Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-20
FUNERAL OF WILLIAM JENNINGS.
Impressive Ceremonies Mark the
Last sad offices TO the Es-
teemed Dead.

From 10 O'Clock this morning till after
the hour for closing the doors to visitors
an unbroken stream Of friends crowded
their way through the halls of the Dever-
eux House t., obtain last fond glimpse
OF the silent features Of the late William
Jennings. When the casket was re-
moved from its position prepare
tions were hurriedly made for
the reception of the funeral
guests, and by o'clock the large parlors
and halls, as well as the stairway, were
filled with the family and immediate
! friends. No invitation had been extended
to the public, for the reason that the res
idence afforded insufficient room, but be-
fore the services had begun great num-
Der OF the prominent business men of the
town, OF all classes, were seen in the halls.
Appropriate selections were rendered by a
quartette composed of MissEdithC lawson,
Miss Louie Wells and Messrs. III. G.
Whitney and John ID. Spencer, after
which prayer was offered by Lorin Farr.
The soul-stirring and solemn music by
the quartette had already moistened the
eyes Of many present, and the sympa-
thetic remarks by ex-Mayor Feramorz
Little, which followed, rendered the
occasion even more mournful. Mr.. Lit
tie, with an effort to repress his inward
emotion that was evident to all present,
reviewed the business career of the
deceased, stating that from the first
no had been close and warm
friend of Mr.. Jennings. They had been
brought together with the late Captain
Hooper, III. S. Eldridge and Bishop John
Sharp in sort of cooperative manner,
and that group of five had continued
ever since in the pleasantest relations I'M
til there was a vacancy created by the
death of Mr.. Hooper, whom they all
missed more than words could express.
Now there is another empty chair, and
only three of us are left, and we
are each of us advanced in years.
1t is only a matter Of time
when we shall be called to join
our two beloved brethren who are
gone before us. In all his experience
with the deceased he had found him hon
est, just, benevolent and generous, and
his word had always been as good as his
bond. "An honest man is the noblest
work of God" and such one was Will
liam Jennings.
Bishop o. F. Whitney delivered some
rather lengthy remarks, and also read
the revelation to Joseph Smith on the
different degrees Of glory. He had not
{ been intimately acquainted with the de-
ceased, but had always looked upon him
as one of the great men which this age
, had produced. He implored the bless
might follow in the path of the gospel
in which their father and husband had
,, walked.
Bishop John Sharp was the next to
E speak. He said that had it not been for
the urgent request of the family and the
!, deceased himself, he would not have
faced this duty. He was unable to find
comfort in anything but the promises
of the gospel and the prospects of meet.
+ ing the deceased with others beyond the
a veil. He referred to the remarks of his
, brother Little, and in a very feeling way
related his experience with the deceased
and the little group referred to. He cited
, to the family the promise made in the
gospel that God would be husband tc
: the widow and father to the fatherless
q and he implored Il fulfillment of this
> promise in the present instance. The
Bishops emotion overcame him, and he
was obliged to sit down. The services
throughout were very impressive.
At the conclusion the family and i'm
mediate friends were conducted to the
4 carriages in waiting, and the pall-bearers
six of Mr.. jennings sons-deposited
the casket in the hearse. In the funeral
cortege the hearse was followed by the
t deceased's familiar buggy, driven with its
empty seat by the boy who had been
there so often with his employer. Then
followed the family in long procession
! of carriages, and the friends and business
3 associates completed the train.