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Show FUNERAL" RITES FOR MRS. SPENDLOVE Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Mary D. Spendlove. who died November 10. were held at the school house on November 13. The floral offerings were profuse. Bishop Ira H. Bradshaw presided, and J. Harvey Har-vey Hall conducted the services. Singing by the choir: "When First the Glorious Light of Truth." Prayer, Joseph T. Wright. Song, "Beautiful City," by Frank Barber and choir. Bishop Bradshaw said Mrs. Spendlove Spend-love and her' husband had been faithful workers in the church. Their posterity was numerous. It was the largest gathering of relatives he had ever seen at a funeral. James Jepson said Mrs. Spendlove was the only one of her father's house to join the church. She came to Dixie in 1863. She has not shirked her religious responsibility. She struggled strug-gled valiently through pioneer days, crossed the plains with an ox team, and walked most of the way. He spoke of the blessings of eternal life which she would receive. Ira E. Bradshaw said she had gained an inheritance in the beautiful beau-tiful city and hoped her children and grand children will live to honor her. Edwin Workman of Hinckley said she was a good woman and a good neighbor. "O, My Father" was sung by Elvis B. Terry. David Hirschi said when the glorious glori-ous truth came to her she was sustained sus-tained by its motive power to leave all for it. She had always impressed him with her neatness and courtesy, and as one who had lived a perfect life. He read Burns' poem on death. J. Harvey Hall said he appreciated the sentiments that had been spoken in behalf of Mrs. Spendlove. She had made a good fight and overcame many obstacles, and hoped we may emulate her example. Singing by the choir, "Who Are These Arrayed in White?" Benediction, Lafayette Hall. |