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Show Town Honors Beloved Citizen Hundreds of friends and relatives of John Henry Davis, 64. well known and loved resident of this city, gathered gath-ered at the stake tabernacle Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m. to pay their respect to the deceased and his family. The remarks of the speakers, speak-ers, the profusion of flowers which covered the rostrum, and the musical numbers rendered were fitting eulogies to a life of faith end service. ser-vice. Bishop T. A, Greenwood of the 'First ward was in charge. The services opened with a chorus of the First ward singing "Come Unto Me". Mrs. Mary Humphries was accompanist ac-companist for the services. Comprising Com-prising the chorus were Messrs. Rulon Nicholes, Thornton Young, D. W. Jones, Joseph Anderson, Clar-' Clar-' ence Grant and Melvin Grant, and .(Mesdames Rhoda Nilson, Eleanor Grant, lone Russon, Pearl Cunning-' Cunning-' ham, Myrl McGrew and Louella ! Greenwood. The invocation was j offered by Samuel F. Grant of the . ward bishop. Ray Shelley of this city and Ho-l Ho-l ward Nelson of Pleasant Grove next ' rendered a vocal duct. Following was a splendid biographical bio-graphical sketch prepared and given by Mrs. Bertha Sagers, who had been k" associated for sometime with the e deceased in genealogical work, and L" in which she paid a heartfelt tri- bute to his life and labors. The next speaker was former e bishop James T. Gardner who stress- - ed some oi me items oi uiu uiusia-phical uiusia-phical sketch and told of his intimate inti-mate association with the deceased in a church capacity. He expressed his appreciation for having had the privilege of associating with a man of Mr. Davis' character and said he knew him to be a true Latter-day Saint. His whole life has been of service to others and if any one has gained an eternal reward it is Mr. Davis, said Mr. Gardner. Mrs. Edith G. Young next sang "Christian's Goodnight". Stephen L. Chipman, the next speaker, said he felt the splendid attendance at the services bespoke the love and esteem of not only this community but that of others in which he has re- sided as well. Mr. Davis for some twenty years was in the employ of Chipman Mercantile and Mr. Chip-! Chip-! man said in all that time he was of i the cheeriest, nature, whistling and singing about his work. He also j said he knew Mr. Davis to be a good husband and father. I James Adamson, formerly of this city, now a resident of Salt Lake, conveyed the respect and sympathy of the people who employed Mr. Davis some ten years ago as a tourist agent for the Saltair Beach Co. In 1923-24 he acted in this ca- pacity for the company and meb hundreds of thousands of people, conducting them on tours to the beach. Mr. Adamson gave one instance in-stance of how Mr. Davis impressed the visitors when the National Universities Uni-versities Extension Division held a convention in Salt Lake and made the trip to Saltair. Mr. Davis had the crowd singing in no time, and led them in singing hymns as well, and then he went on into his favorite favor-ite theme, the go.siel as he so loved it. A letter from one of the prominent promin-ent members of the party came to the company office later telling of the influence Mr. Davis had over this party and the respect they felt for the philosphy he gave them In his talk. The letter said "This man is a great missionary". Similar letters let-ters came from all over the country into the office telling of similar impressions im-pressions he hud made. President Clifford E. Young, the; last sjx'aker, expressed Hie appreciation apprecia-tion of himself and his stake osso-i osso-i ciates for the loyalty the deceased j had shown in the responsibilities given him in this stake. Following the remarks of Mr. Adamson, Milton Urown rendered a , violin solo "O My Father". The closing number by the chorus was "Nearer My Gcxl To Thee", imd tho benediction was pronounced by liish-0) liish-0) Joseph II. Storrs. Burial was made in the American Fork cemetery where the prayer of dedication at Die grave side was offered of-fered by E. J. Seastrand. Tile services were very largely attended. at-tended. The pallbearers were members mem-bers of the high priests quorum with which the deceased was affiliated and the members of this quorum, occupied places on the rostrum. o |