Myron LeFevre Jones passed away on December 14, 2010, in St. George, Utah. He was born April 25, 1914, in Tabiona, Utah to James Simkins Jones and Esther Alice LeFevre.
Myron's family living Tabiona until he was 3 years old. They moved to St. George, Utah, for a short time and then to Bloomington, Utah, where they farmed for a few years. During that time Myron's dad raised sugar cane and made molasses which he peddled up Highway 89 to Orderville, Panguitch and places North. The family then moved to Mt. Trumble on the Arizona Strip. Their homestead was a mile north of the schoolhouse and the old homestead is still standing. The family was very musical and Myron learned to play the fiddle and mandolin like his father. Myron went to school through the 8th grade. At that time, Myron left school to help with the family sheep herd and did so until he was 21 years old. He liked to catch wild horses and break them to ride and work.
Early in the spring of 1936, Myron was at a dance in St. George where he met Helen Hammond from New Harmony. She was staying with her sister, Annetta, while she went to school. Myron and Helen dated and corresponded by mail until they were married on June 9, 1937, in the St. George Temple. Their honeymoon was spent on Cedar Mountain near Duck Creek herding sheep. They settled in St. George. In 1947, Myron bought a D-4 caterpillar tractor which he used to do custom work for ranchers; mostly on the Arizona Strip. He built small ponds, cattle trails, roads and laid plastic pipe. In 1953, he started a ranch on Black Rock Mountain. His equipment and help are about worn out, but the ranch is still raising cattle.
Myron, like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was a pioneer and a builder. He was always inventing and building tools and equipment to make life easier and more profitable. He loved working with metal and equipment. To him it was a passion. The ranch, ponds, trails, pipelines (over 50 miles) and roads will always be a monument to him long after he is forgotten.
Myron is survived by his four children, Allen (Nadine) Jones, Alice (Lynn) Hiatt, Calvin (Leta) Jones and Lynda (James) Jensen; 19 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Esther (Wendell) Pickering and Bonnie Elaine (John) Pace. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Simkins and Esther Alice Jones; seven brothers, Chester (Nola), LaVawn (Mary), DeVore, Eddie (Thelia), George (Lela), Adolia (Mary), Ordell (Lorraine); two sisters, LaFave (Vivian) Leany, Manola (Eddie) Cluff; and his wife of 70 years Helen Hammond Jones, (December 15, 2007.)
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Valley 3rd Ward Chapel, 2079 E. 2450 S., St. George. Friends may call Monday, December 20, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff St., and also Tuesday, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services, at the Chapel. Interment will take place in the St. George City Cemetery
Myron's family living Tabiona until he was 3 years old. They moved to St. George, Utah, for a short time and then to Bloomington, Utah, where they farmed for a few years. During that time Myron's dad raised sugar cane and made molasses which he peddled up Highway 89 to Orderville, Panguitch and places North. The family then moved to Mt. Trumble on the Arizona Strip. Their homestead was a mile north of the schoolhouse and the old homestead is still standing. The family was very musical and Myron learned to play the fiddle and mandolin like his father. Myron went to school through the 8th grade. At that time, Myron left school to help with the family sheep herd and did so until he was 21 years old. He liked to catch wild horses and break them to ride and work.
Early in the spring of 1936, Myron was at a dance in St. George where he met Helen Hammond from New Harmony. She was staying with her sister, Annetta, while she went to school. Myron and Helen dated and corresponded by mail until they were married on June 9, 1937, in the St. George Temple. Their honeymoon was spent on Cedar Mountain near Duck Creek herding sheep. They settled in St. George. In 1947, Myron bought a D-4 caterpillar tractor which he used to do custom work for ranchers; mostly on the Arizona Strip. He built small ponds, cattle trails, roads and laid plastic pipe. In 1953, he started a ranch on Black Rock Mountain. His equipment and help are about worn out, but the ranch is still raising cattle.
Myron, like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was a pioneer and a builder. He was always inventing and building tools and equipment to make life easier and more profitable. He loved working with metal and equipment. To him it was a passion. The ranch, ponds, trails, pipelines (over 50 miles) and roads will always be a monument to him long after he is forgotten.
Myron is survived by his four children, Allen (Nadine) Jones, Alice (Lynn) Hiatt, Calvin (Leta) Jones and Lynda (James) Jensen; 19 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Esther (Wendell) Pickering and Bonnie Elaine (John) Pace. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Simkins and Esther Alice Jones; seven brothers, Chester (Nola), LaVawn (Mary), DeVore, Eddie (Thelia), George (Lela), Adolia (Mary), Ordell (Lorraine); two sisters, LaFave (Vivian) Leany, Manola (Eddie) Cluff; and his wife of 70 years Helen Hammond Jones, (December 15, 2007.)
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Valley 3rd Ward Chapel, 2079 E. 2450 S., St. George. Friends may call Monday, December 20, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff St., and also Tuesday, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services, at the Chapel. Interment will take place in the St. George City Cemetery
Myron LeFevre Jones passed away on December 14, 2010, in St. George, Utah. He was born April 25, 1914, in Tabiona, Utah to James Simkins Jones and Esther Alice LeFevre.
