I believe that Congress can help by bringing the tax dollars that we have sent to Washington, back to Southeast Missouri. Federal appropriations for better roads, bridges and ports. The agencies that serve us need offices and facilities and those need to be built here, where the un-employment is high. Funding for education means a prepared work force and jobs! This requires cooperation and comprom
ise in Congress, not the gridlock we have now. If you agree, call or click today to learn how you can help. Barbara was born in Pennsylvania and lived with her grandparents while her father, Clarence Ewing Hamill, served in WWII. After he returned home the family moved to Wheeling, WV where Barbara graduated from high school and attended West Virginia University. After graduation she married William Witherspoon and they had three children who are now grown and live in Missouri. After the marriage broke up, she moved back to Morgantown as a single mom, to work and attend graduate school at West Virginia University. Barbara came to Missouri in 1972 with a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry to work in medical research at Washington University Medical School. She moved from academia to the corporate world and worked for Ralston Purina and Monsanto. She married Richard Stocker in 1979 and they live in Jefferson County with three dogs and a cat. Now retired, Barbara works part time as a tax preparer and enjoys gardening, knitting, cooking, reading, nutrition, rehabbing houses and traveling. As a patriot and citizen, Barbara could not stand by while the gridlock in Washington destroys all that she and her family had sacrificed and worked for. A champion of Social Security and American Workers, Barbara will work to bring jobs to SEMO and common decency to Washington.
