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Show FUNERAL SERVICES HELD SATURDAY FOR 1861 DIXIE PIONEER Funeral services were held at the Stake Tabernacle Saturday afternoon for Mrs. Susanna Deans, who died at the home of her daughter here last Friday. Services were directed by West Ward Bishopric. A vocal duet, "Face to Facej" was given by Mrs. Melba Baker and Pratt Miles. Prayer was offered by Elder Harmon Hafen of Santa Clara. A vocal solo, "Prayer Perfect" was given by Mis. Viola Gentry. Elder David H. Morris gave a colorful picture of the early Dixie history and told of the trials and hardships the pioneers endured. Told of the part the Hammond .family played in the early settlement settle-ment of Dixie and of the kindliness kindli-ness and faithfulness of this good aietPT "Pqi'H f.rihntp tn 1-ipr lifp a wife and mother. I Elder Andrew N. Wirnsor en- dorsed some of the remarks of I the previous speaker and expressed expres-sed his appreciation for having become acquainted with the family. fam-ily. A vocal solo, "I Know That My Redemer Lives." by Karl E. Fordham. Ford-ham. The closing prayer was offered by President William" O. Bentley and the grave in the city cemetary ceme-tary was dedicated by Elder Edward Ed-ward R. Frei of Santa Clara. Mrs. Susanna Deans was bora January 10th, 18 50 at Little Cottonwood, Cot-tonwood, Salt Lake County. She was the eldest daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Egbert Hammond. She came to the Saint George (Continued on last page.) SUSANNA DEAN Continued from first page) valley with her parents in the year 1861. Here she resided during dur-ing her girlhood and early womanhood. wo-manhood. She married James Deans in the old Endowment house in Salt Lake City, May 18 1868. Mrs. Deans and her husband were called by the church to help colonize Arizona and leaving their home in Saint George they went to Arizona in 1876 locating at Woodruff; here they resided until un-til 1893 when they were personally person-ally released by presidents Wil-ford Wil-ford Woodruff and George Q. Cannon. Leaving Arizona they came north to Utah, locating at Vernal Uinta County. Here she buried her husband in 1897 and had the large responsibility of a family of eight children. Mrs. Deans came to St. George to reside with her daughter, Mrs. Vernon Fullerton in 1924 and has resided, here since, everything being be-ing done by them for her happiness. happi-ness. She was a very sweet woman wo-man and a faithful Latter-day Saint. Surviving are five children: David W., and Mrs. George War-die, War-die, of Vernal, Mrs. Nellie Reid-head Reid-head of Heber, Arizona, Mrs. Vernon Ver-non Fullerton of St. George, and Robert of Virgin; 29 grandchildren, grandchild-ren, 52 great grandchildren and 3 great great grand children. Also surviving her are the following follow-ing brother and sisters. Orson Hannond, of NewHarmony, Mrs. Abbie Pace of New Harmony, and Libby Stout of Glendale, Arizona. |