Show EPHRAIM H HYE DEAD SUCCUMBS SUDDENLY TO HEART DISEASE YESTERDAY MORNING AT COLUMBI CAROLINA news is received of the death at the church offices in salt lake yester berday afternoon remains will be brought home for interment ephraimm H aye ft formerly well known citizen of ogden formerly president of the california branch of the latter day saints church and recently the president of the southern states mission is dead his dealt occurred suddenly at 1 yesterday morning at columbia south carolina of heart disease tidings of his demise was sent by telegraph from atlanta georgia ly elder W J harris mr nye has ono brother here steven aye who lives on the southeast bench of he city Epli raim II 11 nye was the son of nye and charlotte osborn aad was bon august 6 1845 in ashford kent england he was baptized bap tired a member of the church in 1858 by thomas S johnson and emigrated to utah in his early man hood for many years he was a resident of ogden and held a number of positions of trust in the city government in april ische was set apart tor a mission to great britain which mission ho filled with honor returning home june 29 in november 1890 he was called on a mission to california in which section he remained for four and a halt years the greater part of the time presiding over the mission returning Ke turning home in 1891 he remained for about nine months when he waa again into the mission field this time to the eastern states for a time he tool charge of tho work there but on the creation 0 the central states mission he was called to succeed ben E rich as president of ani southern states mission he waa in ogdan for a short stay just after tho april conference while on his way east hi mother and other relatives are buried in ogdan and the re mains will bo brought here for inter mant |