GRAVETTE FAMILY COPES WITH SON’S DEATH
Posted: December 25, 2009 at 4:53 a.m.
Sometimes, while driving around town, Lori Russell will pass a car with No. 56 painted on its rear window in shoe polish. Then, there was the day when her youngest daughter, Lana, was in the car and noticed the thermostat indicated it was 56 degrees outside. Almost immediately — as if someone was trying to cover up a secret that had been discovered — the temperature changed. Over the past three months, Blaine Russell and his wife have seen their son’s former Gravette jersey number in odd places — parking lots, football fields and on collection jars at the grocery store.
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Sports, Pages 9 on 12/25/2009
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