This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mellor, Crain, Hickok, Curless, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7754 Message Board Post: Services Held For Mark Brown Struck down by heart failure, Mark Ray Brown, age 66, died Saturday, July 4, 1953 at his home in Rosamond. He was born August 4, 1889 in Sacramento, California and had been interested in mining a good part of his life. At the time of his death, he was a light equipment operator for the Kern Co. Road Dept. Mr. Brown was a member of F.O.E. Bakersfield Aerie No. 93 and had been a resident of Rosamond for the past three years. The family had formerly lived at the Golden Queen Housing. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marjory O. Brown, Rosamond; son, Paul Brown, of Boron; two daughters, Mrs. Theda Mellor and Mrs. Elsie Crain of Inglewood; mother, Mrs. Ella Hickok and sister Mrs. Bessie Curless, both of Rosamond, and four grand children. Funeral services were held in the O'Donnell Funeral Home on Tuesday, July 7, at 11:00 a.m. Officiant was the Rev. William R. Hedgepeth, formerly of Wayside Chapel, but now pastor of the Christian & Missionary Alliance Church of EI Monte Calif. Interment was in the Mojave Cemetery. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 09 Jul 1953