Thanks Roland. This is great. Donna At 02:52 PM 12/22/03 -0800, roland elliott wrote: > http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/index.html > > >==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== >Do NOT post virus notices to the list.

The following website will get you to where you want to go, and you can pick how much info you want to find out (this site is a technical site so it may have more than you need, but there is lots of good information here). http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/Quakes/nc40148755.htm -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Quake list It was taken off the ROOTSWEB server...not genealogical. I don't know if there is another. Perrin > Didn't there at one time exist a list for California quakes on > Rootsweb? Does anyone have the address for it? I am sure it is buzzing > right now if it still exists. > Thanks > Donna > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== Please use relevant subject lines.

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It was taken off the ROOTSWEB server...not genealogical. I don't know if there is another. Perrin > Didn't there at one time exist a list for California quakes on > Rootsweb? Does anyone have the address for it? I am sure it is buzzing > right now if it still exists. > Thanks > Donna > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > >

Didn't there at one time exist a list for California quakes on Rootsweb? Does anyone have the address for it? I am sure it is buzzing right now if it still exists. Thanks Donna

We felt it quite strongly in Bakersfield, too. We knew it had to be pretty far away because it wasn't a jolt, but waves that lasted 45 sec to a minute. --- [email protected] wrote: > > In a message dated 12/22/03 1:30:46 PM, > [email protected] writes: > > << Just checking to see if any one has any personal > experiences to report, you > > can write me private l;-)Dan > > [email protected] >> > > Dan......no personal experiences.......but We felt > it here all the way down > in San Diego! > Louise > > > ==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== > Do NOT post virus notices to the list. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

Just checking to see if any one has any personal experiences to report, you can write me private l;-)Dan [email protected]

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[Part 2 - Continued from Part 1] >Part 3 highlights "The Web of Interconnectedness" that had begun to >manifest itself in aboriginal California between 2500 and 1500 B.C. >These chapters address some of the most enduring and intriguing >themes in California archaeology and prehistory, from acorns and >obsidian to shamanism and rock art. Chapter 6, "A Changing World," >provides a cultural overview of this era, with its expanding >population and increased reliance upon acorns as a dietary mainstay. >A lengthy introduction to the harvesting, processing, and >nutritional attributes of acorns adds significantly to earlier >discussions of the vital role that mobility and the exploitation of >seasonally available resources played in the subsistence strategies >of these societies. Other diagnostic features of this period >include a gendered division of labor, the emergence of increasingly >complex forms of social and political organization (tribelets and >chieftanship), and the long-distance exchange of prestige items that >signal the development of politico-economic alliances and a gradual >transition away from egalitarian, to ranked, society. "The >Seductive Stone" (chapter 7) focuses on obsidian as a trade good and >unparalleled material for the manufacture of razor-sharp blades. >Fagan also provides a very readable explanation of obsidian sourcing >and hydration techniques that can identify the stone's original >quarry site and the approximate timeframe during which it was >worked. Chapters 8 and 9 turn our attention to the realms of the >supernatural and the mysteries of rock art, respectively. The first >of these chapters speaks to a fundamental example of cultural >continuity in Native California--a rich tradition of animistic >beliefs, coupled with reliance upon the powerful figure of the >shaman to mediate between the human and spirit worlds. The >fragmentary nature of the archaeological record becomes more >apparent in these discussions of cosmology and expressive culture, >where related behaviors and beliefs are far more difficult to >confidently reconstruct, and where ethnohistorical data, >ethnographic analogy, and culture theory play more straightforward >and pivotal roles in the interpretive