Buddy Jones was about 4 years old the only time he remembers meeting his uncle Melvin Jones. Buddy lived in Farmington. He'd gone with other family members to Portales to help Melvin's family dig a water well. Melvin was 18 or 19. "I really don't remember much about him other than he was my Uncle Me lvin," Buddy said. About three years after that, in the summer of 1942,... ...read more read less