Myron's family living Tabiona until he was 3 years old. They moved to St. George, Utah, for a short time and then to Bloomington, Utah, where they farmed for a few years. During that time Myron's dad raised sugar cane and made molasses which he peddled up Highway 89 to Orderville, Panguitch and places North. The family then moved to Mt. Trumble on the Arizona Strip. Their homestead was a mile north of the schoolhouse and the old homestead is still standing. The family was very musical and Myron learned to play the fiddle and mandolin like his father. Myron went to school through the 8th grade. At that time, Myron left school to help with the family sheep herd and did so until he was 21 years old. He liked to catch wild horses and break them to ride and work.
Early in the spring of 1936, Myron was at a dance in St. George where he met Helen Hammond from New Harmony. She was staying with her sister, Annetta, while she went to school. Myron and Helen dated and corresponded by mail until they were married on June 9, 1937, in the St. George Temple. Their honeymoon was spent on Cedar Mountain near Duck Creek herding sheep. They settled in St. George. In 1947, Myron bought a D-4 caterpillar tractor which he used to do custom work for ranchers; mostly on the Arizona Strip. He built small ponds, cattle trails, roads and laid plastic pipe. In 1953, he started a ranch on Black Rock Mountain. His equipment and help are about worn out, but the ranch is still raising cattle.
Myron, like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was a pioneer and a builder. He was always inventing and building tools and equipment to make life easier and more profitable. He loved working with metal and equipment. To him it was a passion. The ranch, ponds, trails, pipelines (over 50 miles) and roads will always be a monument to him long after he is forgotten.
Myron is survived by his four children, Allen (Nadine) Jones, Alice (Lynn) Hiatt, Calvin (Leta) Jones and Lynda (James) Jensen; 19 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Esther (Wendell) Pickering and Bonnie Elaine (John) Pace. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Simkins and Esther Alice Jones; seven brothers, Chester (Nola), LaVawn (Mary), DeVore, Eddie (Thelia), George (Lela), Adolia (Mary), Ordell (Lorraine); two sisters, LaFave (Vivian) Leany, Manola (Eddie) Cluff; and his wife of 70 years Helen Hammond Jones, (December 15, 2007.)
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Valley 3rd Ward Chapel, 2079 E. 2450 S., St. George. Friends may call Monday, December 20, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff St., and also Tuesday, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services, at the Chapel. Interment will take place in the St. George City Cemetery
Myron's family living Tabiona until he was 3 years old. They moved to St. George, Utah, for a short time and then to Bloomington, Utah, where they farmed for a few years. During that time Myron's dad raised sugar cane and made molasses which he peddled up Highway 89 to Orderville, Panguitch and places North. The family then moved to Mt. Trumble on the Arizona Strip. Their homestead was a mile north of the schoolhouse and the old homestead is still standing. The family was very musical and Myron learned to play the fiddle and mandolin like his father. Myron went to school through the 8th grade. At that time, Myron left school to help with the family sheep herd and did so until he was 21 years old. He liked to catch wild horses and break them to ride and work.
Early in the spring of 1936, Myron was at a dance in St. George where he met Helen Hammond from New Harmony. She was staying with her sister, Annetta, while she went to school. Myron and Helen dated and corresponded by mail until they were married on June 9, 1937, in the St. George Temple. Their honeymoon was spent on Cedar Mountain near Duck Creek herding sheep. They settled in St. George. In 1947, Myron bought a D-4 caterpillar tractor which he used to do custom work for ranchers; mostly on the Arizona Strip. He built small ponds, cattle trails, roads and laid plastic pipe. In 1953, he started a ranch on Black Rock Mountain. His equipment and help are about worn out, but the ranch is still raising cattle.
Myron, like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, was a pioneer and a builder. He was always inventing and building tools and equipment to make life easier and more profitable. He loved working with metal and equipment. To him it was a passion. The ranch, ponds, trails, pipelines (over 50 miles) and roads will always be a monument to him long after he is forgotten.
Myron is survived by his four children, Allen (Nadine) Jones, Alice (Lynn) Hiatt, Calvin (Leta) Jones and Lynda (James) Jensen; 19 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 10 great-great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Esther (Wendell) Pickering and Bonnie Elaine (John) Pace. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Simkins and Esther Alice Jones; seven brothers, Chester (Nola), LaVawn (Mary), DeVore, Eddie (Thelia), George (Lela), Adolia (Mary), Ordell (Lorraine); two sisters, LaFave (Vivian) Leany, Manola (Eddie) Cluff; and his wife of 70 years Helen Hammond Jones, (December 15, 2007.)
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, December 21, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at the Little Valley 3rd Ward Chapel, 2079 E. 2450 S., St. George. Friends may call Monday, December 20, 2010, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff St., and also Tuesday, from 9:30-10:30 a.m. prior to services, at the Chapel. Interment will take place in the St. George City Cemetery
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