Show PRESIDENT SM I 1 SIXTH PRESIDENT OF CHURCH CLOSES caneon AFTER LONG ILLNESS leader in church chuich chui ch and civic akala broad in his HI sympathies his HI passing will be sincerely mourned by AW AA creeds salt lake alty oseph fielding smith sixth biath president church of jusli christ of day y sit sulula died at it tuesday morning november 10 following fill 1111 of several months montha duration which ito ho had inneo p i determined fight fleat and lind had on u several rallied sufficiently it to penult ills appearance in public tuo rhe end balue p peacefully ace tull v us its it lie iny nt at tile tho official residence 0 t jhb church president surrounded by in embers of hir family and church dip die in ili tile thu death of oc provident president smith tho the loses ono one of its best beat knon and ast constructive lenders broad in ills his sympathies in ilia his judgments and tolerant tol ernut to it il ce ills his will bo 00 mourned by bj inen of nil all in utah find in fit tho the fur far lying missions of the church to which lie ho had bee been n a frequent visitor taiti church loses in ills death the last of 0 lier her leaders phoso MON birth occurred burred prior to tho the settlement of ilia cli lit n utah president smith sinith had just lug ills delit eight lolli loth birthday when alio end for IT 17 antl la lays dont smith and boen the sum eme head ot the mormon church to which lie ho luid bad devot devoted iod ilia greater part of tits his we 0 imd find toi for which lie ho lind had endured in lite alb earlier days hardships almost beyond the belief of tho effete flost bf b today during jile ills term ilia church tins has hylt hessed alio lie greatest prosperity of its history hl etory more meeting houses havo have I 1 1 I V t A as gm 4 V V 1 I aj I 1 president josph joseph Fl eiding smith sint th been constructed in the courso course of lits his regime tuan than hullt butte during the eni entire tiro tire previous of the organization while rn smith Is known pr its as the churchman that lie ho wa vs so ho he ivits behind idin nn fill record its IB a public ci citizen fizer i ile served terms in n tile te territorial and nl early mae was president of tha constitutional assembly nd served several terms in ili tho suit Salt anko city council us tie WWI tall ns as ono one acrin in ili tile tho ell y of idrovo 11 ovo joseph ridding fielding wn was born ih vat for west caldwell county mo bio november 18 13 1838 life ile was tile son ot of f smith and uary smith ilia days daya were spent amid scenes of persecution acl sedition and hard ship resulted in tho ilia death of df ills father nad tile hla une undo le tle ilia popl lct joseph yana J uno 27 T 1811 with hlo we widowed Ino kotlic mot lic wiio left nauvoo ns as onezile nn on exile in 1811 1810 lie he drove nn all pt ox team for her across tho the ot of iowa to winter quarter khero tile the family spent tile gvinter of 1840 7 ile ho was ans then ilien only 8 benm of ago age lut N at winter quarter Quart cra was waa employed ns as ji n herd boy nuil and it t it is in 14 that ilu during ring tit th time that ilk mi was herding cattle tit it winter quarters and titter tua fits arrival la in salt lake ho ha dover lot a hoot hoc on tho the death of Q cannon in april in Call joseph r V still balth ill acted as first counsellor to president ident snow tito the later anter died october 10 when tile tho first presidency of 0 tile tho church and the twelve apostles met oil october M IWI 1001 tho the first firs k presidency wait wab reorganized with jowl joawph ba V smith am 99 president john ito II 11 winder ns first counsellor coun Bellor and cantlion 11 lund na as second mccond counsellor |