Here is the obit you requested for the following person: SMITH MELVIN PAUL born: 02/29/1912 M CALIFORNIA mother: DAY father: SMITH died: KERN 06/26/1940 age: 28 yrs requested by: dbohrman@prodigy.net The Bakersfield Californian Thursday, June 27, 1940 Pg. 15 Smith Funeral Set for Friday Morning Funeral services for Melvin P. Smith, 28, well-known local resident who died Wednesday, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Flickinger-Degier chapel with the Reverend William E. Patrick officiating. Cremation will follow in Bakersfield Memorial Park Mausoleum. A guard of honor will be composed of the following honorary pallbearers: O. D. Williams, Jr., Francis Watson, Wilkie Hamlin, Jack Maguire, Leslie T. Vice and Robert Wardwell. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com