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Show E Funeral Services Held E Wednesday For r A;ce Jane Hardy Gates -- vA, ) v, - ';-'',) Funeral services were held in the ri. ; J St. George stake Tabernacle at t', JJJ ' ,y 2 p.m., Wednesday, December 18 J-- 3 for Alice Jane Hardy Gates, 72, t-om -wife of Wellington F. Gates, who died at the family residence at 5 p. m., Tuesday following an in- fluenza relapse. She had been in zzzz poor health for many years and seriously ill the past three weeks. Bishop Byron Taylor was in rrr charge of the services. Musical " numbers included a vocal trio, "Prayer Perfect", by Alice Can- r non, Melba Baker and Mary Lou Wells, vocal solo, "I Do Believe", by Dilworth M Snow, and duet, (JCyJ Melba Baker and Alice Cannon. ; ((iXi' Speakers were George F. White- ' I'fcvJu-A head, neighbor and lifelong associ- ; 'rfcm ate of the family; Leo A Snow, 'Y:jM J and George W. Worthen. All told VnTv.Iv of the quiet, unselfish life of Mrs. V ' V Gates, of her personal charm and l: 1 her talent in music. Mention was r made of the children of Mr. and f Mrs. Gates and their contributions ? to richer community life. fecettaa Prayers were by A. K. Hafen, 'yX ' " I , (Continued on page four) Mrs. Gates Funeral (Continued from first page) former bishop, and Arthur Cot-tam. Cot-tam. The grave in the City cemetery was dedicated by W. W. Mc-Arthur. Mc-Arthur. Born in St. George February 22, 1868, she was a daughter of Augustus P. and Elizabeth; A. Capner Hardy. Her parents came from the southern states and it was her 1 mother who brought some of the first cotton seed planted in Dixie. Her father was one of the first Indian scouts and interpreters sent to this section, and served also as one of . the first sheriffs of Washington county. coun-ty. He operated a butcher shop for many years. ' In addition to regular public schooling of the period, Mrs. Gates received instruction on the reed organ, becoming very proficient. pro-ficient. She served as L. D. S. Sunday school organist for many years and was accompanist1 for' the "B" Pace orchestra that furni ished the music for the first -.operetta ever presented in '? St. George. . This was Gilbert . and Sullivan's "Pinafore", given in 1888, when she was aged 20. In later years she was active in women's Relief Society. She also taught the organ for many years. On Jan. 1, 1890, she married Wpllinctnn F. Gates in the St. George Temple. With the exception excep-tion of two- brief periods spent in Provo, they have made their home in St. George. One of Mrs. Gates' hobbies has been the collection of newspapers and magazine clippings pertaining to Utah and Dixie history. Those who have seen her collection say i she has an interesting assembly of data concerning-1 the Salt Lake Tabernacle organ and on other features of special interest. Surviving besides - her husband are their five children, Miss Lucille Lu-cille Gates, St. George, who is recognized as one of Dixie's' coming com-ing poets; Paul H. Gates, prominent prom-inent business man of Hurricane, Marion Gates of Palo Alto, California,' Cali-fornia,' Mrs. Ezra Tobler of Enterprise,, En-terprise,, and Grant Gates of Berkeley, Calif. And seven grandchildren. grand-children. Also one sister, Elizabeth Eliza-beth H. Affleck of Los Angeles, and four brothers, Sherman C and Gilbert of St. George; Raymond Ray-mond Hardy of Hinckley and Ernest Ern-est Hardy of Salt Lake City. |