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Show OLDEST RESIDENT Last Rites Accorded Martha Adams Mrs. Martha D. Adams, 90, long-time resident of Cedar City, died Thursday in St. George of causes Incident to age, after having hav-ing been In poor health for some time. Funeral services were con- ducted Saturday afternoon In the Cedar First Ward Chapel, and burial was In the Cedar City, cemetery. Mrs. Adams wai. bjrn In St.! Nicholas, Pa., on August 22, 18C3 a daughter of John and Margery Cooper Dutton. She came to Utah In 1875, arriving at York, now Juad Station, on Christmas Eve of that year. The family first settled In Mt. Pleasant, and In March, 1876, she came to Cedar City by ox team. She was considered one of the first residents of Irontown, west of Cedar City, and of Silver Reef. For many years she was prominent prom-inent in musical activities of both church and community. In 1900 she married Frank B. Adams In Cedar City. Mr. Adams died in June, 1917. Survivors include four sons and three daughters, Mrs. Margery Mackrell, Beaver; Mrs. Delia Knight, Mrs. Anne Starr, William C. Adams, Evlinn Adams, Miles Adams and Earl Adams, all of , Cedar City. Also surviving are 28 grandchildren, and several greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. The funeral services were conducted con-ducted by Bishop Homer Jones of the Cedar First Ward. Speakers Speak-ers were Parson U. Webster and Sarnuel F. Leigh. Invocation was by Harry Lunt, benediction by J James Heywood, and the dedicatory dedica-tory prayer by Alden Adams. Prayer at the Mortuary prior tv the services was by Clemont 1 Adams. The musical program Included two numbers, "Beautiful Isle" and "My Father Knows" by a quartet composed of Mamie Eck, Lois McDonnell, L. C. Miles and Vernon Jones, and a vocal solo, "Going Home" by Bert Carpenter. Carpen-ter. Mrs. Beth Leigh was accompanist accom-panist and p-elude and postlude j organ music was by Mrs. Belle ' Jones. I |