BURI PLAC Ashes- Mt Rainier Nat. Park WAOCCU Forrester, Maitre 'dGeorge Handlin Piles, born at Smithland, Kentucky, May 31st,1884. Dorothy Clara Piles, born at Smithland, Kentucky, Sept.5th, 1888. Maurice O. Piles, born at Engleville, Colo., Aug 20,1894; was adopted to Bucky O'Neill at Prescott, Ariz. in Dec.1898. Maggie Handlin Piles died at Prescott Dec 23rd 1898; T.B.;just after the adoption.When Mike Lucas was a baby he had trouble pronouncing Grandma orGrandpa so he called his granparents Ma and Pappy and it stuck.All family and children called them that.Pappy and Clara both had wavy strawberry blond hair. KateBartelmes has strawberry blond hair and her two children, Arieland Blair, have flaming red hair and auburn eyes. Everyone elsein the family had brown hair as adults. Pappy was only 5' 6"tall. Clara died in the 1918 flu epidemic.According to family tales, Pappy ran away from home at thirteenyears old. The family had a plantation in Kentucky bluegrasscountry . He stayed with a black gentleman who trained horsesfor the Kentucky Derby for a while and was trained to be along: CONT jockey . Joy Piles says he once rode in the KentuckyDerby. There are family pictures showing Pappy as a young childwith his black "mammy". jockey . Joy Piles says he once rode inthe Kentucky Derby. There are family pictures showing Pappy as ayoung child with his black "mammy."