process. This is particularly >evident in chapter 9, "Art on the Rocks." The study of prehistoric >art in California, as well as the rest of the world, is animated by >conflicting and often controversial theories and interpretations. >Both this chapter and the one preceding it strengthen _Before >California_, not only because their subject matter makes for >important and fascinating reading, but also because Fagan is >forthright in his approach, introducing the various arguments, while >simultaneously allowing his readers to know that his own analytical >biases and interpretations inform his presentation of the material. > >Part 4, "A Crowded World," describes the period of 1500 B.C. to A.D. >1542. Five of the six chapters in this section detail distinctive >regional traditions still flourishing at the time of European >contact. These diverse traditions are grouped by chapter into broad >geographic categories: "The Northwest: Dugouts and Salmon," "San >Francisco Bay: A Landscape of Mounds," "Central Valley and >Foothills: Realm of the Rivers," "The South and Southeast: Coast, >Hinterland, and Desert," and "Santa Barbara Channel: The World of >the Tomol."[3] Fagan's literary style is at its best here, as he >interweaves a century of California archaeology with ethnographic >descriptions that make palpable these ancient voices, landscapes, >and life ways. The following passage sets the stage for chapter 11: >"A.D. 500. The falling afternoon tide leaves bubbling mud in its >train. A few reeds poke through the brown mire. Narrow fingers of >gravelly sand and boulders extend into the marsh. Densely packed >clam beds gleam in the sun. Three women and their children move >slowly in a line across the exposed beds, deftly prying fresh clams >from their resting places, throwing them into large baskets at their >feet" (p. 244). > >These opening scenes help readers to crystallize a human image of >the societies whose cultures are described in a more inanimate, >archaeological context throughout the remainder of each chapter. >Using cultural ecology as an explanatory framework, Fagan shows how >societies living within the same basic environment typically shared >a primary reliance upon a shared natural resource (or set of >resources) common to that region--such as acorns, salmon, or >cactus--yet developed their own distinctive technologies, social >institutions, languages, and customs. The same archaeologists and >sites introduced in earlier time periods and chapters are revisited >in this section, showing continuities and transformations from the >Paleo-Indian through the Late Prehistoric Periods, while also >highlighting the array of interdisciplinary scientific techniques >used in contemporary archaeology. Throughout the entire book, Fagan >employs the more familiar and unassuming first-person voice when >explaining highly technical material, like the analysis of deep-sea >cores to reconstruct the shifting California coastline or the >examination of skeletal pathologies as indices of dietary health or >human violence. Occasionally referring to his own web searches or >difficulty in making sense of specialized literature, he brings his >readers along as equals, on what is clearly his own voyage of >discovery. > >Part 4 includes the book's final chapter, "Entrada," which sets the >stage for European exploration and conquest. It also brings the >story of prehistoric California to a close, with just a glimpse at >the enormous devastation indigenous peoples and cultures would >suffer from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries.[4] > >_Before California_ is a welcome addition to the popular literature >on California history and culture. It fills an obvious gap on the >shelves of public libraries, bookstores, secondary schools, and >museum gift shops. With supplementary readings drawn from more >scholarly sources, it is also suitable as a core text for college >and university courses in California Studies, Native American >Studies, and Archaeology. However, instructors who adopt the book >for such use will have to run a certain amount of interference to >correct imbalances and errors. > >The book strongly favors Southern California, both its inland and >coastal cultures, but particularly the latter. The Chumash and >their ancestors receive the lion's share of attention--a fact that >is hardly surprising, given that this is Fagan's home turf. Still, >two areas of the state seem especially neglected by comparison and >yet both boast a long history of significant archaeological >investigation. One of these under-discussed areas includes those >portions of the Great Basin that lie within