Kern County Obituaries

James Phillip Mattingly

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 15 Feb 1940

Old Resident Passes On
Another of Mojave's old pioneers has passed into the great Beyond. Mr. James 
Phillip Mattingly, 73, who came to Mojave in 1923 was born in Omaha, Neb., on 
February 12, 1867 and although not a veteran thought so much of the flag that at his 
burial it was lowered to half-mast at the cemetary and on the public buildings.
He leaves his wife and a daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Bernard Finin, and a 
grandson, Jimmie Finin, to mourn his passing.
He was a member of the Modern Woodsmen Lodge of Lancaster, and had been ill 
for more than a year prior to his death. He was the oldest of eight children. He married 
his wife Emma on July 21, 1920, no children were born to this union. His little 
grandson, Jimmie, always affectionately called him "The Boss".
Coming to Mojave in 1923 he built the Elite hotel which was later entirely destroyed 
by fire. Nothing daunted he and his good wife set to work to retrieve their loss, and 
together they built a new building which is today functioning as the Elite Hotel in 
Mojave.
Burial was in the local cemetery from the St. Mary's of the Desert Catholic Church 
with Rev. Father O'Shea officiating after the Rosary had been said for him at the 
Chapel in Lancaster by Father Kennedy. Altar boys were Raymond Temple and 
Patrick Wolfe.