Kern County Obituaries

William A. Mattox

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 21 Aug 1952

Former Judge Dies in L.A.
WILLIAM A. MATTOX.
Another of Mojave's old-time residents has passed on, one who will be remembered 
by the majority or her citizens for the past 20 years for his kindly ways and pleasant 
manners. Judge William A. Mattox, as he was familiarly known to folks here, was 
born October 10, 1872 in Edinburg, Ill. and came to Mojave September 11, 1930 
where he accepted employment with the Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power, a 
position he held for 8 years, until October 15, 1938, when he retired. Prior to coming 
to work for the Department he had been in the employ of the Knights of Phythias 
Lodge.	
After his retirement, he ran for and was elected Justice of the Peace and successfully 
served in that position for eight consecutive years, retiring in 1947 on account of 
illness.
His health, failed visibly after his retirement from the Bench, he suffered three 
strokes with long periods of illness in between. His residence was next door to the 
new Maxwell building on the corner of Cerro Gordo and J Street. He died in the 
General Hospital in Los Angeles on August 1, 1952.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ruby Carawan of Los Angeles and a son, 
William Forest Mattox of San Francisco.