This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown, Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/8015 Message Board Post: Mr. Giddings, Cantil Resident Passes Away Mr. Lawson Giddings, 72, passed away May 12 at his ranch in Cantil. His wife, Lilyan, thinking: perhaps he could be revived with medical aid, brought him to the Mojave Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. He was born August 24, 1882 in Pasadena, the eldest child of a large pioneer family. Lawson was a member of the F. & A. M. of Pasadena and had retired, some years ago as manager of the Mt. View Cemetery. Survivors include his widow, Lilyan, Cantil, mother, Jennie H. of Pasadena; three brothers, Levi W., Laguna Beach; J. Reed and Paul, Pasadena; two sisters, June Glddmgs of Long Beach and Blanche Brown, Pasadena. Private funeral services were conducted by the Masonic fraternity at the Mt. View Cemetery Chapel followed by cremation. Arrangements were handled by O'Donnell Funeral Home. Posted by East Kern Genealogical Society Courtesy of Mojave Desert News California City, Kern, CA Published: 19 May 1955