the geopolitical >boundary of California. Fagan rarely touches upon this tradition, >except in his discussion of rock art. Perhaps he was bowing to the >anthropological convention that separates the California and Great >Basin "culture areas," but general readers will be completely >unaware that much of the territory on the eastern side of the Sierra >Nevada falls within another corpus of scholarly research and >literature. And while his treatment of Northern California is >weaker overall by comparison to the southern reaches of the state, >Northeastern and North Central California are given particularly >slim coverage. These problems seem slight by comparison to other >errors that plague this first edition. The most unfortunate of these >involves Cora Du Bois, ethnographer of the Wintu and the Ghost Dance >of 1870. Her name appears in the text, notes, and index as >"Charles" Du Bois. Cora Du Bois conducted ethnographic research in >the early 1930s under Kroeber's supervision at Berkeley, before >moving on to Harvard, where she became the first woman >anthropologist in her department to be tenured. Another important >contributor to California anthropology is Carobeth Laird, whose name >appears on page 330 as "Caroline Beard" and whose book about her >marriage to J. P. Harrington, _Encounter with an Angry God_, >receives no citation whatsoever in the entire text.[5] The >discussion of Central California archaeology and Sacramento City >College needs to note that Robert Heizer not only visited and >excavated sites in the Cosumnes River Valley while he was at >Berkeley, but that "the start of his illustrious career" (p. 273) in >California archaeology was at Sacramento City College where he >completed much of his undergraduate anthropology work; he already >knew intimately both Lillard and the shell mounds along the >Sacramento Valley's riparian corridors, when "news of the Windmiller >discoveries reached [him at] Berkeley" (p. 273).[6] Numerous >typographical and related errors are also found throughout the book, >such as "Shasha" (p. 277) rather than Shasta; "Columnes" (p. 281) >rather than Cosumnes; "Carrillo" (p. 292) instead of Cabrillo; and a >textual reference to box 9.1 (p. 202) that should refer, it seems, >to box 9.2, "Sally's Rock and a Shaman's Quest" (p. 205). Perhaps >some of these problems can be corrected before publication of the >paperback version. Such an effort would greatly enhance the value >of _Before California_ for both the general reading public and the >many students of California archaeology who will be drawn, by this >introductory text, into the scholarly ranks of the next generation. > >Notes > >[1]. Scholarly syntheses and edited volumes on Native California >prehistory and/or society include Michael J. Moratto, _California >Archaeology_ (Orlando: Academic Press, 1984); Joseph L. Chartkoff >and Kerry Kona Chartkoff, _The Archaeology of California_ (Stanford: >Stanford University Press, 1984); Robert F. Heizer, ed., _Handbook >of North American Indians_, vol. 8, _California_ (Washington: >Smithsonian Institution, 1978); and Alfred L. Kroeber, _Handbook of >the Indians of California_ (Washington: Bureau of American >Ethnology, 1925). > >[2]. The author notes that he is writing from a western scientific >perspective that privileges a linear construction of history and >often conflicts with the origin stories of Native California. > >[3]. "Tomol" is the Chumash word for planked canoe. > >[4]. On p. 359, Fagan refers to the brass plate found at Drake's Bay >in 1934 and its "questionable authenticity." While this book was in >press, an article by E. Von der Porten, R. Aker, R. W. Allen, and J. >M. Spitze, "Who Made Drake's Plate of Brass?" appeared in >_California History_ 81(2): pp. 116-133. It describes the >elaborate hoax that fooled historians and scientists for over forty >years; scholarly references to this plate can now be laid fully to >rest. > >[5]. Carobeth Laird, _Encounter with an Angry God_ (Banning: Malki >Museum Press, 1975). > >[6]. Arlean H. Towne, _A History of Central California Archaeology, >1880-1940_ (Salinas: Coyote Press, 1984). > > > Copyright (c) 2003 by H-Net, all rights reserved. 