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Show FUNERAL SERVICES FOR ANNIE TANNER Funeral services for Annie M. Tanner Tan-ner were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the tabernacle. Gordon Gor-don Mathis of the bishopric of the south ward presided. The singing was furnished by the double mixed quartet. They sang "Sometime We'll Understand," "Sometime,, Somewhere," and "I Know That My Redeemer Lives." Opening prayer was by William Bunting and closing prayer by Joseph T. Atkin. The first speaker was Joseph Lee, who had known Mrs. Tanner from 1888. He testified that she had always al-ways been a worker, cultivating the fine arts as well as doing heavier work. She took an active part in the Relief Society work in Arizona where she lived before coming to St. George, he said. Brigham Jarvis, Sr., was the next speaker. 'He had known Mrs. TanT ner for a number of years and as a member of the Old Folks committee, he had made it a practice of calling on her and had always found her with a cheerful disposition. He said that in a good many homes in this community articles of her handiwork could be found. President Joseph K. Nicholes said he had known Mrs. Tanner for a number of years. He testified to the truth of the good things that the other speakers had said of her. President Nicholes said that often he spoke to her in her native tongue as it seemed to please her. Counselor Gordon Mathis said that he had known her all his life, being a near neighbor. He told how she had worked in her lot and planted vines and trees to improve it. She was always al-ways a hard worker and of thrifty habits. She died as she had lived, faithful to the last. |