Show Impressive Funeral Held At Sterling for Accident Victim Impressive and very largely at attended attended attended at- at tended funeral services were held at Sterling Sunday afternoon afternoon for James Ralph Jimmie Thompson Jr 21 who died from injuries suffered in a truck crash 33 miles northeast of St. St George at 5 a. a am a.m. m. m June 8 Mr Thompson was driving a aI I heavily laden cattle truck and semi trailer filled with 33 cattle for California markets The vehicle left the highway and crashed into the side of a wash Workers using us using using us- us ing an acetylene torch and levers worked an hour and a half to free Mr Thompson from the crushed crush crush- ed vehicle He died on the way to toa a Cedar City hospital Mr Thompson was one of two drivers of the truck truck and arid had taken over from Ezra T. T Segura 24 Richfield Richfield Richfield Rich Rich- field a short time before Mr I Segura asleep in the cab was seriously injured and hind was taken to toa a St. St George hospital Twenty-five Twenty of the cattle were killed in the crash and the truck-trailer truck was largely largel demolished Jimmie had told his mother an and others that he didn't like to go goon on the trip He was taken from Sterling to Gunnison by his mother and md th then n rode on to Levan with n n others where he and Mr Segura ura took over the truck Born in Sterling May 13 1929 Jimmie was a son of James Ralph and Eloise Freckelton Thompson He attended school at Sterling Price Manti Monti and Ephraim He Ht had b been n an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Latter Day Saints He is survived by his parents Sterling two brothers Lee R. R Thompson Ephraim registrar at Snow College and nd William Bruce Thompson Moroni a sister Lois Kay Thompson Sterling and two grandparents Mrs Dessie ThompSon Thomp- Thomp Son nj Sterling and S. S H. H Freckleton Continued on last page IMPRESSIVE 1 FUNERAL HELD AT T STER STERLING ING FOR ACCIDENT j VICTIM Continued from page 1 Blackfoot Idaho Funeral Held Bishop Farrell Funk conducted the he funeral service which was probably pro- pro bably the largest ever held in Sterling The auditorium was packed pack- pack ed d as were the class rooms in the basement where n a loud speaker was vas located Many others stood in inthe inthe the he hallway and on the steps outside outside out- out side ide the chapel There Ther were great greatbanks greatbanks banks janks of flowers which had come from rom friends in this section and from rom points all along the trucking route oute to California Preliminary music was by Mrs Peggy Matthews of Sterling and md the he opening song was a vocal solo Perfect Day by Allan Green accompanied ac- ac companied by Mrs Phyllis R. R Armstrong Armstrong Armtrong Arm- Arm strong trong both of Ephraim The invocation in invocation invocation in- in vocation was by Erick Ludvigson former Sterling bishop after which Teach Me To Pray was sung by Betty Jetty Lou Denison Lewis Barbara June Funk and Helen Funk ac accompanied accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied by Mrs Matthews all of Sterling Mrs Mary Madsen Peacock of Manti was the first speaker and told old of incidents in the Thompson family amily of Jimmies Jimmie's friendly so sociable sociable sociable so- so generous nature of his dread for or the fatal trip and of his willingness will will- to work Miss Colleen Jeffries of Manti sang Because accompanied by Mrs Della Delia Cox also of Manti ManU Aaron Moss of Richfield a foreman foreman foreman fore fore- man for the trucking firm finn which employed Jimmie was the next speaker He said an exception to the he rule of hiring no single men had lad been made in the case of Jimmie rimmie because of his high recommendations recommendations recommendations skill and dependability He le and other firm finn officials had ridden with Jimmie and only the highest reports to make of his ability skill and dependability All drivers rivers liked to be with Jim he said A musical reading Should You Go First to the tune of Beyond the Sunset was given by Mrs Wilford accompanied by jy Lucy Joan and Janice Nielson ell dl of ManU Manti Ray Chapman of Manti a former Sterling Bishop told of Jimmies Jimmie's standing in the community and his activities in the church A solo Oh Dry Those Tears was sung by Mrs Melba K Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong accompanied by Mrs Phyllis Phylis Phyl- Phyl lis is R. R Armstrong both of Ephraim after which Mrs Alice T T. West of Sterling pronounced the bene bene- diction Burial was in the Manti ManU City cemetery where the grave was dedicated dedicated dedicated ded ded- by Vern Vem Erickson of Gunnison Gunni- Gunni son who also is a former bishop of Sterling ward Group Goes To St. St George After the services Mr and Mrs Ralph Thompson Mr and Mrs Lee LeeR R R. Thompson Mr and Mrs Bruce Thompson also George Thompson uncle of Jimmie of Kennewick Wash motored to St. St George to visit witty Mr Segura and spen spent much of Monday with him He and his wife area are a grand couple T n LL Lee i- i ic c R i n. n port but DUI DUt Mr mr vr Segura egura is u uin in a very critical condition I It seems his spinal cord has been severed and if he recovers he will wil probably be paralyzed for life I It Itis Itis is said that he and Jimmie go got along ideally better than any other pair of drivers in the company Mr Segura highly recommended Jimmie to the company and so feels that he is partly responsible for the accident a a. a feeling the Thompsons tried to |