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Show 1 MANY PAY TRIBUTE BY ) ATTENBING SERVICES FOR T. REYNOLD GRIFFIN - Services Were Held Sunday at Noon in Sixth Ward Chapel, Which Was Filled to Overflowing With Sympathising Friends and Relatives. Funeral services over tho remains of tho lato T. Heynold Orlffln who was killed hy an Intcrurhan railway car last Wednesday night were held In tho Sixth ward meeting house on Sunday Sun-day at 12 o'clock noon.. Tho spacious spaci-ous meeting houso was packed to Its capacity, all extra seats and chairs having been brought In, tho Isles and corridors being packed with a mass of sympathizing friends and relatives. It was Indeed a striking testimonial of respect and ono of the strongest evidences of real sympathy that It Is possible to manifest on such a sad occasion. During tho morning hours tho remains re-mains rested In tho casket at tho Orlffln Orlf-fln homo, surrounded by a beautiful embankment of flowers, tho choicest from naturo's gardens, gifts from friends who were anxious to do somo llttlo thing that would mako tho burdens bur-dens of the broken hearts lighter. They could only do it in tho language of flowers, nnd this floral contribution preached a magnificent sermon. Hundreds Hun-dreds passed by tho casket and view-Icd view-Icd tho remains prior to tho tlmo of. departuro for tho meeting houso. At tho meeting houso tho flowers 5Jx mado tho sccno most beautiful. Illsh-- Illsh-- , J op Oscar Rico presided. On tho ros- truiu wero tho bishop and his coun- sellors, President Sergo P. Balltt nnd K .President Joseph Qulnnoy Jr., togcth-I togcth-I er with many prominent members of M tho Sixth ward, other wards of Lo-I Lo-I gan many from Richmond, Hyde Park I nnd elsewhere. Tho choir sang, TIU H tho Resurrection Day, nnd prayer was I offered by President Sorgo P. Dalllf. H A solo was then nicely rendered by Austin Ralnoy of Richmond. Tho speakers wero Elders James Thomns, I William J. Harrison, Herschel Bui-I Bui-I len, Fred Uallam of Hydo Park and H Bishop Oscar Rico. Fred Ballam and Eldei Peterson of Hydo Park, render-H render-H od a musical number, and Frank 8 Baugh sang a solo in his customary I matchless stylo. Tho sorvlco was ini-I ini-I presslvo throughout. Evory word of I tho speakers, every lino, of tho pray-H pray-H crs, evory strain of music, ovory vo-H vo-H cal noto Bcemcd to breatho of sym-I sym-I pathy, a blessing, a benediction for I tho bereaved. President Joseph Quln- noy dismissed tho service, after which I tho remains were convoyed to nn in-I in-I terurban car on tho track outsldo and I taken to Richmond. Tho trip to Richmond vas mado without a hitch. Manager Robert Anderson An-derson of tho 0. L. & I. n. Co., was personally In chargo and saw to it that every detail was carried out in perfect order. At Richmond tho old homo of the Orlfllns thero was an evidence of wholo souled patriotic sympathy of tondor, loving, genulno brotherhood, manifested that will not only bo re-membored re-membored by tho stricken families, but friends from Logan nnd eisewheio throughout their cntlro lives Tho remains wero carefully conveyed to tho hearse, after which twenty-fivo automobiles were Ir. readiness to convoy con-voy tho party to tho cemetery. Ono by ono tho autotn blles were loaded and took their place In tho procession proces-sion and when it was completed It numbered somo thirty automobiles and fifteen carr'a?es. At the cine-tery cine-tery a short servico was held. Bishop Bish-op T. II. Merrill presided. Music was furnished by a quartet, l'-of Charles I. Stod-'arJ, Ernest Monson, Mrs. Thomas and Miss Moason. C unsellor James W. Funk wai ti:o first speaker, and In a few well cimj en words welcomed tho funeral par v to Richmond He said tho people f 'It It n distinct honor to have former for-mer eons and daughters of Richmond jcturu to tho old home to bury .Snlr dead. Bishop Oscar Rice of tho Logan Lo-gan Sixth ward dedicated tho grave, and Bishop T. H. Merrill expressed tho sympathy of tho entire community commun-ity and pronounced tho benediction. |
