Show EER P PISSES 11 WILLIAM BLACK the funeral services ot of W R blacci were held in the deseret meeting house at one p in january 18 it was one ot of the largest tuner funer als ever held in that old historic place the singing was all furnish ed by loral talent and each selection was rendered at the request of the family the same having cho chosen choen en because of being a favorite of the deceased the speakers were S W western N L peterson E J ellaan and layton allridge the first three named speakers have been ted with mr black most of his life and all spoke of his splendid chadic ter and testified to the many things of worth with which he had been as socia ted mr allredge is a nephew of mr black his talk was faith pro doting and indicated that the young man possessed many of the charac te of hie his uncle he was a son of mr blacks youngest sister his re marks were enjoyed by all resolutions of 0 respect were read by john reeve president of the high priest quorum one of the par of the resolutions read as follows we W are thankful that we have had the privilege of his association for we are sure that aisi influence will I 1 always be a factor for good we point with pride to his pioneer spirit and his untiring efforts in develop ing the Te resources SOurces of thib desert land and in the preservation of our wa ter rights for the benefit of these settlers and we also note with pride hia his honesty and fair dealing with all men and as we think of him and his manner of life we are reminded how completely he meas ared up to this thought that an honest man is the noblest work of god which is much along the same line as each of the speakers corn com W R black was the oldest living tres president Ident of deseret and the next to the oldest resident in this local locality ty john styler of oasis having settled here slightly before mr black it Is interesting to note that practically every important and per manent improvement that has been made in west millard county for its future development is associated with the name of W R black he helped construct the gunnison bend reservoir in the early 90 s he had personal supervision of the building of the sevier bridge reservoir Reer voir he mas was interested in and had much to do with the building of the later projects he ile was a cloe friend and as seo clate of the late bishop maxfield and they together worked on many of the more recent projects in mill ard county mr air black waa was unassuming in his manner but was very positive in his convictions he stood for what he considered right and was not easily swayed but his bigness was in the tact fact that he was always willing to acknowledge a mistake when he dia dis covered that he had made one he as what the writer would term A diamond in the rough he cared little tor for applause as it was the facts he wanted and he was most al ways successful in obtaining them As a pioneer he had but few if any peers he never failed to boost tor for lit his own country no one ever heard him speak discouragingly of this locality he had unbounded faith in its future one of his cher dished hopes was to live to see the people out of their present difficult dif ticul ties chose who knew mr black best were the ones who loved him most 1113 1 friendship was m Ls benline be he spoke of a man as he found him and defended him against false alons as he would defend himself his passing ends the life of one of god a noblemen his record of faith falness la is a challenge to all who knew him contributed |