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/7933 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot D-4, Sec. 25, Blk. 3 Interred: Sophia Thurman Color or race: Negro Age: 78 years, 1 month, 6 days Place of birth: Mississippi Date of birth: Jan. 30, 1887 Sex: F Place of death: Bakersfield, Calif Date of death: Mar. 6, 1965 Name and address of undertaker: Turner Funeral Home, Ridgecrest Calif Desert Memorial Park Block 3, Row I, Space 58 Headstone: Mother Sophia Thurman 1887 - 1965 Flower left of mother and in lower right corner, info in an oval.