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Show Teacher Dies Following Extended Illness Mrs. Marie Evans Heywood, 53, teacher in the elementary schools of Cedar City died at her home Thursday night, October 13, of a chronic liver ailment, follow, lng an illnes of one month. She (was the wife of Leland D. Heywood, Hey-wood, assistant supervisor, Dixie National Forest. Funeral services were conducted conduct-ed at the Jensen Mortuary in Cedar City Sunday morning, after af-ter which the body was taken to Tanguitch for burial. Services were conducted in Panguitch on Sunday afternoon. The services in Cedar City were conducted by Bishop James Heywood Hey-wood of the Fifth ward, with Mrs. Mildred Sargent and Oscar J. llulet, associates of Mrs. Heywood Hey-wood on the Elementary school faculty, as speakers. Invocation was by Bishop Vernee Frame and benediction by Morris Buhanan. The musical program Included two vocal solos, "Teach Me to Pray", and "One Fleeting Hour", by Leonard Berg, accompanied by Mrs. Bernclla Jones. The services at Panguitch were ... . J . . . 1 T" '. II with Alga Myers, Beulah Allen and Parley Ipson as speakers. A tribute from the American Legion Le-gion Auxiliary was also given by Cleta Cherrington. Invocation was by Rudolph Church, benediction bene-diction by Bishop Tebbs, and dedication of the grave by James E. Evans. The opening and closing clos-ing songs, "Sometime, Somewhere", Some-where", and "That Beautiful Land", respectively, were by the choir, and a vocal duet, "In The Garden", was by Faye Ann and Belle Cooper. Mrs. Heywood was born in Pan" gultch May 17, 1896, a daughter of Mathew William and Annie Clove Evans. She attended public pub-lic schools In Panguitch and the Brigham Young University at Provo prior to filling a mission In the Western States for the LDS church during 1919 and 1920. On April 13, 1921, she married Mr. Heywood in the Salt Lake LDS temple. They made their home in Richfield, Moab, and Panguitch, "before coming to Ce-dar Ce-dar City, when Mr. Heywood was transferred to the Dixie National Forest here about five years ago. An active church and club worker, she had served in church auxiliary organizations in each of the towns In which she had lived since marrying Mr. Heywood. Hey-wood. She was a charter member mem-ber of the Panguitch chapter of the American Legion Auxiliary, and wa3 also a former member of the Moab Literary club. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are one son and four daughters, Frank L. Heywood, Ely, Nevada; Mrs. Florence H. Willmarth, Sierra Madre, California; Cali-fornia; Mrs. Helen Hayward, of Long Beach, California; Mrs. Myrle H. Nelson. Salt Lake City. and Miss Jean Marie Heywood, Cedar City. Also surviving are four brothers, John Evans, Oakland, Oak-land, California; J. W. Evans, Phoenix, Arizona; W. W. Evans, Panguitch, and James E. Evans, Logan, and a sister, Mrs. La-Verne La-Verne Carter, Ogden. |