Vernal Express | 1955-08-11 | Page 9 | Praises Given to Jas. Montgomery at Funeral Sunday Section

praises given lo 10 jas montgomery at Fini funeral eral sunday y A man whose whoso homo home was a landmark hospitality and friendliness was the outstanding tribute paid at the tile funeral of james r montgomery held sunday at 3 p m in the vernal mortuary services were under the direction of ray cundick of vernal second ward bishopric mr montgomery who was 80 years old died last thursday at p m at the home ot of mrs airs opal showalter of vernal ho lie had been ill for sometime additional services were held monday in little snake R river I 1 iver parish at dixon wyoming where mr montgomery had made his home for many years burial was in dixon prelude and postlude music at the services was played by mrs harold sargent the opening song in the garden carden was sung by earl calder and mrs may calder I 1 accompanied by mrs mable stagg invocation was offered by paul batty lots lois erickson and frank walker sang bang sometime well understand accompanied by mrs sargent speakers lynn murdock and bishop frank walker who told how the home of mr and mrs montgomery was a landmark on the highway and numerous folks would take advantage of their generous hospitality mr montgomery was a prominent cattle rancher in the snake river valley in wyoming when his wile wife died in 1941 he came to live with mrs opal showalter in vernal the closing song by earl calder and mrs may way calder was softly and tenderly benediction was by fred wash bum mr montgomery was born bom may 25 1875 in exeter missouri and was the son of james and agnes mccary montgomery his wife was the former eldora duncan survivors include a sister r and two brothers mrs lydia antle exeter wyo albert and finis montgomery meM 1 oklahoma a niece opal showalter vernal a sister in law mrs iva mccary vernal two nephews 0 J barnett barnet t vernal and V C barnett pleasant grove attending the funeral in dixon were mr and mrs alm roy showalter mrs iva mccary miss kathlleen kathileen showalter arx lynn murdock and lynda and luann mr and mrs leslie uslie anderson mr and mrs victor karren mrs joanne snyder mr and mrs 0 J barnett and susan all of vernal and vaughn barnett of pleasant grove other visitors included mrs forest higgs crowley colo willard higgs pueblo colo virgil higgs fowler colo and mrs F S long beach california