The 51-year-old football coach admitted that he cries while discussing the federal fraud case against his wife Jen Shah on Wednesday s episode of The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City.
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| Updated: March 11, 2021, 3:03 p.m.
Marcus Jones said his Utah barbecue sauce and catering company launched in 2003, but it really began more than a century ago in Arkansas.
The Southern recipe originated with Jones’ great-grandfather, who passed it on to his grandmother Miss Essie. She passed it to her son, Manuel, who then launched the business with Jones a former University of Utah football player.
Miss Essie’s is one of dozens of Black-owned restaurants, food trucks, markets, caterers and producers in Utah.
A heightened push to back these businesses began last summer, when many consumers decided one way to fight racial inequity was to frequent Black-owned businesses. Since then, though, the focus has waned.
Brennan took his mom to the car dealership with the excuse the business was going to donate toys to her organization called “Team of Life.” Through the non-profit, Big Mama has been able to collect and distribute food, toys and joy to children and adults of all ages for nearly 40 years.
But today, it’s Miss Essie, as she is also known, who receives.
Miss Essie has served as a tentpole for her community for nearly four decades, sometimes neglecting her own needs, which is why local radio personality Alex “Big Lip” Chisholm stepped in and helped coordinate the gift.