A story about ashes in Green Bay reveals a remarkable life well-lived
EL PASO — On the Green Bay night in September when the running back entered the interview room and told how the pendant holding his father’s ashes had flown off his necklace and into the end zone — with grounds crews still searching — it could steer a mind toward the obituary. When the obituary of Alvin Jones Sr. cascaded with details of great and good citizenship, plus the comments from far-flung witnesses to his life, it could steer a mind clear across Texas, beyond the vast sparseness to the vast lights around the doorsteps of Mexico and New Mexico.
