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Show LEROY DIXON DIES AT HOME IN PROVO TUES. Funeral To Be Held in Utah Stake Tabernacle at 1 O'clock Friday Senator Lelioy Dixon, prominent in business, church and civic affairs af-fairs of this county ami the entire state, ju:,l former mayor of Prove, died al bis home in that city Tuesday Tues-day afu.ino:,n following an illness extending over several weeks. His lirst illness was brought on iiy an 1 infected tooth which caused blood !poien, ;, ml a wt't-k ago pneumonia sct ill. I -Mr. Dixon was well known in ; Springville where lie labored in i nuncrous church capacities prior lo the organization of the Kolob htake. Horn in Salt Lake. October 111, ISM, the son of Henry Aldous and Sarah DeGrey Dix..n. he had mede I'rovo his home throughout bis life, illc attend. 'd tin- city s.hools there land then became a student at the jBrighani Young mailemy until IS'.in. For six years he was employed em-ployed by the Taylor Urns, Company. Com-pany. In I1KI4 he became inlorosicl wilh W. II. l;.;v i,, li,,. real estate .-mil loan business. During nun; ;,u( l'.ios he labored in Birmingham, England, the birthplace of his mother, as an L. 1). S. missionary. On his return to Provo, he organized fhp Dixon Keal Esiale companv. which, with J. Elmer Jacobsen, as liarlmr, he had directed since Hint line. Funeral serviees, wjll je liold V.u.iy at'ttlooon al 1 o'chn-k '" !'" X'lah stake tabernacle. The services will be in charge of Alfred !'- Eves of the Provo Third ward bishopric. Speakers to represent the various nuMie affairs in whi.t, squalor Dixon was interested are being selected se-lected hv the family. 11 is ex;ieeted that many people from out of the city will be in aliemlance at the funeral services. The music will be under Hi,, direction di-rection of Professor J. It. Boshaid, stake chorister. The pallbearers will be selected from among the members of the I'tah slake high council of Hhich he had been a member for several years. Hie Boy Scout o'inizations of ' lie city, the stake hk-h priest nuor-. nuor-. ""i and the IMief Sorieiv organization, organi-zation, of whirh Mrs. Hixnii is president pres-ident will attend in a body. |