| Show paul smith dead paul smith son of mr and mrs W E smith of kaysville Kays ville davis county utah was found in bed dead on friday morning au august 0 the day before I 1 he le was usually unusually u n gay and retired r etire d a little after midnight perfectly well and at when his brother brothel albert went to call him lie ho found him a corpse drs ingram and tin d gleason were called in and pronounced heart trouble to be the alie cause of his death his death is particularly hard on his mother as she and liis his father had gone up to marsh valley on the excursion and were visiting with their son william when the telegram announcing C his IF death was received william had set fire to some sage sagebrush brusIl wilen the whid changed and it app appeared as though a number of farmers grain would be set on oil fire this caused his bis mother to worry and it was right at this critical moment that tile the messenger arrived with tho dreadful telegram to make matters still worse when they got to A mccammon Cammon Ic they met a lady on tile the train W with ith a young son whom had been drowned before bo his mothers mother s eyes kotbin nothing would do but that mrs smith must soo see the corpse and then the two women wept bitterly over the loss of their sons mrs smith had never left homo home to go on an excursion since she came to this country and naturally worried a little over it as a person unaccustomed to traveling would funeral services were held at in the meeting house at 3 p m monday the speakers were elders charles cottrell bishop barton and james H linford tho the attendance was very large and it was estimated that there were from forty to fifty vehicles antho in alie funeral procession floral offerings were numerous one pretty feature of the procession was eighteen young youn ladies in white riding in the band wagon justin just in head of the hear hearse seand and back of the vehicle in which were seated the pall bearers deceased was twenty years old last january and was well liked by his companions and all who I 1 knew him he had bad worked on the brick yard for bishop barker every summer sin since co lie he was a small boy and is greatly 13 missed d by them |
