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Show BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS A grateful government the great est, the grandest, and tho beet gov-enment gov-enment nnder tho sun yesterday made the hearts of tho Blackburn family ot the Logan Fourth ward glad when It tenderly laid the ro-mains ro-mains of , Lafayette Blackburn, a faithful soldier, a loving son, and a .-. mt dtlron at the Blackburn home In Logan where they could bo laid away In tho famlly'plot in tho cemetery. Tho funeral services wero heldv in the Logan tabernacle. Bishop Bish-op Serge F. Benson of the Fourth ward presiding. Tho lower floor was well tilled, the friends and comrades of tho deceased who did service across the, sea marched In uniform, and the floral offerings wero beautiful. beau-tiful. Musical numbers were furnlshert by a quartetto C. O. Peterson, James McMurrln, Harold Trotman nnd Arthur OU -n, alio a quartette, Rachel Ra-chel Peter on, Rula Cordon, James McMuirln jjnd C O. Peterson. Miss "Rachel Poferson also sang a solo, and a beautiful and striking feature was a vlolli solo, "Marseilles." with-violin with-violin accompaniment by tho talented talent-ed little daughters of John H. Bnnlt- head, Latta and Rachel Bankhcad, of tho Found ward. Tho spcsBers were President Wll-llaii Wll-llaii C. Parkinson, Patriarch Qulbcll. wffiaco. 5ffi"g.r Presldeut Joseph E. Shepard and President Joseph E. Cordon. President Parkinson had lost a son in tho scrvlco and could mourn through actual experience. Elders Qulbcll and Strong were friends and acquaintances of tho family and testified to tho many flno qunlltles ot tho Blackburn family fam-ily and the faithfulness of tho good young man who gavo his life for humanity. President Shepard said tho evidence evi-dence submitted showed that tho deceased, de-ceased, was a loyal citizen and soldier sol-dier and a good Latter-day Saint. The fact that be was a good Latter-day Latter-day Saint made htm a loyal soldier and citizen, as It la Impossible to be a good Latter-day Saint without being be-ing a good eltlien. He had shown his love for his neighbor In the most substantial way possible, in that he gave his lite for his neighbor. President Cordon Bald that the deceased was tho son of William Blackburn and Sarah Iloldcn and was born In Box Elder county In 1895. Ho went with his father to Idaho and later to tho Big Horn country In Wyoming, no was ordained or-dained an elder before going to tho war. Ho did not wnlt to bo drafted, but voluntocrcd. nis father and ho wero nsslgnod to Company C, Wo-mlng Wo-mlng National Guard. Ho was m I billed July 25, 1917, mustered in l August 1, 1917, and later went over' seas. In October 7919, ho was gassed nnd sent to an army hospital. hospi-tal. Ho got out of tho hospital but In January was forced to tho hospital again and on January C, 1919, ho died. Ho carrrled to his death tho highest badgo ot honor that can bo bestowed, In that It was said ot him "Private Blackburn had a good clean record as a soldier." Ho served hla country to the boat of his ability, honored tho naroo of his family, and laid dbwn his Ufa for his friends. Bishop Benson tendered tho thanks of tho family nnd spoko a word for tho comrades, tho boys who camo back. Ho said "Whenever I meet them on tho street I feel that I should do them roverence." President Joserh Qulnney offered I tho closing prayer. |