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Show Funeral Services Held Sunday For Mrs. Alice E. Hunt Funeral services were held in St. George stake Tabernacle for Mrs. Alice Evaline Hunt Holt at 4:00 Sunday afternoon under the direction of Bishop Vernon Worthen of the West ward. Mrs. Holt died Friday morning, October Oc-tober 2, at 1 a. m. The opening ' number was a vocal duet, "Thou Art Near" by Mr. and Mrs. Pratt Miles. The opening prayer was offered by Bishop Francis Bowler of Gunlock. A vocal solo, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" was sung by Mrs. Josephine Spillsbury. Speakers were: Jeter Snow, Harry Bowler of Gunlock, and B. C. Farnsworth of Enterprise. The speakers all paid tribute to her life of service in her home and to her family, her neighbors and friends. They told of her accomplishments in life and of the love and respect they felt for her family. "She was a pioneer pio-neer in this section of the country where she lived and throughout all her trials and hardships she was a true Latter Day Saint", stated the speakers. A violin solo, "O My Father" was played by Mrs. Vera Christian Chris-tian and a vocal solo, When I Reap What I Have Sown", was sung by Mrs. Mamie Paxman. The closing prayer was offered by Mayor Albert E. Miller. And the grave in the City Cemetery was dedicated by Elder Robert Chadburn of Logandale, Nevada, Alice Evaline Hunt was borrl October 16, 1870 at Hebron, a daughter of James Wilson and Elizabeh Vaughn Hunt and spent her girlhood there. She learned many fine things in the care of the home while yet a young girl and took advantage of every opportunity she had for gaining an education. She was married to Henry D. Holt December 2, 1S86 in the St. George .Temple and to this union ten children (Continued on page four) BURGESS FUNERAL (Continued from first page) to Pine Valley to work in the lumber camp. Mr. Burgess went with his parents and as a young boy was taught under the direction di-rection of his father and others how to prepare lumber for building build-ing purposes. He was married in the St. George Temple, December Decem-ber 30, 18 80, to Sarah Jane Rogers of this city and made his home in Pine Valley until 1S9 7 when he moved with his small family to St. George where he has since resided. His chief occupations have been lumbering, farming, stock-raising and he has been active in Church work. Although he had but few advantages educationally those who knew him, say he became a well read and highly intellectual man, keeping in, constant touch with national and political affairs. He served for a number of years as an M. I. A. board member in Pine Valley. He came from a family of 11 children and is the father of 11 children. These are as follows: Mrs. Belle Hardy, Hinckley; Mrs. Mary Skinner, Monrovia, California; Abram, Milton, David, Carl and Mrs. Dora Empey, Mrs. Kate Milne, Mrs. Jane Brooks, of St. George; Mrs. Thelma Jones of Veyo and Mrs. Lucile Tegan now residing i n Idaho. One brother, Isaac Burgess of St. George and one sister, Clara Bracken of Central. Also 50 grandchildren and 20 great |