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Show Rites Held For Civic Leader Thomas Amby Briggs, for-jl for-jl raer Davis County civic and church leader, died Monday at 'JV alocalcare center. He was 85. MR. BRIGGS was active in community and civic affairs: He served as a Bountiful city councilman, Davis County Commissioner and on several agricultural. and irrigation committees. , He was a farmer all of his life, concentrating in growing Peaches in his later years. He wned a cattle ranch in Wyom- wgand received a certificate of vV merit for soil conservation Vt from the Bridger Vallev Conservancy Con-servancy District. Mr. Briggs also received the Bountiful Mayor's Outstanding Citizen Uard. MR. BRIGGS was active in lw LDS Church serving in auxiliary au-xiliary organizations as a "wop, stake president for wy yei,rs and was cacJ Ul a stake patriarch up to the lme of his death. ? . He was horn Nov. 28. 1897 irtfi m Bountiful, the son of James W Anulus Cook Briggs. He jumed Lillian Argvle on Nov. t 19-0 m the Salt Lake LDS jPle. She died in August. Sl'RVIVORS include his filers. Mrs. Ted (Wilma) unhand Mrs. Maescr(Artis) yyy 'iyyf A..:..:.;f;;',,;is;is5; THOMAS AMBY BRIGGS Edwards, both of Bountiful; 12 grandchildren and 12 greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. f uneral services were held Friday. April 29 at noon at the Bountiful 18th Ward Chapel. Interment was in the Bountiful Cemetery. FAMILY requests contributions contribu-tions to the American Heart Association. Funeral directors. direc-tors. Russon Brothers Bountiful Bounti-ful Mortuary. |