At the funeral service for Lawson Green
Wilson, in the 4th Ward Chapel, at Lehi, Bishop Smith took charge.
The service was as follows.
First Number - "Jesus Lover of My Soul" by Mrs. Kittinger
Prayer - Brother Max Rothe
Biographical Sketch - Read by Lilith Peck
First Speaker - Bishop Hyrum anderson
Solo - Margaret Krikham, "Face to Face".
Remarks - Bishop S. T. Goddwin
Duet - Relva Larsen and LaVee Bateman (Great Grandchildren). "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine".
Remarks - President Clifford E. Young
Remarks - Bishop Joseph E. Smith
Closing Prayer - Isaac Peck
The grave was dedicated by Bishop Joseph E. Wilson, of Inglewood, California (youngest son of Lawson Green Wilson)
All his children were present with the exception of Robert Monroe, who
had just returned home to California, after visiting with his father.
In a newspaper article written about Lawson Green Wilson, 14 September,
reporting of his celebrated 88th birthday anniversary at his home on
Thursday evening of 12 September, it mentioned that Lawson believed
himself to be the last Utah survivor of the Confederate forces of the
Civil War. The evening was spent, surrounded by 20 of his
children, and their families.
Uncovered in a search
for articles to be used in a Centennial display in a classroom in the
Lehi third grade, an old Utah pioneer jubilee cup made in 1897,
attracted its share of attention among the many relics brought in by the
youngsters. The cup, belonging to the family of Lyall A. Wilson,
was made of lightweight metal, possible steel, covered with a bakelite
finish, both inside and out, and so constructed that it had utilitarian
as well as artistic value.
It belonged, originally,
to Mr. Wilson's grandfather, Lawson Green Wilson, often known as Lossen,
a pioneer settler in nothern Utah Country, and fell into the hands of
its present owners some ten years earlier when they were married.
It was made in 1897 in commemoration of the jubilee celebration making
the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Utah by the "Morman"
pioneers. It was covered on the outside with pictures, dimmed by
age, of ox teams and wagons, a handcarat, and in the center on a scroll
was a buffalo. On the bottom of the cup, inside, was inscribed
"Utah Pioneer Jubilee 1847 - 1897".
Lyall Wilson's
wife, Luella, said that it had been kept among other pioneer relics in
their knick-knack shelves until a few years ago when they moved, and it
had been placed away in the attic. Their young son, who brought it
to school reported that on occasions it had been used to store "daddy's
bullet clips". Approximately six inches high and three inches in
diameter across the top, it was built for utility as well as a memento
of the jubilee celebration, and has sometimes been called a "milk
mug". It has been said that only 100 of those cups were made for
the jubilee.