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Show DEATHS C. M. WILTON 1134 Cleveland Ave. East St. Louis. 111. Jan. 21. 1956 Editor, Milford News: My brother, C. M. Willon, passed away at 10 a. m. last Wednesday, Jan. 18th, and was buried in College Hill Cemetery at Lebanon, 111 , by his wife and her family and numerous old friends. He lived with me about half the time in the last four years and during his final illness since he had his first and second stroke since last Feb. 2nd. He spoke so often of the many good friends in Milford and appreciated your newspaper news-paper very much. The last few months we had to read or tell him the news in it, however. It is the wish of his four brothers and one sister to please convey our thanks for the messages and interest shown in him by his friends there. Sincerely, St. John Wilton, j Rev. Wilton was pastor of the Community Methodist Church here several years ago, coming to Milford from Park City. While here he made scores o'f friends, including members of every religious denomination, every civic group and every fraternal organization. After returning to the East, he continued to mail birthday and other greeting cards to the many friends he had here. He was the type of man who recognized the rights of others, made no enemies, and was never known to say an unkind word about any person. Those who knew Rev. Wilton do not mourn his passing, but are thankful that for more than 80 years he was privileged to carrySon his work in this world. CHARLOTTE GRAY Charlotte Naylor Wood Gray, 81, died in the Richfield Hospital Hos-pital last Friday, Jan. 20th, of a heart ailment, Mrs. Gray had been a theology theol-ogy teacher, active in the L D S Relief Society and other church organizations, a worker in the L D S Temple, and active in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. As a housewife she was devoted de-voted to her family, and was known as a good neighbor, although al-though she had many trials and sorrows in her life. She spent her reclining years' at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Seegmiller of Richfield. She was born in Minersville, Feb. 4, 1874, a daughter of William and Ann Eyre Banks Wood (Sr.) On Jan. 2, 1892, she married Thomas Luetellas Gray in Beaver. Mr. Gray died in 1939. Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Thomas Marvin Gray, of Minersville; James M. Gray, Beaver; Mrs. Harry (Bertha) Holmqs, Cedar City; Mrs. Evan (Myrtle) Seegmiller, Seeg-miller, Richfield; also 18 grand children, 24 great-grandchildren; a brother, George F. Wood, Minersville, and sisters Mrs. Bertha Evans of South Milford and Mrs. Nellie Erick-son Erick-son of California. Impressive funeral services were conducted in the Minersville Miners-ville L D S Chapel at 2 p. m. Friday, under direction of Bishop Marshall Hollingshead. Invocation was by Randall Banks. A male quartet, Milton Albrecht, Lee Marshall, Newell Carter and Obra Myers, sang appropriate selections. Mrs. Frieda Wood extended appropriate remarks, and Milton Mil-ton Gentry of Beaver and Floyd Wood gave sermons. A piano solo by Lynn Reed and a duet by Alverta Robinson Robin-son and Ileen Jameson completed complet-ed the program. Julian Gillins pronounced the benediction, and the grave in the Minersville Cemetery was dedicated by Evan Seegmiller, ' a son in law of Mrs. Gray. |