No services
Janet Sue Goodall, 63, Martinez, May 15 in Bakersfield. Cecil Martin Family Funeral Care.
Services pending
Arthur Avila, 65, Bakersfield, May 21. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Caleb Wade Blackburn, 33, Bakersfield, May 16. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Patricia Ann Daggett, 56, Bakersfield, May 18. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Francisco Gutierrez III, 65, Bakersfield, May 19. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Debra Mahan, 60, Bakersfield, May 19. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Shirley Nelson, 79, Bozeman, Mont., April 29. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
No services
Joe Ernest Frutos Jr., 59, Bakersfield, May 18. Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service.
Services pending
Victor Emmanuel Arcabos, 44, Bakersfield, May 18. Alma Funeral Home & Crematory.
Erin H. Brown, 92, Tehachapi, May 18. Wood Family Funeral Service.
Services pending
Jay Stanton, 95, Bakersfield, May 19. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
Stephanie M. Wilson, 17, Frazier Park, May 10. Kern River Family Mortuary.
Services pending
Aurita Matanguihan Capuno, 61, Bakersfield, May 17 in Bakersfield. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Sarbjit Kaur, 63, Bakersfield, May 16 in Bakersfield. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Surjit Kaur, 71, Bakersfield, May 16 in Bakersfield. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Steven Paul Lackey, 46, Bakersfield, May 16 in Bakersfield. Neptune Society Cremation.
No services
Richard K. Germer, 59, Avenal, May 15 in Bakersfield. Neptune Society Cremation.
Grover Harold Haring Jr., 85, Bakersfield, May 14. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Kenneth Turner, 79, Bakersfield, May 14. Bakersfield Funeral Home.
Services pending
No services
Lonai Marie Kinworthy, 66, Bakersfield, May 15. Neptune Society Cremation.
Jerome Douglas Lucas, 53, Bakersfield, May 7. Mish Funeral Home.
James Elmer Pryor, 86, Bakersfield, May 2. Mish Funeral Home.
Services pending
No services
Martha Camille Bleazard, 84, Bakersfield, May 13. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Services pending
John Arthur Cheever, 59, Bakersfield, May 4. Mission Family Mortuary.
Felicia Davis, 77, Bakersfield, May 13. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Services pending
Robert Alonzo Andrews, 77, Tehachapi, May 12 in Tehachapi. Wood Family Funeral Service, Tehachapi.
Dorothy Beck, 82, Bakersfield, May 1. Basham Funeral Care.
Roger Lee Brown, 75, Bakersfield, May 11. Mission Family Mortuary.
Maria DeJesus Calderon, 68, Bakersfield. May 10. Beloved Care Funeral Services.
Services pending
Dorothy Evelyn Godfrey, 87, Ridgecrest, May 10. Sierra Valley Mortuary.
Guy Reeves, 72, Bakersfield, May 12. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Marvin L. Wines Jr., 63, Bodfish, May 12. Sierra Valley Mortuary.
Services scheduled
Services pending
Jose Deniz Mejia, 94, Shafter, May 10. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Services scheduled
Clare Elizabeth Carter, 69, Bakersfield, May 8. Funeral service 2 p.m. May 14, Mission Family Mortuary. Mission Family Mortuary.
Ralph Wesley Miles, 72, Bakersfield, May 5. Visitation 4 to 6 p.m. May 13, Mission Family Mortuary. Funeral service 1 p.m. May 14, St. Francis Church. Mission Family Mortuary.
Services pending
Angel Bravo, infant, Bakersfield, May 7. Basham Funeral Care.
Albert Crisalli Jr., 60, Tehachapi, May 6 in Tehachapi. Basham Funeral Care.
Jo Ann Johnston, 76, Bakersfield, May 10. Basham Funeral Care.
Gordon L. Kibbey, 90, Bakersfield, May 8. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Services pending
Larry Ross Duncan, 70, Bakersfield, May 8. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
Willie Follins, 93, Bakersfield, May 8. Rucker's Mortuary.
Blas Torres Hernandez, 91, Lamont, May 8 in Bakersfield. Basham Funeral Care.
Dwight "Peachy" Leonard Jones, 55, Bakersfield, May 7. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Service.
No services
Royce Carl Haralson, 61, Bakersfield, April 30. Mish Funeral Home.
Ronald Eugene Wiseman, 82, Shafter, May 2 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
Services pending
Fern Ella Benson, 81, Bakersfield, May 7. Peters Funeral Home, Shafter.
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Authorities return cellphones to beating witnesses; video could be released Friday
Two cellphones confiscated last week from witnesses to the in-custody death of David Sal Silva were returned Wednesday to the attorney representing the witnesses.