreshments will be served from 2 to 3 p.m. in the fellowship building at the church, and the dedication is from 3 to 4 p.m.
Organizers encouraged those who attend to bring lawn chairs and cameras.
The Union Valley Baptist Church is at the end of Windrock Road in Oliver Springs.
Volunteers, miners, and family members of miners are pictured above at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Coal Miners Memorial on Windrock Mountain in November.
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