This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rodgers, Dodd, Noble, Haworth Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/CY.2ADI/255 Message Board Post: EARL RODGERS, VICTIM OF TRAIN-TRUCK CRASH, DIES Victim Never Regained Consciousness After Crash Earl H. Rodgers, 57, injured Sunday evening at the Colonia road intersection when his truck was hit by the Southern Pacific Daylight limited coming into Oxnard, died this morning at 4:20 o’clock at St. John’s hospital. Rodgers never regained consciousness. Funeral services have been set tentatively for Friday. Definite arrangements are dependent upon relatives, his brother, J. G. Rodgers, stated this morning. The deceased was a member of Oxnard Lodge No. 341, F. & A. M., and also of Oxnard Chapter No. 86, Royal Arch Masons. He had served two years as high priest of the chapter. A year ago he was a write-in candidate for the Oxnard city council and served a year as president of the Oxnard Indoor ball league. For the past 12 years he had been associated with his brother in the chicken business, previous to that being connected with the Southern California Edison company. He had lived in this section for 16 years, spending some of that period in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. Besides his wife [Sue Haworth], Rodgers leaves three brothers, J. G. of Oxnard, Charles of Broomfield [Bloomfield], N. J., Dolph of Wellsberg, West Va,; two sisters, Mrs. Monde Dodd of West Virginia and Mrs. Willadda Noble of Noble Penn. The accident occurred when the train hit Rodgers’ truck as it was coming west from Colonia Gardens. A fractured right leg, concussion of the brain, and cuts and lacerations were sustained by the deceased. Oxnard Courier Tuesday, May 7, 1935 - Thanks, Charles, for your time and effort