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<blockquote data-quote="ronny" data-source="post: 3656634" data-attributes="member: 8853">My Granny once told me the story (largely forgotten) of a relative who got hanged for stealing a horse in N. Carolina, where they were from.&nbsp; Family was forced to move (to N. Texas and finally S. Oklahoma) and change their family name from Tarr to Darr.&nbsp; I was a little boy at the time she told this, so a lot of detail is forgotten, but that was the gist of it.More recently (1930), one of Granny&#039;s brothers robbed the bank at Wirt and paid for it with a long stint in The Big House at McAlester.&nbsp; He was still there in the 50&#039;s.&nbsp; I think he died there.On the other hand, all 4 of my Mother&#039;s brothers went overseas during WWII and all made it back; 2 from Europe and 2 from the Pacific.That picture up there on the left is me at my Granny and Grandpa&#039;s old dirt farm 3 1/2 miles north of Healdton, where I was born.&nbsp; Some good days spent there.&nbsp; No Rockerfellers, Edisons or such.&nbsp; Just good old Okies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ronny, post: 3656634, member: 8853"] My Granny once told me the story (largely forgotten) of a relative who got hanged for stealing a horse in N. Carolina, where they were from. Family was forced to move (to N. Texas and finally S. Oklahoma) and change their family name from Tarr to Darr. I was a little boy at the time she told this, so a lot of detail is forgotten, but that was the gist of it. More recently (1930), one of Granny's brothers robbed the bank at Wirt and paid for it with a long stint in The Big House at McAlester. He was still there in the 50's. I think he died there. On the other hand, all 4 of my Mother's brothers went overseas during WWII and all made it back; 2 from Europe and 2 from the Pacific. That picture up there on the left is me at my Granny and Grandpa's old dirt farm 3 1/2 miles north of Healdton, where I was born. Some good days spent there. No Rockerfellers, Edisons or such. Just good old Okies. [/QUOTE]

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