Entered Into Eternal Rest Thursday, February 10, 1972
Bessie Wakefield-Lompoc, California

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. February 14 for Bessie Lee Wakefield, atthe McPeek Family Mortuary Chapel, Lompoc, California.

She died February 10 in Santa Barbara after an extended illness.

Burial was in Arroyo Grande cemetery, Arroyo Grande, California.

Mrs. Wakefield was born in Mt Vernon February 1, 1888, the daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth McCown McLaughlin. She had resided in Lompoc for the past 68 years. Her home address was 517 North D Street.

She was a member of the Rebekah Lodge for 50 years and the Companions of the Forest for 48 years.

Survivors include her husband Claude, a son, Ernest H. Brooks of Santa Barbara; four daughters, Mrs. Laura Genardini and Mrs. Ide Fisher, both of Goleta, California, Mrs. Evelyn Hughes of Orcutt, California and Mrs. Irene Nunes of Idaho Falls, Idaho; 9 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.

Officiating at the service was Rev. Kenneth Boyd of the First Presbyterian church.

Source: Mt. Vernon Register News Date: February 25, 1972 Submitted by: Geraldine Hughes Brown Relationship: Grandmother *NOTE* Year of birth should have been 1885. Early records show her as Elizabeth Lee McLaughlin, an affidavit of correction to her birth certicficate was made 30th November 1943. Her cousin, Inez M. Knox verified this .