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Show Last Rites Honor ! Eva M. Whitehead, j Dixie '67 Pioneer j i Tribute Paid to Her as Wife; And Homemaker; Faithful Church Worker i I i Funeral services were held in , the St. George Stake Tabernacle Saturday afternoon at 4:00 under the direction of Bishop H. S. Snow for Mrs. Eva Morris Whitehead, wife of Adolphus R. Whitehead who died at about 1:00 Friday afternoon following an illness with cug.?.r diabetes. Speakers included David H. Morris, W. W. McArthur, Sabra Oxborrow, George W. Woi'lhen and Bishop iSnow. The history of her life was given by her brother David at the request of the family and her outstanding qualities of character and accomplishments ac-complishments in the field of righteousness were mentioned. W. W. McArthur paid tribute to her as a wife and mother and a splendid homemaker. Mrs. Ox-borrow Ox-borrow of Lund, Nevada told cf her long years of faithful service at that place as Relief Society President and of the great love and respect the people there held for the Whitehead family. Mr. Worthen stated that Whiteheads were successful because of the rO'eat faith instilled in their hearts by their parents, who were Dixie Pioneers and through the desire to live the gospel. He also spoke of the resurrection and the blessings promised the faithful. Bishop Snow expressed his pleasure for his association vr.:.Vi the family and praised their good work. Musical numbers included two numbers by the South Ward Quartette, "Abide With Me," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" vocal solo. "My Father Knows", by .Josephine Spillsbury", Duet. (Continued on page three) I WHITEHEAD DEATH (Continued from first page) "Unanswered Yt" by Mrs. Annie Whipple and Mrs. Melba Baker. The opening prayer was offered offer-ed by Henry F. Baker md the closing prayer was offered by Moroni B. Langford, ordinance workers in the St. George Temple. The body was viewed by friends at the mortuary after the services and the husband and six of the children accompanied the body j to Sat Lake City Sunday. Faner-! al services were held then' at 12:30 Tuesday and burial was! made in the cemetery there. She was born at Salt Lake City December 2, 1S65, a daughter of Richard and Emma Packer Morris. She came "with her parents par-ents to Dixie in November IS 6 7 and underwent the privations and hardships of the early settlers. She has known what it. was to j have poor clothes, poor food and poor housing conditions. There were few advantages offered for education at that time. She remained re-mained here until several years after her marriage to Adolphus Whitehead in the St .George temple in January of 1S8S and then they moved with their children child-ren to Whiteriver when the church sent colonizers to help set tie that country. Mr. Whitehead was put in as Bishop at Lund and his wife became Relief Society So-ciety President. Their lives were spent in service to the community and in building up the ward there. People in that community have always al-ways praised the work of the Whiteheads highly. They later moved to Salt Lake City where Mr. Whitehead was employed at Salt Air for a number of years. They came to St. George last fall to make their home and to work in the temple. Their lives have been lives of sacrifice to care for their ten children who they reared to man and womanhood. They lost one child in infancy and their posterity pos-terity and sons-in-laws and daughter-in-laws number 88. They had loked forward to celebrating their golden wedding next January and having their family group of 88 present. They have 54 grandchildren grand-children and 7 great grandchildren. grandchild-ren. Their children are: Mrs. Gladys Savage, Wells, Nevada; Nev-ada; Mrs. Margguerite Hendricks, Lund, Nevada; Rennie R. Whitehead, White-head, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Eva Hendricks, Ely, Nevada; Richard OWen, .Wells, Nevtada; MoWis Wilby, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Mary Jcfly, Antimony; Mrs. Nevada Best, Salt Lake City; Oren, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Emma Hutchings, White River. |