Southfield — In sizing up Mel Farr’s life and influence, sorting out particular segments could tie anyone in a knot.
Yes, of course, football celebrity begot opportunity. And afterward, business opportunity crafted one of Metro Detroit’s all-time colorful profiles as a great Lions running back became even more of a community fixture with his car dealerships.
But that would miss everything else about a remarkable man, athlete, and personality who died Aug. 3 and whose funeral farewell Thursday was celebrated — and that is the word — by some 1,500 people at Christian Tabernacle Church.