Funeral for N. C. Hunting Held At Glines Chapel.

GLINES (Special) -- The ward chapel was crowded to capacity on Monday at 12 o'clock when funeral services were held for Nathan Hunting, who died Friday, December 24, after a lingering illness. Many beautiful flowers covered the casket and banked the rostrum.

Musical numbers were rendered by a double mixed quartet composed of Mrs. Belle Perry, Mrs. Lela Batty, Mrs. Maryetta Wardle, Mrs. Margueritte Curtis, John and Lewis Hodgkinson, Herb Bell and Cecil Billings, accompanied Miss Enid Reid and sang the following numbers, "Sweet Hour of Prayer," "Oh My Father," and "Till We Meet Again. Mrs. Batty sang, "Face To Face."

The speakers were Earnest Eaton and Archie Johnson with closing remarks by Bishop John B. Eaton. They all spoke words of consolation to the bereaved wife and children and told of the wonderful character of the deceased.

The opening prayer was offered by Bishop Lavell Manwaring of the Naples Ward and the benediction by Martin T. Fletcher.

The pallbearers were Brandon, Lyle and Henry Hunting, Charles and Orval Allred and Adolph Fillingim, all grandsons of the deceased. Interment was made in the Vernal Memorial Park under the direction of the Swain Funeral Home. G. H. Southam of Naples dedicated the grave.

Nathan Charles Hunting was born at Murray, Utah, April 11, 1864. He was the son of Nathan Charles and Elizabeth Radmall Hunting. When but a child of six, his parents moved to Malad, Idaho and there he resided until the fall of 1884 when he came to Ashley Valley. Two years later, October 3, 1886 he married Sarah Adell Pope.

To this union were born eleven children, the following of whom survive, Mrs. Edith Allred, Mrs. Oral Fillingim and Mrs. Olen H. Bodily, Vernal; Mrs. Evaun Barker, Salt Lake; Mrs LaRue Hardy, Logan; Mrs. Lorna Ballard, Garfield; Earl and Robert Hunting, Vernal; and Uel C. Hunting who is now on a mission in the Tahistian Islands.

Mr. Hunting was an active community and church worker until about eleven years ago when health kept him confined to his home. The following people were here from outside points to attend the services. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pope, Provo; Mr. and Mrs George Barker, Mrs. Emma Marks, Mrs. Eva Calder and Mr. and Mrs. Verdin Nelson of Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Hardy of Logan; Mr. and Mrs. Jay Pope, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Pope and Afton Crocker, Duchesne; Mrs. Sid Brighton, John Haslem and Clair Haslem, Roosevelt; Mr. and Mrs. Parley Goodrich, Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Goodrich, Mr. and Mrs. Derrell Goodrich and Mrs. Reed McConkie, Tridell and Mrs. Emma Murray of Jensen.

-Vernal Express, December 30, 1937, transcribed by Rhonda Holton