LEE COUNTY, AL (WSFA) - The Poarch Band of Creek Indians has donated $184,000 for the funeral costs of the 23 people killed in Sunday’s tornado in Beauregard.
Coroner Bill Harris said the Tribe asked how much it would take to cover the costs of the funerals and they “graciously made it happen.”
“The Tribe is making a $184,000 donation to the East Alabama Medical Center Foundation to assist in the burial of the victims from last Sunday’s devastating tornado in Lee County, AL. It is at times of gr