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Show Many Attend Funeral Service Here for Marian Carter Bentley A large audience of relatives and friends attended funeral services in the St. George stake Tabernacle Taber-nacle Sunday, May 10th, at 4 p. m., for Marian Carter Bentley, 84, who died at her home in St. George, Friday, May 8th at 7 p. m., of ailments incident to age, following six week's illness. Bishop Byron H. Taylor conducted the services, with Mae A. Pace at the organ. Included in the musical program arranged by Mrs. Pace, were two vocal quartets, "Sometimes We'll Understand", and "The Lord Is My Shepherd", by Leland Lam-oreaux, Lam-oreaux, Marion Bowler, M e 1 b a Baker and Jane Pace; saxophone duet, "Evening Star", Stanley and Ray Schmutz; and vocal duet, "In the Garden", Melba Baker and Leland Le-land Lamoreaux. Funeral Sermons Given Funeral sermons were by Patriarch Patri-arch George E. Miles and William G. Hopkins. Both commented on the sincere and devoted life of this pioneer woman, who came to St. George as a small child, enduring en-during the hardships of those early years. Prayers were by W. O. Bentley Bent-ley and Bishop Arthur Cottam, and the grave in the City cemetery ceme-tery was dedicated by Bishop (Continued on page eight) Mrs. Bentley Funeral (Continued from first page) John H. Schmutz. Marian Carter Bentley was born in Salt Lake City, Nov. 1, 1857, a daughter of William and Ellen Benbow Carter. Her father is known as Utah's first plowman, and he also plowed the first furrow fur-row in the St. George valley in 1861. At 'the time of Marian's birth, her father was with Robert Gardner doing missionary work in Canada, their planned trip across the plains for emigrants having been diverted by the approach of Johnson's Army. When they returned re-turned to Salt . Lake,, City, they found the place evacuated, with only the guards posted to burn the city if the Army entered. The Carter family had moved to Spanish Span-ish Fork when the city was evacuated, evac-uated, where they were later joined join-ed by her father. ,. After Johnson's: Army was stationed sta-tioned at Camp Floyd, the Carter's returned to Salt .'Lake City, but had scarcely become settled on their farm land, when the call was made for the Dixie cotton mission, William v Carter being among those called. Having three wives at the time, he left Ellen and Harriet and their children on their Salt Lake property, bringing Sophronia south with him. This, however, seemed not in compliance compli-ance with the mission call, and the other women came along with their families to St. George in 1862, Marian being then five years of age. Married In St George Temple On Nov. 5, 1877, she was married mar-ried in the St. George Temple to Frank Richard Bentley, spending their summers at the old Carter ranch on Pine Valley mountain for many years. Mr. Bentley was for many years a constable and local deputy sheriff. He died Aug. 13, 1923. Surviving Mrs. Bentley ,are six of their nine children: Frank R. Bentley of Enterprise; Mrs. Wil-ford Wil-ford Lee, Miss Ellen Bentley,, Herbert Her-bert Roy Bentley, John R. Bentley, Bent-ley, and Arthur Ray Bentley, all of St. George; 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and the following half-brothers and sisters: Elizabeth Harker Dahl and Harriet T. Thomas of Cards-ton, Cards-ton, Alberta, Canada; Elvira Turn-beaugh, Turn-beaugh, of Kamas, Utah; Sophronia Sophron-ia Ellen Langdon of Taylorsville; Annie C. Johnson, St. George, and James and Austin Carter, of Ely, Nevada. |