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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Dad: Motorcycle Sale To Pay For Daughter's Funeral

Jimmy Jones Jr. can't afford to bury his 2-year-old daughter, who died when two brick buildings collapsed in a small town in Arkansas

Jimmy Jones Jr. has to bury his 2-year-old daughter, and may have to trade in his motorcycle to pay for it.

With not much else to his name, the 20-year-old father said that may be the only way he can afford funeral arrangements for Alissa, who died Monday in the rubble when two brick buildings collapsed in a small town in central Arkansas.

Jones Jr. talked briefly about his daughter Tuesday, sitting in a Morrilton park where he last played with her two days before. He rolled up his shirt sleeve to show a tattoo of Alissa's image on his left arm. And he thought of his friends with young children.

"I hope they never have to go through this," he said.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Makes no sense. The owners of the buildings would be liable, not the parent.

Alex said...

Very sad, I hope that enough money is raised after the article runs.