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Clyde Barrow grave trivia:
When Buck was buried, his parents didn’t buy a headstone right away; legend has it, they were waiting for Clyde’s inevitable death before purchasing a stone.
Buck’s birth date is engraved incorrectly on the stone as 1905; he was born in 1903.
The epitaph “Gone but not forgotten” was Clyde’s idea.
Bonnie Parker never was buried there, although her brother Buster was a pallbearer at Buck’s funeral.
Henry and Cumie Barrow, Clyde’s parents, are buried near him.
Kristi Coleman was born and raised in Oak Cliff. She has been researching Oak Cliff Cemetery for about five years.
says. “but I tried to find some funny ones, too.”
Oak Cliff Cemetery
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