The Los Angeles youth's grandparents, Paul and Kenny Jones, had raised him since he was about a year old, at the request of Kenny's son from an earlier marriage, who became the boy's father when he was only 17. Marquise's teenage mother did the best she could, Kenny said, but was simply unable to provide for him and her daughter. read more...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Child prodigy, grandmother show hidden face of poverty
On the surface, Marquise Cormier seems like an average teenager—he's happy, plays on his high school football team and likes going to parties. But underneath his 16-year-old shoulder pads is a weight of poverty and want brought on by the death of his grandfather and the severe illness of his grandmother.
The Los Angeles youth's grandparents, Paul and Kenny Jones, had raised him since he was about a year old, at the request of Kenny's son from an earlier marriage, who became the boy's father when he was only 17. Marquise's teenage mother did the best she could, Kenny said, but was simply unable to provide for him and her daughter. read more...
The Los Angeles youth's grandparents, Paul and Kenny Jones, had raised him since he was about a year old, at the request of Kenny's son from an earlier marriage, who became the boy's father when he was only 17. Marquise's teenage mother did the best she could, Kenny said, but was simply unable to provide for him and her daughter. read more...
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