This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8403 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: A-6, Sec. 30, Blk. 3 Interred: Barney McCoy Color: Negro Age: 72 years, 11 months, 27 days Place of birth: Arkansas Date of birth: April 4, 1895 Sex: M Place of death: Ridgecrest CA Date of death: April 1, 1968 Name and address of undertaker: Turner Funeral Home, Ridgecrest CA Note: Birth date on funeral homes records do not match date on headstone Desert Memorial Park Block 3, Row K, Space 6 Headstone: Barney McCoy Arkansas Co H 814 Pioneer Inf World War I April 4, 1890 April 1, 1968 Standard military headstone, metal, raided letters Note: I went to cemetery to verify date on headstone - it does read April 4, 1890