Kern County Obituaries Walter Barnes Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008 This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://calarchives4u.com/ These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. Source Unknown; 10 Jun 1954 Retired Boron Resident Passes Funeral services for Walter Barnes, who died in a Bakersfield hospital June 5, 1954, were held in O'Donnell Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, June 8, 1954, at 2 p.m. Mr. Barnes was born October 17, 1883, in Wilson County, Tennessee, and had been a resident of Boron for the past 10 years. He was a retired electrician. He is survived by his wife, Salena, of Boron, three sons, Thomas of Mojave, David A., of O'Fallon, Mo., and Buford A. of Desota, Mo.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary Clarston of Boron and Mrs. Edna Lavender of Elsinore, Mo. Also surviving is a stepson, Robert Willis of ;Mojave. Officiant of the service was Rev. Earl Reavis of the Boron Communtty Baptist Church,., soloist was Mr. Cecil Debord. Interment was in the Mojave cemetery.