Mother of Cowboys owner
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS October 23, 2012 6:16PM
In a photo, date not known, provided by the Dallas Cowboys, Arminta Jones, left, stands with her son Jerry Jones, the owner of NFL football's Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys said in a statement that Arminta Jones, 90, died Tuesday morning, Oct. 23, 2012, in Dallas after celebrating her birthday last week with her family. She lived in Rogersville, Mo. (AP Photo/The Dallas Cowboys)
Updated: November 25, 2012 11:51AM
DALLAS — Arminta Jones, the mother of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, has died. She was 90.
The Cowboys said in a statement that Arminta Jones died Tuesday morning in Dallas after celebrating her birthday last week with her family. She lived in Rogersville, Mo.
Jerry Jones is one of Arminta Jones’ two children. She was married to Pat Jones for 56 years until Jerry Jones’ father died at age 77 in 1997.
Arminta Jones was born in Ozan, Ark., on Oct. 17, 1922. Jerry Jones played football at Arkansas before making his fortune in the oil business. He bought the Cowboys in 1989.
The team said Arminta Jones was “a great ambassador for our organization.”
AP
