Obituaries

Oct 10, 2023

Virgin, Utah - Clyde Kemp Beshell, Jr., 75, passed away October 10, 2023. He was born October 30, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Clyde and Marie Dunham Beshell. Clyde was an only child.

At the young age of 4, the family moved from Louisiana to Downey, CA for Clyde Sr's work. It...

Oct 9, 2023

St George Utah – We are heartbroken with the loss of our son, Cody Albert Crawford who passed away on October 9, 2023, at the age of 32.

He was born January 28, 1991, in Yuma, Arizona to Joel Crawford and Cloy Crawford.

He was raised in St. George...

Oct 9, 2023

St. George, Utah - Surrounded by her family, Betty Veloy Jensen Kingsbury, of St. George, Utah; continued on her journey to her eternal home Monday, October 9, 2023.

Betty was born in Spanish Fork, Utah on December 14, 1926 to her parents Archibald Wesley Jensen and Sarah Sylvia Stewart. She remembers small town...

Oct 8, 2023

Jack C. Thorpe, 92, was found deceased of natural causes in his home on October 8, 2023.  He was born in Ogden, Utah, on May 2, 1931, to Brigham W. Thorpe and Phyllis Halverson. The oldest of four brothers, he spent his childhood in Ogden, San Francisco, and Port Angeles, Washington. He served a mission to New Zealand where...

Oct 7, 2023

Orem, Utah - Myrna Gaye Barton Bateman, 88, passed away the morning of Saturday, 7 October 2023. Born 18 September 1935, Cedar City, Utah to Alma Ross Barton and Wilhelmina Alice Cannon, she married Russell Rulon Bateman 20 March 1954 in the Saint George LDS Temple.

Gaye grew up surrounded by the legacy...

Oct 7, 2023

Hurricane, Utah - Bevan Vernet Hinton was born on October 22, 1968, in Las Vegas, Nevada to Stellman Vernet and Verna LaPriel Hinton. He was raised in Las Vegas, graduating from Bonanza High School in 1987. After graduation, he served a 2-year LDS mission to Rome, Italy. He enjoyed his time there and frequently shared his fondness...

Oct 7, 2023

Washington Utah - James "Jim" Healey Homer, 78, of Washington, UT, passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 7, 2023, in Washington, UT after a battle with cancer. He was born on April 23, 1945, in American Fork, UT, to the late Dr William A Homer and Edith Lyle Healey Homer.

A...

Oct 5, 2023

St George Utah – "No day shall erase you from the memory of time." - Virgil

Jean Berniece Paxton Godfrey was born in the small hamlet of Duchesne, Utah in humble circumstances to Jean Hopkins Watts and Winford A. Paxton on February 8, 1928. She departed mortality almost in an instant...

Oct 1, 2023

Winchester Hills, Utah -Robert Spendlove Gibson was born in Boulder City, Nevada on February 1, 1947, to Mads and Mary Gibson.

Robert lived in Nevada until he graduated high school in 1965. After graduation he moved to Salt Lake City and attended trade school. He then moved to Southern California where he took...

Sep 28, 2023

St George Utah - Charles Ty "Chuck" Nuttall passed away on September 28, 2023, from complications following surgery. He died at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by his loved ones.

Chuck was born on September 7, 1966, the youngest child of Wayne and Fontella Porter Nuttall. He grew up...

Sep 28, 2023

Franklin "Frank" Delano Simpkins; 88, passed away on September 28, 2023, in St. George, Utah. He was born December 3, 1934, in Cortland, Indiana (near Seymour) to Wiley Oscar and Fern Beatrice McMahon Simpkins. He was married several times, notably to Sherlyn Jarvis–with whom he had raised three boys. Although divorced, Frank and Sherry have remained close...

Sep 26, 2023

Kathy T. Felix, 79, of St. George, Utah, passed away on September 26, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Kathy was born on April 2, 1944, to Earl and Phyllis Thompson in Ogden, Utah. She graduated from Ogden High School in 1962.

Kathy married her high...

Sep 26, 2023

Richard Lee Harker, 69, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, surrounded by family.

Rick was born July 28, 1954, in Murray, Utah to Melvin and Lois Harker, the second of five children. He graduated from Kemmerer High School in 1973, then went on to work as an apprentice and later becoming an iron worker.

Sep 25, 2023

Santa Clara, Utah – Ronald George Whitehead unexpectedly passed from this life on Monday, September 25, 2023, at the age of 67. He was born in St. George, Utah, on March 3, 1956, to Evan Gardner and Mae Gubler Whitehead, of St. George and Santa Clara, Utah. Ron and his sweet, eternal companion, Lori, adventured and made...

Sep 23, 2023

(a.k.a Queen B, GrandB, Queenie)

St George, Utah – Elizabeth Ann Peddicord Jameson, (a.k.a Queen B, GrandB, Queenie) age 89, of St. George, Utah passed away peacefully Saturday, September 23, 2023.  She was born July 31, 1934, at Fort Monroe, Virginia, to U.S. Army Colonel Everett Davenport Peddicord and Margaret Eleanor Ballentine Peddicord....

Sep 20, 2023

St. George, Utah – Charles Richard Harrah, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully in the morning on September 20, 2023, surrounded by his loving family.

Charles was born on February 28, 1937, in Alamosa, Colorado, to Charles L. Harrah and Onieda F. Shepherd. He was raised in Arizona, where he...

Sep 18, 2023

St. George, Utah – O. Guy Humphries, 87, passed away September 18, 2023, peacefully at his home. He was born November 19, 1935, to Owen Gardiner Humphries and Mary Maud Wild. Guy grew up in American Fork, Utah. He attended American Fork High School where he played on the basketball, football, baseball, and track teams. Guy loved...

Sep 15, 2023

St. George, Utah – Lee LaMar Chamberlain, 89, passed away September 15, 2023. He was born May 9, 1934, in Oak City, Utah to Heber La Mar Chamberlain and Hannah Margaret Talbot.

Lee was raised in Orderville, Utah. He graduated May 1952 from Valley High School as valedictorian. He attended Southern Utah University...

Sep 14, 2023

Hurricane, Utah – Thomas Benjamin Watkins passed away Thursday, September 14, 2023, in Hurricane, Utah. He was born on January 29, 1981, in Visalia, California to Jim and Deanna Watkins. He grew up in Bakersfield, California.

Ben, the baby of his family, was the last of five children. He enjoyed school in California...

Sep 11, 2023

St. George, Utah – Larry Warren Reid, aged 78, peacefully departed on September 11, 2023. Preceding him in death was his sole sibling, a mirror image identical twin, Jerry C. Reid. His parents, Ray L. Reid and Jean Smith Reid, hailed from Utah; a place Larry later called home. Larry was blessed with a family, comprising of...