Ball, Ernie b. 1927 d. September 9, 2004 Music Pioneer. He was a pioneer maker of rock 'n' roll guitar strings used by legions of artists from the Rolling Stones to Merle Travis. His strings and instruments were used by music stars over the past four decades. Beginning with a small music shop in the San Fernando Valley, he built a business with annual sales of $40 million and a worldwide reputation. In 1958, Ball opened a shop in Tarzana that, uniquely, sold only guitars. In 1962, complaints from customers that they couldn't find...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Moody) San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
Newhouse, Rachel Lindsay b. June 16, 1978 d. November 12, 1998 Murder Victim. A student at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, where she majored in nutritional science. She disappeared about midnight on November 12, 1998, while walking home from a fraternity party at the Tortilla Flat Restaurant. Despite help from the public, nothing was heard from Newhouse until several months later when her body was found buried on the property of a convicted sexual offender named, Rex Allan Krebs. Krebs had spent most of his life...[Read More] (Bio by: K) San Luis Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
b. 1927 d. September 9, 2004
