Garnetta Eyre

 

 

Birth: 4 July 1912 in Orton, Garfield, Utah, USA

Death: 22 March 1991 in Payson, Utah, Utah, USA

 

 

 

 

Garnetta was born on 4 July 1912 to Joseph Hyrum Eyre and Lula Minnie Bird. She a twin to Garn Edwin Eyre, and the pair were the last children born to Joseph and Lula.

Garnetta was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of eight on 1 August 1920. She was confirmed on the same day.

Eight years later, on 9 July 1928, she married Murray Lamar Bohn. Three children were born to the couple before they divorced around 1933. They are: Robert Lamar Bohn, Saun Leroy Bohn and Mildred Louise Bohn.

On 24 February 1936, Garnetta married James Lorraine Dotson (also known by Lorraine James Dotson) in Pioche, Nevada. They were sealed in the Saint George Temple on 16 May 1941.  Five children were born to the couple: Sharon Lorraine Dotson, James Joseph Dotson, Scott Dotson, Marilyn Lee Dotson and Ronald Leon Dotson.

Garnetta and James received their patriarchal blessing on the same day, 29 September 1974 in Springville, Utah from Leo G. Robertson.

Garnetta Eyre died on 22 March 1991 in Payson, Utah. Her obituary, which was published in the Deseret News can be read below:

Garnetta Eyre Dotson passed away March 22, 1991 in Payson, Utah.

Born July 4, 1912 in Orton, Utah, daughter of Joseph Hyrum Eyre and Lula Minnie Bird Eyre. Raised and educated in Minersville, Utah. Married Lamar Bohn; later divorced. Married James Lorraine Dotson February 24, 1935 in Pioche, Nevada; marriage later solemnized in the St. George LDS Temple. Her husband preceded her in death June 5, 1979. Active member of the LDS Church, serving in the Relief Society, Sunday School, and as a temple worker.Survived by five sons and three daughters, Robert L. Bohn of Vila, Vanuatu; Saun L. Bohn, Logandale, Nev.; Mildred Friel, Salt Lake City; Sharon Pulsipher, Payson; James J. Dotson, Kaysville; Scott L. Dotson, Murray; Marilyn Reid, Payson; Ronald L. Dotson, Salem; one brother and two sisters, Garn Eyre, St. George; Mildred Martin, Minersville; Lucille Critser, Beaver; 33 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held March 27th, 1991, at 11 a.m., at the Springville Wheeler Mortuary, 200 East 100 South. Friends may call Tuesday evening, 6-8 p.m. and Wednesday, 10 to 11 a.m. Interment, Evergreen Cemetery.

Published: Sunday, March 24, 1991 12:00 a.m. MST, Deseret News

Garnetta was burried in Evergreen Cemetery in Springville, Utah.

In Their Own Words: Edwin Eyre

Not an autobiography, but an account of Edwin Eyre, and his family, written soon after his death. This account was published in The History of Minersville.

Edwin Eyre, the son of James and Ann Naylor Eyre was born 16 April, 1845 at Dowsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was one of a family of thirteen children. He worked on the farm with his father in his early teens and became an efficient farmer.

He and his wife were faithful workers in the service of Jesus Christ. He was privileged to attend the School of the Prophets. He was a very able public speaker and missionary.

In April 1865, he sailed from England on the ship Bellwood with his parents and brother Benjamin for Zion. His Mother died while crossing and was buried in the ocean. They landed in New York June 1,1865. From there they journeyed to Missouri, and then to Wyoming, where the ox freight teams were used for the journey to Zion. He and his brother drove the ox team, and their father came with them. Edwin was given the job of night herding the cattle, but he got lost one night and slept in a hollow tree.

In the midst of Indian attacks, sore legs, and empty stomachs, the boys would sing. They loved to do it. Their Father, James Eyre took sick at a place called Butter Creek and died a few days later. He died happy in the knowledge that he was a Mormon. They buried him by the roadside, not far from Fort Bridger. They arrived in Salt Lake City, 1 2 October 1865, after traveling four months, a very happy group enduring many hardships.

