Show PASSED AWAY A mother in icrael dies in flip lord in her alother Iary S garner died at the bf lr son elder vm it H in at boils phi 1 on friday 1885 in the the funeral service over the re liaina were held at the mortuary residence on sunday afternoon NOV the house was filled to iti ut with the friends of the deceased who biad come irom far and near to pay a tribute of respect to her memory the assembly was called to orderly president lewis W shurtliff the cliola under the leadership bf elder james coleman sang the hymn crestin Cre rt speaks with awful voice a universal groan the opening prayer was offered II 11 the choir then sang sister thou were mild and lovely gentle as the summer breeze after which the meeting waa addressed by elder sylvester W perry who had been acquainted with the deceased for more thin forty years he spoke of her many good qualities as a woman a neighbour and a friend and of her unwavering aldel ity and sterling asa god she was always ready to lend a helping liand to those who needed assistance and never wearied in he efforts to sustain and build up the church and kingdom of god he counseled her numerous descendants wha were present to be faithful to god the truth and to themselves as their maternal ancestor had been and who had died in the lord and gone to her peaceful rest until she is again called forth from the tomb to join the family circle to live and reign with the redeemed bf all nations on the earth when it is purified from sin and sanctified and become a fit place agthe residence of the son bf god and all ghosn who shall have an inheritance in the resurrection of the just elders J M butler joseph hall J M burch and president L W shurtliff also addressed the meeting they had also been acquainted with our aged sister for many years and fully endorsed what had been said by the first speaker they spoke words of consolation and comfort to the mourners and gave much excellent counsel to those who still survive and urged upon them the necessity of being men and women of truth and unswerving fidelity that they may secure for themselves the approbation in this life and an eternal exaltation in the world to come as our aged mother has done the choir sang thy basam faithful tomb take chii new treasure to thy trust the benediction was pronounced by elder R J hill after which the remains were followed by a large cortege to the oden cemetery and laid away to their last peaceful repose the dedicatory prayer vaa delivered by elder joseph hall deceased was the daughter of james and nellie holmes she was born at warwick hamden september 15 1797 in 1820 she was married to augustus 0 A stowell in 1825 she removed with her husband to listfield field county new york here she first heard the aspel preached by the elders in in the same kjear she was bap tided into the church of jesus chrict of latter day saints in 1844 she removed with her family to the city of nauvoo where she arrived on the ath september sho remained in that beloyed city until the exodus when at the fiands of the ruthless and bloody minded christians she was with thousands of her co driven from her peaceful home shelter among the savages in the wilderness in 1848 she reached council bluffs where she married wm garner her first luis band ia dead remained there till 1852 when she crossed the plaint to salt lak 0 valley arriving in salt lake city in the fall of the same year after a short stay there she went south to Provo remaining there one year from thence to cedar fort and subsequently to weber county in 1854 and finally settled in hooper city in 1872 her second husong died since which time she made her home with her son elder wm K R stowell with whom she continued to reside until her demise hiie leaves a perpetuate lier memory and to hand down her name to the latest generation of time and through the eternities to come she had two sons and seven daughters 27 grand sons 30 grand daughters 31 great grandsons and 29 great grand daughters in all most all of whom arc still living to build up her portion of the house of israel mother garner lias passed through an life she has seen king doma overthrown empires fall rc established and some of them fall to decay she haa witnessed fhe setting up of the kingdom agod the spread and power of truth the and martyrdom of many of the saints of the lord for the truths sake she lias participated with thein in many of their afflictions she has seen her own w ViUla mR I 1 a prisoner in tho hands of the enemies people pt ople condemned to be executed by the soldiery of the united states for no crime in the nation or any ewt af pf it yet under all these trying can 8 alie wavered riot had an abiding faith in of ills prom ls ollit he deliver her and her soil out of the hands of those who ought their destruction she has lived to see those verified hershul Her soul atta she chasnow gone to reap atie reward of the just and tier numerous posterity rise up and CAIA HER BUSSED 1 |