Bingham Bulletin | 1920-04-08 | Page 1 | W. S. Gannon Laid to Rest by Host of Friends

W.S. GANNOit LAID TO REST BY HOST OF ns On Thursday lastApril 1, in a pervading per-vading influence of peace, and in an atmosphere made redolent with profuse pro-fuse and beautiful floral offerings, breathing fealty and esteem to him who has crossed the Great Divide and who has launched his barque on the river which marks- the unknown shore; wIUk the... Qg)onnell funeral chapel iiH5a5t tSf Jpacked with sorrowing friends; lie last sad rites were paid, and the final farewells were spoken to W. 8. Gannon-Prayer Gannon-Prayer was offered 'by Rev. Thomas Man waring, a former paBtor ot the Bingham M. E, church, now residing in Midvale, which was followed fol-lowed with addresses, marked with pathoa and sorrow, by Judge E. E. Dudley of Bingham Canyon, and Rev. J. 9. Wallace, pastor of the Immanuel Baptist church of Salt Lake City in which the rectitude, the high character, char-acter, the sterling Dualities and the Integrity of the deceased were extolled ex-tolled and eulogized. From the chapel the funeral cortege wended Its way to Mount Olivet, and there in that silent city in the shadow of the towering Wasatch range, with the panorama of the beautiful valley of Salt Lake spread out at its feet; with "the drapery of his couch about him" all that was mortal of "Billy" Gannon was laid at rest. Requiescat in pace.