John, his older brother who had come to America earlier came to meet them in Salt Lake, in hopes of seeing his parents once again, he was very saddened to learn of the death of his parents. A short time was spent in Salt Lake &then they moved to Parowan. There he met a sister, Ellen Eyre Banks, who had left England before he was born. At Minersville he met another sister, Charlotte Eyre Banks; a brother, George and a sister, Sarah Myers was at Beaver.

Edwin Eyre lived in Greenville and Beaver one year, and St. George two years. The rest of his life as spent in Minersville. He was an active community man. He aided in fencing fields, making canals and ditches, building reservoirs, fencing the church house, making a cemetery, constructing roads and building bridges. He molded the brick for the Minersville Chapel, and also helped make and burn the brick for the school house. He hauled material to Dixie and guarded the town on many occasions from the Indians. He held the positions of Town Marshall, County Commissioner, water master, and school trustee for many years. He was very active in religious affairs as well as civic.

He was ordained a High Priest by Apostle F. M. Lyman. He was superintendent of the Sunday School for 12 years, a member of the ward choir, president of the religion class, and the parent class, counselor to Bishop Baker. He worked on two temples, and was a home missionary for many years.

In 1881, he was set apart for a mission to Great Britain, and his wife was left to care for the family. He baptized 26 members during this mission. He labored one year as a Sunday School missionary in St. George and Kanab Stakes. He also served a two-year mission working on the St. George Temple, He was a faithful member.

The crowning point in his life was when he met - and married Melinva Myers in the year of 1 866, in Beaver. They were married 3 December 1866, by Bishop James H. Rollins. Ten children were born to them: Edwin Jr., Martha Ann, Melinva Elsie, James William, Joseph Hyrum, Sarah Ellen, Paulina, Janme, George Alma, and Jediah.

He is well remembered for his love of music and his voice. His pride and joy was the singing of the LDS hymns. In later years he suffered from an ailment caused by asthma, but he had always been a very hard worker. He died 27 April 1929, and was buried in the Minersville Cemetery.

George Hopkin Eyre

 

 

 

Birth: 22 April 1866 in Minersville, Utah, USA

Death: 28 July 1947 in Milford, Utah, USA

 

 

 

George was the son of George Eyre (8 April 1838-8 October 1916) and Rebecca Hopkins (1 March 1832-19 March 1923). While his parents were from England he was raised in Utah with his siblings.

In 1875, George was baptized by  Robert Easton and was ordained as a deacon a few years later.

On 16 August 1885, George Hopkin Eyre married Emma Amanda Walker (28 October 1866-28 April 1930). Together, they had many children, including: Althea Amanda Eyre, George Ruel Eyre, Frank Eyre, Idonna Eyre, Emma Augusta Eyre, Clara Merle Eyre, Alta Eyre, Golden Walker Eyre, Hilda Eyre, Lola Rebecca Eyre and Gladys Eyre.

Information about the sealing of George Eyre and Emma Walker do not match, however it is likely that they were sealed on 21 November 1889 in the Saint George Utah Temple.

From 1886 to 1889, he served a mission in New Zealand and Australia, where he was president of the Gisborne and Wairarapa districts.

On 21 November 1889, James G. Bleak ordained George as an elder. J. Golden Kimball ordained him to the seventy (he was in the 12 quorum) and David O. McKay ordained him to be a high priest and set him apart as a councilor in the bishopric. Later, he also served as the president of the twelfth quorum of the seventy and was in charge of the Sunday school program in Minersville. 

On 12 April 1917, David O. McKay set him apart as a bishop of the Minersville, Utah Ward.

 

George and Emma are buried in Minersville, Utah, USA, where they both spent most of their lives.

Much information about the life of George Hopkin Eyre comes from the “Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia” Volume 3.