Kern County Obituaries

Betty Hodges Hixs

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 19 Jun 1947

TWO PEOPLE KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturuay night at about 11 o'clock a Dept of Water and Power car, driven by William 
Kenneth Johnson of Mojave, sideswiped a motorcycle carrying Charles Henderson, 
21, of Wilmington, who was driving it, and John McKee, 21, of Long Beach, 9 miles 
south of Mojave on Highway 6, both boys receiving badly broken right legs.
Riding with Johnson in the car 1 were Betty Hodges Hixs, 17, of Mojave, Edward 
Eugene Kelley, 22, of Gardin, Okla., who were instantly killed when the car rolled 
over in the ditch. Other occupants of the car were Doyle Hodges, and Peggy Kelly 
both of Mojave who were badly bruised, and shaken up. All the injured, were taken 
to the Tehachapi Hospital for treatment.
The accident occurred when Johnson's car tried to pass another car ahead of him 
and too late noticed the motorcycle coming. The car is a total wreck and Johnson 
is being held on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. Peggy Kelly is not doing so 
well as she is suffering from a bad concussion.