Show r W WOMAN CALL D AT AGE OF 69 sirs mrs samue L gregory died at her home in ih I 1 ir from a stroke of para a ysis sis on the of this month S sl e c had been ill for more than a y ar she was bor i in wilkes county north carolin j 69 years ago the ath of last F february breary she was the daughter f judge thomas myers and al curry she was in ried to samuel L gergory in it 1 73 3 in ill the town of her birth they embur emigrated ted to lamar co tex in 1881 where their son elijah B wh is now with the all miller il 11 berr floral borrall mcany was born sirs mrs gregoi grego and other mem mcm bers of lier her fa ily were nvere baptized into the chure of jesus christ of latter day sai ts at honey grove fannin co T x in 1896 there were no otlie othe members of the church then k kr wn un to live in that state and the i position aud and persecution se led to herious carcy the deceased s od beside her hus hand band who lia had not yet been baptized but wl li held id ait oit j ff in an an angry ary mob wit his shot gun and thus saved the ives of elder D C hess of farm aton and melvin 0 minor alinor dae ased ased of fairfi fairview ew utah about ap ij il 1896 pour four traveling vel ing eld elders ers ill had ad been taken from their home and shamefully beaten by a bvm m indirectly led by a baptist mini minister t er the decease decea deceased seq possessed strong qualities as a leader iader and the fam family was very r reluctantly luct antly dissuaded by the af mormon or 0 n church leaders from to utah until enfil they had helped to further establish the voak in texas and oklahoma Okla lioma du during which time pi their three eligible 1 lible daughters married non mormon men include in ing k the late ry RA A B richardson richardk sona a G A it ryuho who died in farmington one year yea ago mr and mac aggs gregory with their son elijh elijah B age 17 and daughter 0 If helen elela are age 1 7 arrived in Far farmington farringto mingto starch 29 1901 where mr gregory 14 immediately became the employee of ex gover nor simon B bamberger and has since reman rema inel almost continually a lagoon e employee ite loyce they have wen n noted for their honesty integrity integ integrity lity and thrift and comparative Aro ro havin having previously r be beep humble tenant cotton gr growers owe r for about twenty years they bough bought the old thomas grover place on i the corner of main and la lagoon 4 oil streets which they improved improve and on which elijah has als also a built a nice modern horne home y mr and airs Mrs gre Gregory 0 ory mali malf in an e tended extended visit t to their native hame in north carolina and their former home in the vicinity of mcalister okla within the last liiv I 1 w years the deceased was very active in genealogical 0 I 1 ud ind temple work she is I 1 by her husband and the follow ig g children mrs linnie G rich ads farmington B E B gregory local oc t chorister and member 0 of the farmington city council neil SI A s helen G davis of blackfoot da and sirs mrs mattie E G re R erts of mcalister okla she also has twenty two grand children nany of whom de except onal musical tal ent one son a id d four daughters prece proceeded eded her fier j i death funeral ser ses es were held day july at 2 p m in the farmington mi ABIT ting house there then was avery lar attendance from different parts f the county and outside places he floral offerings s were w ere re numero and beautiful T the he speakers fecere ere high councilman joseph C lam of the eleven th h ward of sal sa lake city and Pries president ident J D robinson bishop A L dark clark V ells hess edward cottrell and fred red abbott of farmington 11 M abbott represent ed the bambei bambe ger family in thi the absence of ex governor io vernor and mrs simon bamber who are in thi tha east marion A a arion I 1 ss sang 0 my ary father fathe aleco acc danied on the piano by y dora hess and prof clyde cl y de bendere ren derei a beautiful orgin al section on he violin alvin kiddington biddington Kidd ington am ail albert dangerfield of salt la e rendered a duet there is hope hop B beyond and mr keddington sa sari 0 love divine E F P richards richard C ered the opening prayer and dr e edmore B the benediction benedicti oi a president E B dark clark dedicated dedicate the grave and the closing prater was by john R walsh Aler bers rs of the high IM priests quorum quon im were pall bearers |