Hammond’s lifelong service spans education faith and family
Evelyn Little recalls Hammond as a devoted educator who hired her and loved kids. At 79 he became the Anglican Orthodox Church’s oldest priest, now pastoring a Ventura County church that meets in a Seventh-day Adventist facility. He serves homes and hospitals, celebrates 58 years of marriage, has two sons and four older children, and a new baptism, with Richland-Lerdo School District and Dr. Harold Freedman noting the profile.
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Evelyn Little
Shafter
Hammond
St. Mark's Episcopal Mission
Fillmore
California
Ventura
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Margery
Reg
Reg Jr
Sevilla
Bob
Lisa
Naval Academy
Navy
San Diego
Holister
Richland-Lerdo
Harold Freedman
Creech Led Pastors in California Communities for Decades
The obituary notes that Creech pastored at Delano Christian Assembly from 1983 to 1989 and then led Shafter Christian for 31 years after relocating with Linda to Shafter in 1989. Survived by Linda Creech of Shafter, his mother Gail Creech of Roseville, brother Kenneth Creech of Coos Bay Oregon, sisters Connie Shenefield of Roseville and Gaylene Creech.
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Delano Christian Assembly
Linda
Shafter
Shafter Christian
Linda Creech
His
Bakersfield
Gail Creech
Roseville
Kenneth Creech
Coos Bay
Oregon
Connie Shenefield
Gaylene Creech
Clare Bell 80 Shafter native dies after long service record
Clare Orr Bell of Shafter died January 16 in Bakersfield at 80. He served in the Air Force 1941 1946 and 1948 1949, later owned a Miners Oaks service station and milk delivery route. He married Madeline Hedge in Nashville October 9, 1944 and supported Ojai Humane Society. He is survived by sons James and ae Bell, daughters Irene Thompson and Betty Brown, plus nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral was conducted by Peters Funeral Home in Shafter.
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Peters Funeral Home
Clare
Jack” Orr Bell
Shafter
Bakersfield
Jim Williams
First Southern Baptist Church of
Elgin
North Dakota
James and
Marie (Downard) Bell
Spear Fish
Air Force
Ojai
Nashville
Tennessee
Madeline Hedge
Royal Oaks
Shell and Gulf
Miners Oaks
Bell
Every Day is Special Birthdays and Anniversary List
Happy Birthday to Elio Crame on January 31 and Becky Perrine. An An thony Fenderson and Christine Fenderson share January 12 and 20. January 8 and 10 mark anniversaries for Don and Peggy Fenderson. Other birthdays include Ashley, Diane Givens, Ashley Roden, Candie and Rebecca Givens. Call the society editor with more dates.
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Don
Peggy Fenderson
Anthony Fenderson
Christine Fenderson
Ashley
Don Childress
Elio Crame
Becky Perrine
Love
Diane Givens
Ashley Roden
Candie
Rebecca Givens
Bran
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Pace
Creech
Kimberl Sineri
DDS
W. Kern
McFarland
Sonya
Maria
Sineri
Julie
Isabel
Habla Espafiol
Sante
Screen & Glass
Chester Avenue
Central Avenue
Wasco
High Street
Delano
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