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Show Final Rites Are Held Wednesday for Frank Eugene Taylor Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon In the Parowan Par-owan Second ward chapel for Frank Eugene Taylor, 60, local cafe operator, who died Sunday morning at his home of a coronary coron-ary occlusion. He was stricken first at about 6:30 a. m., and rallied from this attack, but recurring re-curring attacks proved too much and he passed away about 9:30 a. m. The deceased was born here on Jan. 12, 1892, a son of George and Maria Coombs Taylor, pioneer pio-neer residents of Parowan. He spent his entire life in Parowan and after attending local schools engaged in the painting and nan-er nan-er hanging business for many years. He went into the cafe business bus-iness and has operated Taylor's cafe for nearly 20 years. He is a veteran of World War I. He was married to Neta Thornton Thorn-ton of Parowan at Ely, Nev. on July 10, 1926, and his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Cherie Day and Mrs. Katrine Johnson, survive sur-vive him. Also surviving are three grandchildren, one sister, Eva Taylor, Parowan and a foster brother, Taylor Parkinson, Benjamin, Ben-jamin, Utah. The services were conducted by John H. Pendleton of the Second ward bishopric and speakers were Durham Morris, Cedar City; Gay Myers, Las Vegas, Nev., and Grace Burt. The opening prayer was offered by Joseph E. Ward, the closing prayer by William Marsden andj the grave was dedicated by Byron By-ron Thornton, St. George, brother-in-law of Mr. Taylor. Musical numbers on the program pro-gram were the opening song, "Look, Look, to the Comforter" by a mixed quartet consisting of Mrs. Ramona Stubbs, Mrs. Berta Burton, Verl Taylor and Ivan Decker; a piano solo, "Face to Face" by Berta Winter; a vocal duet, "Beyond the Sunset" by Mrs. Rula D. Orton and Whitney Orton, and the closing song by the quartet, "The Lord's Prayer." Mrs. Mary Lyman was at the piano throughout the services. Pallbearers were buddies of the deceased who served with him in World War I. Military rites were conducted at the cemetery under the direction of Parowan Post No. 20, American Legion with Heber Gurr conducting and Alma Evans making the presentation of the flag which draped the casket to Mrs. Taylor. |