| Show was a good citizen hurricane mai 18 1911 very imp impressive iv 0 funeral d services were held march 0 over cr the remains of jacob L workman who departed this life march 12 1911 after suffering from pneumonia for six days stake presidents edward ednard II 11 snow and george whitehead a number ot of bishops from surrounding towns and a largo large number of relatives and friends w acre ere present the speakers were more pros IC H snow elder david bury abury bishop david pros georgo george F whitehead cid elder christain Chri stam larson bishop samuel isom and elder E N stanworth North all of whom give comforting words nords and expressed their sympathy for the bereaved mother wife and two children the speakers spoke of elder workmans Work Worl mans noble character loya lity generosity and of his life of devotion to his family church and state the floral offerings were mere most beautiful and the expression 0 of f mourning and sorrow tor for the loss of so useful a man was keenly felt after the services the remains in were ere followed by a long cortege to the cemetery jacob L workman son of andrew J and sariah A johnson workman was born nov 18 1874 at virgin city utah his life as a boy speaks for itself in the high regard he was mas held by his big early companions who grew up to manhood with him he attended school at the st george stake stale academy branch normal and the L D S university april he was ordained a seventy and called to fulfil fulfill a mission in texas where he be spent two and one half years on may 16 10 1900 he married mary redd daughter of benjamin and clarissa taylor redd after his marriage he scent spent some gome time in seattle wash where he acted as governor meat inspector and counselor to the presiding elder laboring in that branch later he held the position of postal clerk in silt salt lake city one of his big greatest pleasures waa was to work with the young people so that he spent fow four years in teaching in the public schools of his big home county march 22 1908 he be entered upon his big second mission and became the dent of the south texas conference at tho the time of his death he be was one of the presidents of the ninth quorum of seventies and ward clerk a hard bard worker in all the organizations of the ward m ard pi resident of the amusement committee agent for the deseret news and postmaster it hurricane he was one of the pioneers of hurricane he be with his big family having baying been one of tho the first to make this town toun hia his home he was basone oneff of the original stockholders of the company and did much in making hur eur acano what it is today in ins his death his tom town n loses one of its best citizens and his big church loses one of its truest members |
