Kern County Obituaries

Barbara Faye Bent

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 15 Aug 1957

Mother, Two Tots Die In Boron Blaze
Tragedy greeted Clarence William Bent when he returned home last Sunday 
afternoon. Usually when he returned after only a short time away, he was 
greeted by his wife Catherine Faye, and the chubby arms of little 3 1/2 
year old Barbara Faye, and her big brother William Joseph who was going on 
five. But Sunday afternoon all he found was a smoldering mass of ruins. 
Reportedly the two children were already asleep in their little beds when 
the fire started and their mother was most likely napping also. None of the 
three were able to escape the flames. The Boron ambulance took them to the 
Mojave Hospital, where little Barbara Faye was pronounced dead upon arrival 
at 6:45 P.M.

Little William followed her that same night at 10:35. The mother hung on to 
life until Monday afternoon at 1:55 when she too followed her children into 
the Great Beyond. Now a stunned father and husband sits alone.

There will be a Visitation at the O'Donnell Funeral Home Wednesday evening, 
with joint services for the three at 10:00 A.M. Thursday at the Boron Community 
Baptist Church, the Rev. Reavis officiating.

Mrs. Bent is also survived two sisters and a brother, Mrs. June Elaine Gibson of 
Boron, Miss Wilma Doyle Claypool and the brother, Charles Earl Claypool.