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[This is Part 1 of 2 of this message] Hi folks, Having read several books by Brian Fagan, I can recommend this before having actually read it. Fagan is one of those interdisciplinarians who use history, climatology, archaeology, geology, and whatever other discipline is necessary to bring his subject matter into clear focus. Fagan has covered a large variety of subject matter in his books, as you can tell by perusing this list <http://www.allbookstores.com/browse/Author/Fagan,%20Brian>. I don't endorse the bookseller, as I know nothing about it, but do yourselves a big favor if you're interested in California before the white man came, and buy this book. [No, I also have no financial interest in the sales of Fagan's books. <grin>] Enjoy, and Happy Holidays, Carol in Tucson >X-Sent-Via: DakotaCom.NET >Delivered-To: [email protected] >X-Sender: [email protected] >Approved-By: Reviews account <[email protected]> >Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:39:19 -0500 >Reply-To: H-Net Review Project Distribution List <[email protected]> >Sender: H-Net Review Project Distribution List <[email protected]> >From: H-Net Reviews <[email protected]> >Subject: Castaneda on Fagan, _Before California_ >To: [email protected] >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.4 required=5.0 > tests=APPROVED_BY,AWL,USER_AGENT_PINE > version=2.55 >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) > >H-NET BOOK REVIEW >Published by [email protected] (October 2003) > >Brian Fagan. _Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our >Earliest Inhabitants_. Lanham and Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield, >2003. xvi + 400 pp. Tables, illustrations, maps, notes, references, >index. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 0-7425-2794-8. > >Reviewed for H-California by Terri Castaneda, Department of >Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento > >In Uncharted Waters: Fagan Pens a Popular Account of Prehistoric >California > >_Before California_ is a narrative account of aboriginal California >prior to the arrival of Spanish explorers. Chronicling more than >13,000 years of human adaptation to the diverse and changing >landscape, this book offers an introduction to both the prehistory >of California and the history of California archaeology, from the >early-twentieth-century excavation of Emeryville and Cosumnes River >Valley shell mounds to the twenty-first-century dominance of the >field by Cultural Resource Management (CRM). Written at the >introductory level, it is the first comprehensive guide to >California archaeology and prehistory designed for a general >audience. > >The story of prehistoric California is not an easy one to tell. >Given the enormous breadth of cultural and linguistic diversity >present in California at the time of European contact, and the huge >body of highly specialized research addressing our still fragmentary >understanding of these cultures, it is no wonder that few writers >have undertaken such a monumental book project as this. But author >Brian Fagan brings considerable experience to this effort. Trained >at Cambridge in Old World and African archaeology, for more than a >quarter century he has been doing the difficult and >under-appreciated work of translating often turgid and inaccessible >scholarship into highly readable books that recruit undergraduate >majors to the discipline in droves and bolster public support for >archaeological research and preservation. He has also been at this >business long enough to know that while praise for popular >archaeological writing is rare, criticism is absolutely >inescapable--whether it arises out of professional jealousy or a >legitimate concern with the sort of surface skimming and scholarly >distillation that broad, synthetic works require. A significant >portion of this book's preface and opening chapter address the >commentary Fagan expects to receive from scholars of California >archaeology and prehistory. He wants his readership to know that >the Executive Board of the Society for California Archaeology (SCA) >invited him to write this text; their endorsement is prominently >displayed on the back cover of the book jacket. Although he is not a >California archaeologist, Fagan clearly nurtures an abiding interest >in the aboriginal peoples who settled the area of California he >calls home. For three decades, he has been navigating the coastal >waters that fringe the western edge of UC Santa Barbara, where he is >professor emeritus of anthropology. This nautical pastime and >fascination with maritime culture permeates _Before California_ from >beginning to end, such that it often reads more like a literary >tribute to the ancient seafaring people in whose wake he now sails >than a comprehensive prehistory of the vast area that was to become >California. > >Fagan unfolds his story in the style of an epic drama that begins in >the centuries prior to 11,000 B.C., as humans are making their first >appearance on the continent, and closes ominously in 