Residents fondly recall Jones after her recent death
Photo by Chris Sykes From left, Irvington High School head football coach and current Malcolm X. Shabazz High School in Newark head football coach Darnell Grant sits beside Essex County Freeholder Lebby Jones on Friday, Oct. 5, at the Irvington NAACP annual Freedom Fund Banquet fundraiser at Metropolitan Baptist Church on Springfield Avenue. Jones and Grant were honored by the Irvington NAACP at this year’s fundraising event. Jones died on Wednesday, Jan. 9.