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Show Veteran Is Given j Military Funeral; Funeral services were held Sun-1 day in the Milford L. D. S. chapel; for Jesse P. Stephenson, 89, of i Nada, last surviving Civil Warj veteran in southern Utah, who died at the local hospital July 18 j of cerebral apoplexy, following a , I stroke he suffered the Monday! I preceding immediately following j breakfast at his home. j Though Mr. Stephenson was not! a member of the L. D. S. faith, the; use of the chapel had been prof-; fered to the bereaved sons andi Bishop's Councilor M. J. Christen-! sen conducted the service, with , full military honors being donej the deceased soldier. The casket! was draped with the American flag and a color guard stood neaiv the bier throughout the services.' Another group of veterans attend-! ed in a body while a squad of na- tional guard boys from Beaver, under the command of Captain Joseph Manzione, attended in full uniform and officiated as a firing squad. Other veterans acted as pallbearers. Musical numbers at the service consisted of a vocal solo, "Face To Face," by J. M. Hughes and a number by a women's chorus. The. invocation was offered by John Banks and the benediction by J. B. Duncan. J. M. Hughes, American' Legion post chaplain officiated with the burial ritual. Former Bishop William A. Mil- ler of Beaver talked briefly, stat-; ing that he stood in awe for this j grand old veteran who was en-j titled to all the respect possible i for his part in the most vicious war of all modern history and came out of the conflict and to settle in our midst as a true American, a fine father, and a splendid citizen. (Continued on last page) Veteran Is Given j Military Funeral j ! (Continued from first page) j The floral offerings were beautiful beau-tiful and profuse ana the strvice throughout was one that cov.ld not . i'elp but show the fine respect i felt for Mr. Stephenson by those, who knew him, however briefly. Jesse Payton Stephenson wa-i born October 1G, 184o, in Caballe! county, West Virginia, the son ofj Gilbert and Dotia Stephenson. He was married to Mary Alice Davis, who passed away June 21, 1910, at Ironton, Ohio, where the family made their home at one time. Though but a lad at the time, Mr. Stephenson served brilliantly in the Civil war, having been affiliated affili-ated with company K of both the oth and 1st West Virginia Infantry, Infan-try, a part of the famous Army of the Patomac. In 1920 Mr. Stephenson came to Nada, following his sons, Anthony and Oscar, who had come here five years previously, making his home with them and proving up on a 160-acre homestead in that section. sec-tion. Interment of the body in the local lo-cal cemetery is only temporary as it is the intention of the sons to later remove the body to Lavel-lette, Lavel-lette, West Virginia, for permanent perma-nent burial near the grave f h's wife. |
