Officer Down Memorial Page

Though I never knew you I remember my mom speaking of you often and the hardships her family suffered because of your murder. She was left at 12 years of age to fend for herself because at that time there were no welfare or food stamps and my grandmother could not keep her children so she had to
pretty much give the older ones to people for domestic work for room and board so they would not die from starvation. This sounds like a made up story but it is the truth. My Mother married at 15 and had 9 children that lived and raise them all, alone with my Father of course. I wish I could have met you I never had a Grandfather. So rest in peace grandfathr your little girl did good.

Ruth Alice Shepherd Poindexter
Grand Daughter
December 14, 2009

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