Here is the obit you requested for the following person: WATTENBARGE JACKSON C born: 11/06/1891 MALE TN died: KERN 05/17/1975 age: 83 requested by: jcmuckenfuss@yahoo.com The Bakersfield Californian Tuesday, May 20, 1975 P. 30 WATTENBARGER, J. C. - Services will be held in St. Mark's Methodist Church Wednesday at 10 a.m. for J. C. Wattenbarger, 83, 106 Linda Vista Drive, who died May 17. The Rev. D. V. C. Black will officiate and interment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Wattenbarger, a native of Tennessee, had resided in Kern County 49 years and was the founder of Wattenbarger Lumber and Hardware Co. He was one of the founders of St. Mark's Methodist Church and a charter member of Oildale rotary club. Survivors include the widow, Mamie; 3 sons, Ernest, Jim and Lloyd, all of Bakersfield; 3 brothers, Charles and Ira of Bakersfield and Glen of Tennessee; 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be James L. Wattenbarger, Don Wattenbarger, Jeff Wattenbarger, Jerry Wattenbarger, Doug Wattenbarger and Fred Simpson. Remembrances may be made to St. Mark's Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Greenlawn Mortuary Same paper, same day, same page: RITES SET FOR LUMBER FIRM HEAD Service will be held Wednesday for J. C. Wattenbarger, 83, 106 Linda Vista Drive, founder of J. C. Wattenbarger and Son lumber and hardware business. He died May 17. Service will be at 10 a.m. at St. Mark's Methodist Church. The Rev. D. V. C. Black, St. Mark's pastor, will officiate. Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Mr. Wattenbarger was born in Tennessee and moved to Kern County 49 years ago. He was a founder of St. Mark's and a charter member of Oildale Rotary Club. Survivors include the widow, Mamie; three sons, Ernest, Jim and Lloyd, all of Bakersfield; three brothers. Charlie and Ira, both Bakersfield and Glen, Tennessee; 11 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Don, Doug, James E., Jeff and Jerry Wattenbarger and Fred Simpson. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mark's Memorial Fund. Sharon Kern Co. Volunteer