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Show Services Held For Harriett Horton Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Greenville for Mrs. Harriett Heslington Horton, 64, widow of the late John A. Horton. Mrs. Horton died Monday evening, following a four-day four-day period of unconsciousness, spasm of a blood vein being given as the cause f death. The services were held in the Greenville L. D. S. ward chapel, with Bishop James Williams m charge. The speakers were Bishop Carlyle F. Gronning of Milford and former Bishop William A. Miller of Beaver, with Bishop W il liams giving concluding remarks. The invocation was offered bv Ebenezer Tanner of Milford and the closing prayer by John R. ll-liams, ll-liams, brother-in-law of Mrs. Horton, while J. H. Morris gave the dedicatory prayer at the Greenville cemetery, where interment inter-ment took place beside the grave of her husband. Musical numbers 1 included quartet selections bv ! Kent Morgan, Frank Smith, Milo ; Baker and J. Reed Moore of Bea- ver and vocal solos by Mr. Moore ; and Mrs. Thelma Barton. I Following the services the Greenville ward Relief society ! members most thoughtfully serv- j ed a dinner to out-of-town rela-1 tives, a gesture which was much ' appreciated by the family. . Mrs. Horton, known to hundreds , of friends as "Aunt Hattie," was born July 10, 1S79, at Greenville,! a daughter of Alfred and Hannah ; Mounsey Heslington. She was married at Greenville, in January 1S96 to John A. Horton, who preceded her in death 20 yt-ars ago. Surviving Mrs. Horton are three sons and three daughters: J. E. Horton, McGill. Nevada; R. Claude Horton, Ely, Nevada; Mrs. D. L. Duffin, ElMonte, California; Mrs. W. W. Tanner. Gardena. California; and Mrs. Lucylle White and G. A. Horton of Mil- , ford; also 20 grandchildren, among them being Max Horton, third class petty officer in naval electrical school at Portland, Oregon, Ore-gon, and Marvin R. Horton. cadet pilot in training at Santa Ana. California, both of whom were in attendance at the funeral. She is also survived by seven greatgrandchildren great-grandchildren of whom two ar; twin girls and two twin boys. Brothers and sisters surviving Mrs. Horton are: William Heslington Hes-lington rf Provo, Mrs. Clara R'.aek-ham R'.aek-ham of Beaver, Mrs. May McKeon and Mrs. Mattie Wade of Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Alice Siddoll of Ixngview, Washington. Mrs. Horton had accompanied Mrs. Dick Jones to the picture show Thursday evening of last week and, since she had planned to spend the night at the Jones home, the two women had been talking for some time when Mrs. Horton became silent. Not alarmed alarm-ed at first because she thought her guest might have dozed momentarily, mo-mentarily, Jrs. Jones later called in Dr. Max Schlachter but he could do nothing for Mrs. Horton who had become unconscious, never regaining the power to speak or recognize anyone. In addition to members of the immediate family, out-of-town people attending the services included in-cluded John R. Horton of Idaho, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Whittaker, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cannon, Mrs. Mary Horton, Mr. and Mrs Gerald Horton and William Horton Hor-ton of Circlev-illo; and Mrs. Mattie j Wade and daughter and Mrs. I Mary McKeon of Salt Ijike City. |