In a message dated 9/12/03 12:37:08 AM, [email protected] writes: > Ross, > > Thanks for that information on Ma Barker and her family. My step > father, Earl Ford, used to say his mother told him Ma. Barker > would look after him from time to time. I thought it was just > someone's imagination but it may be the truth after all. Since > they lived in Aurora at the same time as the Barkers. > > Barbara Marsh > I missed Ross' remarks on the Barkers. They are all buried in the McGhee area of Williams Timberlane (I think I have that right) Cemetery outside Welch OK. I've been told that since I was last there Ma and the boys have gained a headstone. Family lore has it that Q.P. McGhee, my grgrandmother's first cousin, gave permission for Ma & the boys to be buried there when no other place would permit it (and maybe at a time when Q.P., himself, was being sought by the FBI). I suppose it just seemed the logical place for Pa and whoever else there was. Ma got a bad rap. Leo