Kern County Obituaries

Thomas C. Hudson

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 12 Apr 1956

Tractor Accident Fatal To Civilian
AFFTC, Edawrds AF Base,
6 Apr 56. Thomas C. Hudson, 59 year old civilian employee with the Air 
Installations Organization at Edwards AF Base, California, was killed Thursday 
morning when a caterpillar tractor he was driving for loading on a truck bed struck 
him as it fell off a trailer. 
Hudson, a heavy equipment operator at Edwards since 1949, was loading the tractor 
on a tilt trailer. The tractor slipped on the trailer skids and fell to the ground. Hudson, 
a resident of Rosamond for the past eight years, is survived by his wife, Louise, a son, 
Tom Jr., and a daughter, Mrs. Wanda Sandberg. His son and daughter, both work at 
Edwards AF Base. 
Funeral services were held in Mojave under the direction of the O'Donnell Funeral 
Home with interment in the Mojave Cemetery.