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Show Funeral Services Held for Piatt Watson, 58 Funeral services were held Wednesday in the College ward chapel for Piatt Ellis Watson, 58. Mr. Watson, a prominent southern south-ern Utah sheep grower, died at his home early Sunday following an eight-month illness. The funeral services were conducted con-ducted by Bishop Vernee Frame, with Mrs. Bernella Jones and Reed Berrett at the organ and piano respectively. The musical program included includ-ed two numbers by a vocal quartet quar-tet composed of H. M. Neeley, Reed Roberts, Howard Wood and Reed Berrett, a song by a ladles trio composed of Mrs. Luana Riddle, Rid-dle, Mrs. Gladys Isom and Mrs. Naida Gardner, accompanied by Mrs. Mary Jane Seaman; a vocal vo-cal solo by Elaine Southwick and a vocal solo by H. M. Neeley, accompanied ac-companied by Mr. Berrett and Roy L. Halversen. Speakers at the services were Henry Jones, Mrs. D. C. Dix, John M. Brown, Dr. P. K. Edmunds and Arthur Jones. Invocation vvas by Frank Thorley, benediction by John Watson, and dedication of the grave by Rass Jones. Mr. Watson was born In Glendale. Utah, March 16. 18P2. a son of James W. and Thlrzo Huntington Watson. After attending at-tending the public schools of Kane county, he entered the old Murdock academy In Beaver. Following Fol-lowing his graduation from the Beaver school he served from 1913 to 1015 as a missionary to the eastern states for the L DS church. He was president of the West Pennsylvania conference of his mission at the time of his release. He married Lona Ipson of Og-den Og-den in the Salt Lake I. I) S temple tem-ple Sept. .". 1017. and in October of the same year he entered the armed sc rv ices. He trained at Fort Lewis. Wash., with the 91st division di-vision and was in th" Argonne foiest when the armistice was sigt.ed. He and Mrs. Watson moved to Cedar City In 1919 and Mr. Watson Wat-son became engaged In the live-slock live-slock business, in which he was active until his recent illness. He had. always been active In civic affairs, especially in the Chamber of Commerce, American Ameri-can Legion and Wool growers Association. As-sociation. He was a member of the Elders quorum of the College Col-lege ward at the time of his death. Surviving are his widow; a son, Jiin.es Watson. Cedar City; a diii'.'hter. Mrs. Louis i Est her i Bow en. Salt- Lake City; two grandchildren; two brothers. John H. Watson. St. George, and Loreno A. Watson. Craig, Colo., and three sisters. Mrs. Thomas I). Little. Cedar City; Mrs. Joseph Johnson. St. George, and Mrs. Joseph Smith. Glendale. |