1542, with the >fateful anchoring of Spanish ships along the California coastline. >Organized in four parts, the text follows a basic chronological >format, with regional adaptations and common cultural themes built >out from this temporal scaffolding. Part 1 is entitled "The >Archaeologist's Tale." Its sole chapter, "A Stream of Time," >sketches this long and complicated trajectory, offering readers a >helpful outline of what is to follow in much greater detail. This >first chapter also serves another important purpose; here, Fagan >introduces basic archaeological principles and techniques, reviews >earlier comprehensive works on California prehistory, and presents >important ethnohistorical data, including maps of contemporary >tribal territories, linguistic divisions, and demographic >distributions at the time of European contact.[1] This critical >ethnographic data underpins virtually all of the scholarship on >Native California, although Fagan makes only passing reference to it >in the pages that follow, either because it falls outside the scope >of his narrative or because he deems it too confusing for a lay >readership. Nonetheless, more serious students of Native California >will find themselves needing to refer back to this material in order >to follow the logic behind various analyses and interpretations >discussed in later chapters. Part 1 also identifies "three >underlying currents" that run throughout the entire text, tying >together the broad chronological periods and diverse adaptations >expressed in ancient California society: a cultural continuity >grounded in constant mobility, a web of social and economic exchange >or "interconnectedness," and a complex system of spiritual beliefs >in which supernatural beings and practices occupied a center stage >that archaeological science can never fully reconstruct. With these >preliminary matters behind him, Fagan turns to "Beginnings." > >The four chapters in part 2 bring the story of primordial California >forward to approximately 2500 B.C. Conservative interpretations of >the archaeological record indicate that humans began entering the >continent at least 15,000 years ago, as part of a long migratory >process lasting thousands of years.[2] This was facilitated by a now >submerged expanse of territory called Beringia, which formed a land >bridge between Siberia and Alaska during the Late Ice Age, when sea >levels were lower. Although we have come to recognize the >widespread presence of Paleo-Indians across the North American >landscape based upon a diagnostic set of artifacts--fluted stone >projectile points--Fagan is careful to dispel popular stereotypes of >these people as primitive "big game hunters." While Pleistocene >mega-fauna clearly formed a part of their diet, these >hunter-gatherer populations were expert at exploiting seasonal plant >and smaller animal resources in a wide variety of environmental >contexts, including those of prehistoric California. By at least >11,000 B.C., this part of the continent had been peopled, as part of >a slow migration by multiple bands, over many generations, moving >out of Beringia and Alaska, onto the Great Plains, and then westward >across the Great Basin and into California. The archaeological >record currently offers scant evidence in support of alternative >hypotheses that point to possible movement by land and sea, along >the shores of Beringia, the Northwest Coast, and eventually down to >California. Sites that might yield evidence of such a migratory >path are long submerged under the Pacific Ocean, which during the >Late Ice Age extended as much as sixteen miles west of its current >location. Shifting coastlines and rising sea levels takes center >stage in the three remaining chapters of this section, as Fagan >tacks back and forth between coastal, mainland, and offshore >settlements, describing the earliest Californians as we know them >from archaeological sites that date from 11,000 to 6500 B.C. In a >pattern that continues throughout the book, each of these chapters >features an ethnographic vignette that brings fully to life the >everyday world of prehistoric Californians engaged in a host of >subsistence activities: hunting seals and gathering mollusks near >Bodega Bay; using baskets and milling stones to gather and process >grass and other plant seeds in the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada >foothills; or hunting seals, sea lions, and dolphins at Eel Point. >Fagan anchors his discussion of these early peoples and adaptations >to a limited set of archaeological sites that, by virtue of >long-term occupation and excellent stratigraphy, help