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Show Southern Utah Pioneer Dies In County Hospital J -r A w ' -. .V -t ( 'J r - v i . V. ':. V Edmond Carbine Grant, 91, of New Harmony, a pioneer of southern Utah and Arizona, died at the Iron County hospital Sunday Sun-day of causes incident to age. Funeral services were conducted in New Harmony Tuesday af. ternoon. Mr. Grant's wife, Mrs. Emily Grant, died only about two weeks ago. Mr. Grant was born in Kays-ville, Kays-ville, on September 11, 1858, a son of George Robert and Mary Adella Carbine Grant. He came to Southern Utah with his family when only a small boy, and later lat-er was called to northern Arizona Ari-zona to help settle communities of that area. On February 4, 1885, he married mar-ried Emily Jane Adair, in Arizona Ari-zona while serving on the colonization colon-ization mission in that state. About a year later they returned to New Harmony and had resided there since. He was a livestock grower throughout his life and was prominent in the pioneering of the sheep industry in southern south-ern Utah. Mr. Grant is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Emma Neilson; two sons, Roy and Bert Grant, all of New Harmony; a half-brother, James E. Taylor, St. George; 21 grandchildren and 32 greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Services were conducted by Bishop Marion F. Prince of New Harmony. Invocation was delivered deliv-ered by Orson Hammond. The speakers were Edmund W. Hall, Albert F. Mathls, Richard Jes-sup Jes-sup and Cannon Huntsman. A vocal solo was given by Nor- man Blad", and another number was given by the New Harmony ward choir. The closing prayer was delivered by Dean Hall, while the dedication of the grave was pronounced by Kent Grant, a grandson. |