Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Dawson, Dearl April 28, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Dearl Dawson
Services: Tues., May 3, 10 a.m.

A Home Going Celebration will be held Tuesday, May 3, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., at 
Truth Tabernacle Church, 214 Hosking Ave., for the Reverend Dearl Dawson, 74, 
who went home to be with his Lord on April 28, with his family at his side. 

Brother Dawson, as he was known, was born May 17, 1930, in Granfield, 
Oklahoma, to Albert and Delia Dawson, and as the son of share crop farmers, 
moved many times during his childhood, following the crops. In 1949 he moved 
from Arizona to California with his family and was drafted into the United 
States Army during the Korean Conflict. After returning home to Weedpatch, he 
married Rita Mae Campbell in July of 1954. Brother Dawson began his ministry 
as Pastor of the First Jesus Name Church in Weedpatch in November 1956 and 
continued at Calvary Tabernacle in Bakersfield, until his death. He will be 
remembered as a loving and humble servant to people and to Christ. 

Brother Dawson was preceded in death by his first wife and the motehr of his 
chidlren, Rita mae Dawson in 1991 and by his second sife, Veneta Stamper 
Dawson in 2003 and by a daughter, Leah Dawson in 1967. He is survived by five 
children and three stepchildren; thirteen grandchildren and stepgrandchildren 
and one great-grandson, as well as numerous nieces, nephews and a host of 
friends and church family.

Visitation will be held Monday, May 2, from 12 until 8 p.m., at Calvary 
Tabernacle Church, 601 Panama Lane.

Webb-Sanders Funeral Home-Lindsay

(559) 562-3084 


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