| Show MRS RS PORTER CENT centerville ERVILLE 3 PIONEER CAL CALLED ED BY DEATH sirs mrs rebecca ann cherry porter of centerville Cent erville died after a brief illness sa saturday 1 arday while site she was visiting i at the lie ionic of her ber granddaughter bairs mrs john IC hales twelfth east eam street in salt aalt lake I 1 mrs porter avas was ninety two years old on oil the etli of last april which made herloise herl hei one onse day older than the churell church of jesus abel christ t of latter day saints site she was 1 native of kentie kentucky ky site she was a widow of nallian T porter who like lik e herself was one of the pioneer davis county when a girl af pf of seventeen years yearn mrs porter crossed the plains plain with her ter pare parents r in 1847 arriving in salt lake october ethber 2 1847 less than after dent bri brigham 0 young so and party entered the valley with captain charles C richs company bein the eldest child devolved upon her ter to drive an ail optea tit the greater part of the th 4 e way across tile the plains the following year site moved with her family to centerville Cent erville lived this county eliere where she mise has since mrs porter porte hall had always becil bec active in L p S church affairs and assisted in organizing the first relief society in Cent centerville erville was appointed appoint id one of its officers when st primary assoria noil was wa or organized e sue was anu unu sen sell as 1 i its f fist 1 P president r c s IT t a tion she fill fiall faithfully is for or several years SIT she also was active in sunday sell school ol 01 work sirs mrs port portar r is survived by a brother J 1 cherry and three sisters arsi mrs thomas J ilardi nar ri T J T brandan and mrs W R smith all of if C entermille centerville Cent ent erville and by eleven gra hildren and thirty v three great grandchildren Filli funeral eral orvices were held ini in i tit lie e centerville Pent Cent erville first ward meet inn ing house 6 tuesday at 1 p ivi ill tile the speakers were bishop tl at 11 II randall awilliam biniam 11 streeper cr sr bishop A li clark andrew jen I 1 son as assistant church bai storian historian and tile the bi bishea gilloti of tile eighteenth Eighteen til varsil vard of Ray jakc fity city counselor joseph E williams I 1 lliams pr presided resided i |
