| Show I Davis Co Civic L D S Leader Succumbs At 74 Funeral services for lor Francis Frank Bailey SI was con eon ducted in the first filst ward tabernacle e August A 1 4 Ui with Bishop ishop G. G Evan Taylor presiding Music was rendered at the home homen Ion on n the steel guitar by Mrs Coy J J. IlIa Hayward lay ward and prayer was offered by y Elder Wesley E. E g dent ent of South Davis stake Prelude organ music was rend rend- rendered ered red at the church by Mrs s. Lorene laacke Haacke The invocation was given by Dr J. J Edward Day of Salt Lake City followed by a duet duct In the Garden of f Tomorrow ow rendered i by President dent ent E. E 13 ll Gregory and Mrs 1 Mar Mar- garet arct Hess accompanied by Miss Dorothy Gregory The first speaker was Elder J. J J A. A Taylor a very close friend of 11 1 Mr Smedley and the family famil lie He spoke poke of knowing Mr 11 Smedley as asman asa asa a man of even temper sound judg judg- judgment judgment ment meat and a very friendly person President James E. E Burns follow followed ed d with comments of his acquaintance tance with Mr Smedley's father fattier and mother pioneers to Utah from Nottingham England the same city from which Mr 1111 Burns Burns' par par- parents parents parents came Mr 11 Burns stressed sed the purpose of life and the rewards that hat await those who live in accor accor- accorn dance n e with the Gospel of Jesus n n Christ ChristA A Perfect Day was sung by Elder John A A. Parrish President L. L J. J Muir from Los Angeles California spoke feeling feeling- I 13 y of his life time acquaintance with Mr of their fine as as- association association association at Mr Smedley's home and in public life and of the de- de dependability dePendability of Mr Smedley a true friend to all Closing remarks were made by Bishop Dishop Taylor having heard his Grandmother Telford speak of the Smedley family as early pioneers of Bountiful and of the substantial support he had received from Mr Smedley in the project of the ward since lie hc had been boon hi The closing song Whispering h p ing Hope was vas sung by Emily B. B Hoi Hoi- brook a and Edna dna Tuttle accompanied by Mildred Van Benediction was given by Dr J. J C. C Stocks Postlude organ music I Love You Trudy Truely was played by Mrs 1 Lorene Haacke The Tiie burial was in the Bountiful city i y- y cemetery cemetery a and d the grave was dedicated by Elder Brigham C. C Holbrook Francis Frank Bailey Smedley Y 1 was born Oct B 20 1872 in the r 1 rock li ii 0 o u use s c o Ij which had been 1 built the pre pro previous W ii I j year a ason fW e. e son sort of Samuel and Eliza Sturt ton t o 0 n fl Smedley smedley and was named f for or his Great Uncle Francis Bailey B ail a i I e y the Brother of his grandmother Eli Elizabeth zabeth Bailey 1 Mr Ir Smedley Smedley lIe He was w-as w born Just 25 years after the arrival of o the first pioneers in Utah He lie was educated ed cd in the early school of Bountiful and also attended the Utah State Agricultural college at Logan As Asa a small lad he worked for such successful farmers as Thomas Briggs James Bryson and John II H. Barlow Sr Later he worked for forthe forthe the Woods Cross Canning company and became their salesman and bookkeeper under the manage manage- management management management ment of Wm C. C Mann Sr While thus employed he married Miss Rachel C. C Pace daughter of Patri Patri- Patriarch Patriarch Patriarch arch Edwin and Mary J. J Brown Pace on January 6 1898 in the Salt Lake temple In the year 1905 Mr 11 Smedley and Ira C C. Holbrook established a furniture business known as the Smedley Holbrook Furniture Co This company with the Davis County Furniture Co and became the Union Furniture Co The Union Mortuary Co was es Cs- established later under the same management Mr Smedley al although al al- although though retired was active president dent of the two firms at the time of his death He lie had spent 40 years with these companies He Ire was a director and stockholder in inthe inthe inthe the original Bountiful Light Power Co Served eight years as Bountiful Bount ul city councilman Eight years ears as a trustee on the Bountiful old school board and two years as Davis county fruit tree inspector An member active of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints Mr Smedley had served as asa asa asa a Sunday school teacher a number of years year and six years in the Sun Sun- Sunday Sunday day school in the East Bountiful Bount ul ward He lie was a member of the high priest quorum and also finance chairman in the Bountiful first ward Surviving are his widow and six daughters Mrs Warde B. B String String- ham Washington D. D C. C Mrs Mar Mar- Martin Martin tin F. F Salt Lake City Mrs I Lowell R. R Berry San Francisco Mrs Alton S. S Cleveland Denver Colo cob Mrs Matthew S. S S Holt and Mrs Stanley W. W Layton both of I Bountiful also nine grandchildren one great grandchild a sister Mary S. S Holbrook and a brother Angus Smedley both of Bountiful |
