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Show Laura B. Nebeker Observes 90th Birthday March 22 Mrs. Laura Brown Nebeker observed ob-served her 90th birthday anniversary anniver-sary on Thursday, March 22 and welcomed relatives and friends from far and near, who called to extend good wishes and felicitations. felicita-tions. Among near relatives from out of town were her daughters, Mrs. Mary Scott of Whittier, Calif., a son, George Peeples, and grandson Marvin Vajl, a grand-grandson, D. Vail, all of Brigham City, Mr. and Mrs. (a great-granddaughter) Kay Hales of Murray; a great-grandson and wife of Tooele. Mrs. Nebeker is a native of the Old South. She was born in Atlanta. At-lanta. Georgia in 1866, to George and Mary Jane Brown. She married mar-ried Calvin Peeples, who met death by a lightning accident leaving her with six small children. She first met Wiley Nebeker when he was laboring as an LDS missionary in the Southern States, and she with her children and parents became converts to the LDS Church and came to Utah. She and Wiley Nebeker Neb-eker were married in the Salt Lake Temple in November, 1898. To this union were born three children, Verna, Vera and Hugh. The Nebekers lived for some time in Northern Utah, in Wyoming Wyom-ing and Nevada, and came to PI. Grove about 45 years ago. Mr. Neberk died here Nov. 29, 1930 and since that time Mrs. Nebeker. has carried on, an inspiration to her eight living children, and other oth-er posterity. She has been active in gardening and is an excellent seamstress. She has also been very active in Relief Re-lief Society until age and failing health prevented. She is however, very alert to things going on about her, and in the affairs of her family. fa-mily. She is still living in her home and is cared for by her daughter, Mrs. Vera Wasrstaff. Mrs. Nebeker's living posterity include eight children, George Peeples of Brigham City; Frauline Lopee. Phoenix. Ariz.; Iris Gleed, Lima. Mont.; Mary L. Scott, Whittier. Whit-tier. Calif.; Sam Peeples. Salt Lake City; Verna Robinson. Am- erican Fork; Vera Wagstaff, PI. Grove, and Hugh Nebeker, Whittier, Whit-tier, Calif. There are also thirty grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. |