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Show !PLENDID EULOGY OF L. L TEIS GIVEN Dr. Elmer I. Goshen Pays Tribute to Late Financier and Philanthropist. "Let his chief mourners be those who loved him for what ho was; those whoso burdoiis ho sought to assuage. Lot these covor slowly tho face of the dead and bear him to his rest. If in tho great, ongoing oT lit'o. fidelity 1ms its lcwnrd, integrity find's its recompense, recom-pense, and if u life that sought, to be true finds the withhold completions, then his path to the city beautiful is smooth. Those were the words of tho licv. Elmer I. Goshen in eulogising Louis L. Torrv at tho funeral services at tho family borne. 1229 Knst South Temple Btrect, yesterday afternoon. The crowd of sorrowing friends that gathered, tho mass of floral offerings and tho tender tributes paid to the man whose business senso was of tho keenest yet whoso, heart was so kind that with his own hands he superintended tho care of the horses that served him, bore mule tos-limony tos-limony thai his lifo has left a loving memory of long duration. Dr. Goshen said in part: Wo are assembled here in. memory mem-ory UDd respect of a man whom everybody loved; a man who stood foursquare to every wind that blew. Though no words are adequate to describe his lifo of integrity, 1 could not fail to lay with reverend hand mv humble tribute on his couch. Tourleen years ago I came to know L-. li. Terry, and iu a little while tho mou who with him wer.c laboring to build a great business enterprise. Louis L. Terry was a man of kcon business ability. His attention atten-tion to and grasp of detail was wonderful. He had a mind which went straight to the point of the question at hand. He kept the pressure too high, and his early ' death is a warning to many of his business friends who mourn him today. to-day. Tn his life he loved .-justness and practiced mercy, no was true to his obligations. "Were my lips not closod by a confidence'imposcd. I could tell of many generous and kindly things done by this man who was so humble, hum-ble, so simple and go truo. T have a lottor on my desk received but a few days ago. It reveals a man who was true to humanity and whoso heart realty cared for "better things. The pallbearers at the funeral were T. C. Hand, Jr.. John Payne, A. J. Gorham, B. E. jSHUs and IT." 13. Brown. The honorary pallbearers wore A. C. Ellis. Jr.. E.:C. Howard, C. Tl. Pearsall, J. I?. Walker, J. T. Harris, W. W. Armstrong, Arm-strong, John Brooks. Dr. E. D. Woodruff Wood-ruff and J. H. Brown. Interment, which was private, was in Mount Olivet cemetery. The music was furnished by the qaurlctto of the First Congregational church, with Fred E. Smith as leader. |