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Show FORMER RESIDENT DIES IN COALVILLE George H. Nix, 93, oldest resident re-sident of Coalville, died at his home in Coalville Tuesday at noon of causes incident to age. Mr. Nix was born in Dorisby, Lincolnshire, England, September Septem-ber 13, 1952 a son of Thomas and Mary Banks Nix. He came to Utah with his parents and his grandparents at the age of 3 and lived in Tooele. As a young man he worked in the mines in Bingham and Park City and in logging camps of the upper Weber river. In 1893 he married Susan Mayne at South Cottonwood. They were later married in the Salt Lake LDS temple. Mrs. Nix died six weeks ago at the age of 85. In 1914 Mr. Nix moved to Bingham, where he was employed employ-ed by the Utah Copper company until 1940. At the age of 82 he retired and moved to Coalville, where he has since made his home. Mr. Nix spent the latter years of his life as an active LDS church worker, especially in the Salt Lake LDS temple, where he was a temple worker. Surviving are three sons, George Geo-rge M. Nix, bishop of the Copperton Cop-perton LDS ward, and Ernest Nix, Copperton; Jesse H. Nix, Union; two daughters, Mrs- Del-la Del-la Wilde, Coalville, and Mrs. Mary Peterson, Long Beach, Calif.; and a brother and a sister. William Nix and Mrs. Margaret White, Tooele. |