Funeral services were held Friday for Jim Lindsay in the Byron Ward LDS Chapel with David Jones, of the Ward Bishopric conducting the service.
A song by the choir, "O My Father", preceded the invocation by Ellis Powelson. The obituary was read by Mrs. Florence Tanner, Milas Johnson rendered a vocal solo, "I Forgive", and Maurice Jensen presented the sermon. The closing number by the choir, "Abide With Me, ‘Tis Even Tide" and the benediction by John Welch closed the services.
James Willard Lindsay was born June 3, 1908 at Byron, Wyoming, a son of James Harvey Lindsay and Irene Godfrey, early pioneers of the Big Horn Basin. He was the seventh child in a family of eleven children. His brothers and sisters are Lois Rene, Parley LeRoy, Florence Mar-ion, Lucy, Joel Parish, Edith, Clarence Lee, Rachel, Hazel, and Ada. His parents, his sisters Lois, Lucy and Ada, and his brothers Joel and Clarence preceded him in death.
He spent his boyhood in Byron and during the flu epidemic of 1918, worked untiringly to help members of his family who were stricken. Of all the family he was the only member who escaped it.
He married Virginia Mclemore in 1932. To this union a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Virginia Rae, were born. They were later divorced. He married Verna Chamberlain on May 22, 1939. To this union was born four children: Arlene, who died as a baby, Willard, Vernon, who died when quite young, and Georgina.
After he quit working at the sugar factory he worked in an oil field, on a large cattle ranch in Montana, at farm labor, and on the Byron Ward Chapel. He is survived by his wife, Verna; two sons, Willard and Thomas; two daughters, Virginia and Georgina; and eight grandchildren. Burial was in the Byron Cemetery.
A song by the choir, "O My Father", preceded the invocation by Ellis Powelson. The obituary was read by Mrs. Florence Tanner, Milas Johnson rendered a vocal solo, "I Forgive", and Maurice Jensen presented the sermon. The closing number by the choir, "Abide With Me, ‘Tis Even Tide" and the benediction by John Welch closed the services.
James Willard Lindsay was born June 3, 1908 at Byron, Wyoming, a son of James Harvey Lindsay and Irene Godfrey, early pioneers of the Big Horn Basin. He was the seventh child in a family of eleven children. His brothers and sisters are Lois Rene, Parley LeRoy, Florence Mar-ion, Lucy, Joel Parish, Edith, Clarence Lee, Rachel, Hazel, and Ada. His parents, his sisters Lois, Lucy and Ada, and his brothers Joel and Clarence preceded him in death.
He spent his boyhood in Byron and during the flu epidemic of 1918, worked untiringly to help members of his family who were stricken. Of all the family he was the only member who escaped it.
He married Virginia Mclemore in 1932. To this union a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Virginia Rae, were born. They were later divorced. He married Verna Chamberlain on May 22, 1939. To this union was born four children: Arlene, who died as a baby, Willard, Vernon, who died when quite young, and Georgina.
After he quit working at the sugar factory he worked in an oil field, on a large cattle ranch in Montana, at farm labor, and on the Byron Ward Chapel. He is survived by his wife, Verna; two sons, Willard and Thomas; two daughters, Virginia and Georgina; and eight grandchildren. Burial was in the Byron Cemetery.