to define and >demonstrate continuity and change in both the social and physical >environment. While his intensive focus upon locales like Elkhorn >Slough, Skyrocket, and the Channel Islands automatically deselects >equally representative sites from the reader's line of vision, >perhaps leaving the false impression that California is lacking in a >much richer corpus of archaeological settings and scholarship, this >strategy is necessary for a general readership. By returning again >and again to the same scientists and field sites, Fagan not only >provides his readers with a better understanding of the >archaeological process itself, he gives them a more coherent and >manageable portrait of the ecological changes, technological >innovations, and social processes that characterized much larger >regional patterns. [End of Part 1] Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> Honest Intellectual Inquiry <http://www.dakotacom.net/~depriest>

Dear Listers, Beginning this week, I will be on vacation from lookups for Kern Co until the first part of Feb. I have all lookups completed that have been requested of me and with the holidays fast approaching, I really must focus upon hearth and home. After the holidays, from the 5th of Jan to the 1st of Feb, I will be visiting my son's family in the Washington, DC area. I will still be checking my email and list mail and as always, I will be keeping a list of requests and do them when I return to Kern Co., CA. I hope everyone enjoys the holiday season and gets that brick wall broken down for their Christmas/Hannukah gift! Marry Christmas Happy Hannukah Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

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Here is the obit you requested for the following person: Jack Esi Liege Died October 17, 1985 in Kern County, CA requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, October 19, 1985 Liege, Jack Edward - Funeral services will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. in the Shafter Russian Molokan Church for Jack Edward Liege, 68, who died October 17 in the Delano Hospital after a short illness. Rev. William Nazaroff will officiate and interment will follow in the Shafter Cemetery. Mr. Liege was a native of Phoenix, Arizona and had lived in this area most of his life. He was a self employed labor contractor for the past 27 years and was well known in the Shafter, Wasco and Delano areas. He was a long-time active member of the Shafter Russian Molokan church. Survivors include his beloved wife, Sima Liege; his devoted children, Jack J. Liege and Stella Liege, all of Delano; and a host friends. Mish funeral Home - Shafter was in charge of all arrangements. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WOOD ANNA ELIZABETH born: 07/24/1909 F TEXAS father: LAY died: KERN 07/25/1997 ag: 88 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Sunday, July 27, 1997 Anna Elizabeth Wood Services: Tuesday, July 10, 10 a.m. Anna Elizabeth Wood, McFarland, Age 88, passed away July 24, 1997, in Delano. Born July 24, 1909, in Texas. Long time resident of McFarland, she was a homemaker. Viewing will be Monday, July 18 at Park View Mortuary 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Tues., July 29. Graveside services will be held at North Kern Cemetery, Delano Tues., July 29 at 10 a.m. Rev. Roger Mendez will officiate. Mrs. Wood is preceded in death by her husband, Otho Wood, and her son and daughter-in-law, Wendell and Barbara Wood and great grandson, Jake William Wood. She is survived by her children, Doris Wood and Sandra Wood of McFarland, Marilynn and Frank LaMar of Bakersfield, and Jerry and Joyce Wood of Okmulgee, OK. She leaves grandchildren, Linda and Doug Ray, and Vic and Helen LaMar of McFarland, Janan and Craig Martin of San Springs, CA and Jerald Wood of Okaulgee, OK. She also leaves great grandchildren, Bill Sawyer, Shane LaMar, Cody Martin and Jerad Wood and one great great grandchild, Cody Haralson. She is survived by sisters, Della Wade of LaMesa, TX, Mattie Holland of Martinez, CA, Juanita Johnson of Lancaster and Margaret Hobbs of Bakersfield and one brother, Vernon Lay of Eureka, CA. She leaves numerous nieces and nephews. She was a very caring and loving mother and "Granny Annie" and will be deeply missed. May you rest in peace, Granny. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: HARRIS SARAH ELVADA nf – Bak Ca. born: 01/23/1893 F TEXAS died; KERN 03/03/1988 age: 95 yrs requested by: [email protected] Kern Valley Sun, Thursday, March 10, 1988 Sarah E. Harris - A funeral service was conducted Monday, March 7 at the Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella for Sarah E. Harris, of Bodfish. Officiating was Reverend Francis Edge, Pastor of Pentecostal Lighthouse of Lake Isabella. Mrs. Harris passed away March 3 in Ridgecrest. