Ollie Bell Barber died in the New London School explosion on March 18, 1937. He was 12 years old.
He was born on February 8, 1925 in Canton, Texas to Robert Clifford Barber (1899-1933) and Mary Octavia Thompson (1901-1971). He had five siblings: Helen Rivers Barber Bagget, Ruby Viola Barber Sheppard, William Clifford Barber, Virgil LeRoy Barber and Mary Jewel Barber Hooper.
Ollie's cousin, Arden Leon Barber, also died in the explosion.
He was born on February 8, 1925 in Canton, Texas to Robert Clifford Barber (1899-1933) and Mary Octavia Thompson (1901-1971). He had five siblings: Helen Rivers Barber Bagget, Ruby Viola Barber Sheppard, William Clifford Barber, Virgil LeRoy Barber and Mary Jewel Barber Hooper.
Ollie's cousin, Arden Leon Barber, also died in the explosion.
Ollie Bell Barber died in the New London School explosion on March 18, 1937. He was 12 years old.
He was born on February 8, 1925 in Canton, Texas to Robert Clifford Barber (1899-1933) and Mary Octavia Thompson (1901-1971). He had five siblings: Helen Rivers Barber Bagget, Ruby Viola Barber Sheppard, William Clifford Barber, Virgil LeRoy Barber and Mary Jewel Barber Hooper.
Ollie's cousin, Arden Leon Barber, also died in the explosion.
He was born on February 8, 1925 in Canton, Texas to Robert Clifford Barber (1899-1933) and Mary Octavia Thompson (1901-1971). He had five siblings: Helen Rivers Barber Bagget, Ruby Viola Barber Sheppard, William Clifford Barber, Virgil LeRoy Barber and Mary Jewel Barber Hooper.
Ollie's cousin, Arden Leon Barber, also died in the explosion.
Bio by: Dennis Alan Deel
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Killed in the London, TX school natural gas explosion of 1937.
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