Kern County Obituaries

Earl Cochran Phelps

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 21 Oct 1954

Deer Hunter Found Dead In Mountains
Earl Cochran Phelps, 48, of Tehachapi, was found dead by an 8 man search party at 
11 a.m. Tuesday, October 19. His body was found one mile southeast of the 
Cummings ranch home in Miller Canyon with a forked horn deer strapped to his 
back.
He and his hunting partner, Bob Freeman; Jr. of 414 So. Green St., Tehachapi, were 
hunting on the Cummings ranch nine miles southwest of Tehachapi on Monday,
October 8, and when Phelps failed to return, Bob started the search for him.	
An autopsy revealed the fact that Phelps died of a heart attack and the body was 
brought to the O'Donnell Funeral Home in Mojave.
Survivors include his wife, Gertrude, and a daughter, Winota, 16, of 316 Mojave 
St., Tehachapi; his father, Ernest C. Phelps of Shasta County and a brother, Jean, in 
the U. S. Navy.	
Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) in the First Baptist Church in 
Tehachapi with Mr. R. M. Blackwood officiating. Interment will be in the Tehachapi 
cemetery.