Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Hunt, James Hayden     January 14, 2006
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The Bakersfield Californian
Hunt, James Hayden    
 
James Hayden Hunt 
Oct. 29, 1906 - Jan. 14, 2006 

Mr. Hunt was born in Gaddis Town, Georgia. He spent his childhood on the 
family farm in the mountains of North Georgia and lived in Ohio periodically 
from 1916 to 1919. He left home to "seek his fortune" at age 16. His father 
objected to his first job working on the railroad. He then found work on a 
celery farm in Ohio. In 1926 he visited his sister and brother-in-law, Blanche 
and Evan Payne, in Taft, California. His first job in the oilfields was with 
the Honolulu Oil Company. He attended automobile school in Akron, Ohio and 
returned to Taft in 1928 having married Amy Payne, his wife of 60 years who 
predeceased him in 1988. On September 11, 1928 he took a job as a roustabout 
at the Belridge Oil Company. He moved his family to the Belridge Oil Lease in 
1945. He liked his work and his family liked Belridge. He retired from 
Belridge in 1971 as Field Manager and he and Amy moved back to Taft. Several 
years after his retirement he returned to work for Belridge as a drilling 
consultant until the company was sold to Shell Oil, in 1979. After that, he 
continued to consult on drilling projects with Bob Crozier. He is survived by 
his sister, Grace of Blairsville, Georgia; his daughter, Barbara of Los 
Angeles; his daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Andy Thomas of Alexander 
City, Alabama; his grandchildren, Susan Reeds Taylor, Hunt Thomas, James 
Reeds, Kitty Thomas Bingham, Jean Reeds Cook and James Thomas and nine great-
grandchildren. A graveside service was held Wednesday, January 18, at West 
Side District Cemetery, in Taft. Any contributions to the West Kern Oil Museum 
in Taft would be appreciated. 

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/20/2006.  


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