Barker Morehead
1924 - 1997 (73 years)Person ID: I14547 | Last Modified: 5 Jul 2024
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Name Barker Morehead Nickname Moose Gender Male Birth 30 Jan 1924 Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA 
Died 15 Jul 1997 Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Buried Anahuac Cemetery, Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA [1] -
Parents
Father Thomas Barker Morehead, Sr. (ID:I14542)
b. 17 Apr 1886, Lexington, Lee County, Texas, USA
d. 20 Aug 1962, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA (Age 76 years) Mother Katie Mae Fisher (ID:I14535)
b. 29 Nov 1894, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA
d. 27 Dec 1957, Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA (Age 63 years) Marriage 26 Dec 1912 Matagorda, Matagorda County, Texas, USA 
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters -
Family
Wife Martha Jane Townsend (ID:I14630)
b. 20 Mar 1924, Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
d. 13 Sep 2009, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA (Age 85 years)
Marriage 31 Dec 1946 Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Age at Marriage Barker : 22 years - Martha : 22 years. (Were Married 50 years). Children 1. Living (ID:I14631)2. Living (ID:I14632)3. 
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Event Map
Birth - 30 Jan 1924 - Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, USA 
Marriage - 31 Dec 1946 - Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA 
Died - 15 Jul 1997 - Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA 
Buried - - Anahuac Cemetery, Anahuac, Chambers County, Texas, USA = Link to Google Earth 
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Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10916951/barker_morehead.
Barker was the youngest child of Thomas Barker and Katie Mae Fisher. His sisters were Alarah, Villa Mae, and his brother was Jack. His parents divorced when he was a teenager. He graduated from Anahuac High School when he was 16, lied about his age (with his mother's permission) so that he could join the Army Air Corps. He learned to fly, and was a cargo pilot during World War 2. He was mostly over in New Guinea. He sent money home to support his mother and his sisters. (His brother joined the Marines and was at Iwo Jima). After the war, he was asked to fly for Pennsylvania Central Airlines, which merged with Capital Airlines. He met his wife, Marty Townsend, who was a stewardess. They married and had 3 children. Capital merged with United Airlines in 1961. Barker retired in 1984, #1 in seniority on United. His oldest son James, retired from United Airlines. His youngest child, Glen, retired from Shell Oil. His daughter, JoAnne, married and moved to Pennsylvania, and has since divorced and moved to Florida. Barker's life was basically one of "rags to riches", but he never became arrogant, and never forgot his humble beginnings and was kind to everyone. He died of lung cancer in 1997. His wife, Marty, died in 2009 of vascular dementia.