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roy, deceased in 1985 and survived by her daughter Ollie Mae Feemaster of Bodfish. Sarah Harris was the great granddaughter of Civil War General Braxton Bragg for whom Ft. Bragg in North Carolina is named. Born January 23, 1893, in Arlington, Texas, Sarah E. Harris was 95. Interment at Kern River Valley Cemetery. Arrangements by Valley Mortuary. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: DAVIS JAMES P born: 10/02/1901 M OKLAHOMA died: KERN 02/23/1977 Arvin age: 75 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Thursday, February 24, 1977 Davis, James Preston - Services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the gospel tabernacle Church in Arvin for James Preston Davis, 75, 248 Monroe Street, Arvin, who died February 22. The Reverend Billy Lawrence will officiate. Interment will be in Arvin District Cemetery. Mr. Davis, a native of Ft. Gibson, Okla. lived in Arvin 36 years. He was last employed by Magunden Gin Co. Survivors include two sons, Jack of Ada, Okla. and Thurman of Arvin; six daughters, Lorine Jones of Caruthers, Willie Mae Jones of Lamont, Jodie Hayes of Tehachapi, Corrine Taylor of West Covina, Mary Barrett and Daina Claiborne of Bakersfield; 34 grandchildren, 42 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Mike, James, Donald and Mark Brownen, Terry Barrett, Gary Jones. J.W. Sams & Sons Funeral Home, Arvin. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: TIPPIN ELMER born: 04/09/1890 M KANSAS died: KERN 12/22/1976 age: 86 yrs The Bakersfield Californian, Friday, December 24, 1976 Tippin, Elmer - Services were held in Greenlawn Memorial Park today at 1 p.m. for Elmer Tippin, 86, 2930 Center Street who died December 22 in Bakersfield. The reverend Thomas Toler officiated. Mr. Tippin, a native of Kansas, resided in Kern County 25 years. He was last employed as a grocery clerk at the Center Street Market. Survivors include the widow, Pearl; a son, Dean Tippin of Bakersfield; a daughter, Evelyn Scott of Nevada; and 2 grandsons. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: KAVANAGH LOLA G born: 04/08/1875 F TEXAS father: GIBSON died: KERN 03/21/1957 age: 81 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Friday, March 22, 1957 Kavanaugh, Lola G. - Funeral services will be held at 2p.m. tomorrow in the Fowler-Anderson Funeral Home, Alameda, for Lola G. Kavanaugh, 81, 2504 Pine Street, who died March 21 in a local hospital. The deceased was a native of Texas and had lived in Bakersfield the past 5 years. She was the widow of the late George W. Kavanaugh. She was a member and past matron of Hayward Chapter 361 OES in Hayward, past deputy grand matron of Alameda County and past president of Hill and Valley Club of Hayward. She was a member of the local First Methodist church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. David Green of 2405 Pine Street; a son, Joseph Kavanaugh of Alameda; 4 grandchildren, George and Thomas Green of Bakersfield and Carol Kavanaugh of Alameda and Kathleen Kavanaugh of Seattle, Wash.; a sister, Mrs. Lillian G. Winter of Oakland. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara were in charge of local arrangements. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: JAEGER JOHN born: 06/16/1908 M ILLINOIS mother: JAEGER father; JAEGER died: KERN 07/25/1950 age: 42 yrs requested by: [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Thursday, July 27, 1950 Jaeger, John - Services for John Jaeger, 43, 604 Walls Street, Taft, who died Tuesday after an industrial accident, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Greenlawn Chapel with the Reverend George Shutts officiating. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Jaeger, an oil worker was born in Hungary and lived here 4 years. He is survived by his widow Ava Jaeger, sons John and David; daughter, Diana, all of Bakersfield. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer

Here is the obit you requested for the following person: MERRYFIELD CHARLES born: 12/26/1867 M KANSAS died: KERN 08/02/1945 age: 77 yrs [email protected] The Bakersfield Californian, Friday, August 3, 1945 Merryfield, Charles - Funeral services for Charles Merryfield, 77, who died Thursday at Greenfield will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hopson Mortuary with the Reverend Charlie Opie officiating. Interment will be in Union Cemetery. Sharon Kern Co Volunteer