Western Heights Cemetery

Clyde Barrow was killed near Arcadia, Louisiana, on May 23, 1934, and brought home to Dallas, where thousands lined up outside a Ross Avenue funeral home to see his body. Texas Escapes, quoting a preacher who helped plan the service, says the graveside funeral at Western Heights began at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 25, with officers and crowds in the streets and an ice cream vendor at the gate. Rev. Cliff Andrews spoke the last words. Barrow's brother Buck, who died of wounds in 1933, lies beside him. Bonnie Parker was buried in her family's plot.

What the plaque says

Western Heights Cemetery Located on part of the original William Coombes Survey, burials in this cemetery date to the 1850s. Originally known as Troth, it was formally dedicated in 1881, when land was set aside for a "graveyard forever" by Z.E. Coombes and W.R. Fisher. Pioneers interred here include W.R. Fisher, Z.E. Coombes, John and Rosina Loupot, Mary Ellen Cole Tuggle, and Heinrich and Anna Struck. Also buried here are veterans of the Civil War and World Wars I and II, and Clyde and Buck Barrow. Trinity Oaks Church of Christ maintains the historic cemetery. (1988)

Where it stands

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