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Show Sun FOCUS Advocate Thursday, August 29, 1996 Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Monuments offer glimpse into post of the dearly departed L a . . am.it fMilPrXffAUlEUkK i f Talker vccriotrara 'originally rjtpM jixas' v m mm j t a; MAY&im.gteiREEtCRAND MTfJTAtP btmw $ itcma twins m wnu-ithmm v ? kii i Wim Also M0H TO i i 4 c-- fllf 4 i tj ' I i . 1550s -' V a AS JOHNNY RERROH C RIDING )WY0MING'AND BIRTHBATE PR0SASJ.T EARLY 1870$ ER1MY MAY 13 1838. Hill CREEK, GRAND COQNTYJTAff JOBS BIRRING . PMED i , KILLED WHO MISTOOK HIM FOR BCIT CASSIDY, MONTIS ALSO KNOWN AS JACK SWASEY,: 1N01AN COWBOY AND BRONC RIDER I , ' BORN Late 180QS about 190? or eood or blood poisoning BY POSSEE JOHN V fpj . U p ' mm Poster ion or Charles swasey family or green river, utah - .iff A L gasJaraf Uy. By LAYNE MILLER Staff writer If you have an hour to spare, take a stroll through the Price Cemetery. But make sure you have a comfortable pair of shoes and a goodly supply of Kleenex Here you find the mighty to the obscure, the wealthy to the plain. The fascinating headstones offer a quick glimpse into their lives. Some hold simply names and dates and others offer a quick peak into their lives. birth dates and death dates. Some make it obvious how the departed A few bear only died, like the one engraved struck down in the Wilburg fire. Some call the departed a mighty hunter and are decorated with mountain scenes, desert scenes, images of his favorite Jeep. One bears a miners helmet and light and a bible. Another is simply emblazoned with a basketball One bears the the image of a helicopter, the machine that gave the young man so many thrills in life, but ultimately took his life. Others are more earthy, like that bearing a large boat named My Powell, no doubt a reference to the activity and place bringing so much joy to him in life. Some are the resting place of grand old men, graceful grandmas and others, infants barely out of the womb. IS t 'Pf fmi ? but that has That (buying a monument) is the last thing the family can to for them, indicated Morris Photos and text by Layne Miller 1 1 v .' r i t & i t ' & jATs, now embraced like everyone else because the cemetery was enlarged to include their original resting place. They are now marked with a monument for the curious to enjoy. Another, a coffee cup and pipe are a reminder of the milkman who was never without those cherished items. Nadine Morris of B.T. Monuments indicated traditional monuments 20 years ago contained only the names, birth and death dates of the ; r Jr' There are former mayors, changed. f S t state legislators and county attorneys and even four outlaws who died and were not buried with the rest of the honorable residents. They are deceased A ; fI f Tc1 . i , $ :u K r ! nt?" v |