Kern County Obituaries

Clarence Adams Thornburgh

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 1 Mar 1956

Sport Car Crash Kills Passenge
Clarence Adams Thornburgh, 32 a passenger in a Triumph TR-2 sport car, was 
killed last Wednesday evening, February 22, when the car driven by Carl L. 
Anker, went out of control and overturned pinning Thornburgh underneath.
The driver, Carl Anker, told highway patrol officer Byram he lost control of the 
car on the wet pavement of Rosamond Blvd. near the Edwards Air Force Base.	
Both men were taken to Edwards Base hospital and the body of Thornburgh was 
later removed to O'Donnell's Funeral Home in Mojave who later shipped it to 
Birmingham, Alabama for funeral services.