Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - May 2, 1992. Deceased Name: EDWARD ROBERT SMITH. PROVO-Edward Robert Smith, age 88, a well known Provo resident and businessman died on April 30, 1992 at the Sandy Regional Medical Center, of causes incident to age. He was born on July 2, 1903 in Gravesend, Kent, England, a son of William Robert and Martha Turpin Smith. He married Pauline Bailey, July 1, 1925 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple; she preceded him in death June 14, 1991 after 66 years of marriage. Edward and his family came to the United States from England in 1910 and made their home in Preston, Idaho; where he graduated from Preston High School. He began his career by assisting his father in the family grocery business in Preston. Later moving to Salt Lake City where he worked for the Salt Lake Transportation Company and where he met his future wife. Soon after their marriage the couple moved to Provo and founded the Yellow Cab & Transfer Co. now All-State Moving & Storage, Mr. Smith was owner and manager of the company for over 35 years before retiring in 1975. He served the LDS Church as a member of the High Priest Quorum of the Provo 13th LDS Ward for many years. He was a member and former president of the Provo Lions Club, and an active supporter of civic groups and BYU sports organizations.
He is survived by one son and two daughters, Robert Bailey Smith, wife Jeanette, Provo; Mrs. Dale D. (Donna Gene) Parker, Bountiful; Mrs. Lee R. (Sheryll) Brown, Seminole, Florida; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph T. Smith, Orem; Willis D. Smith, San Monica, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Robert (Vena) Sim, Oakhurst, Calif. Funeral services will be Monday, May 4, 1992 at 11 a.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center Street, Provo. Friends may call Sunday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary Chapel, or one hour prior to services Monday. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo.
He is survived by one son and two daughters, Robert Bailey Smith, wife Jeanette, Provo; Mrs. Dale D. (Donna Gene) Parker, Bountiful; Mrs. Lee R. (Sheryll) Brown, Seminole, Florida; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph T. Smith, Orem; Willis D. Smith, San Monica, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Robert (Vena) Sim, Oakhurst, Calif. Funeral services will be Monday, May 4, 1992 at 11 a.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center Street, Provo. Friends may call Sunday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary Chapel, or one hour prior to services Monday. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo.
Deseret News, The (Salt Lake City, UT) - May 2, 1992. Deceased Name: EDWARD ROBERT SMITH. PROVO-Edward Robert Smith, age 88, a well known Provo resident and businessman died on April 30, 1992 at the Sandy Regional Medical Center, of causes incident to age. He was born on July 2, 1903 in Gravesend, Kent, England, a son of William Robert and Martha Turpin Smith. He married Pauline Bailey, July 1, 1925 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple; she preceded him in death June 14, 1991 after 66 years of marriage. Edward and his family came to the United States from England in 1910 and made their home in Preston, Idaho; where he graduated from Preston High School. He began his career by assisting his father in the family grocery business in Preston. Later moving to Salt Lake City where he worked for the Salt Lake Transportation Company and where he met his future wife. Soon after their marriage the couple moved to Provo and founded the Yellow Cab & Transfer Co. now All-State Moving & Storage, Mr. Smith was owner and manager of the company for over 35 years before retiring in 1975. He served the LDS Church as a member of the High Priest Quorum of the Provo 13th LDS Ward for many years. He was a member and former president of the Provo Lions Club, and an active supporter of civic groups and BYU sports organizations.
He is survived by one son and two daughters, Robert Bailey Smith, wife Jeanette, Provo; Mrs. Dale D. (Donna Gene) Parker, Bountiful; Mrs. Lee R. (Sheryll) Brown, Seminole, Florida; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph T. Smith, Orem; Willis D. Smith, San Monica, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Robert (Vena) Sim, Oakhurst, Calif. Funeral services will be Monday, May 4, 1992 at 11 a.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center Street, Provo. Friends may call Sunday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary Chapel, or one hour prior to services Monday. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo.
He is survived by one son and two daughters, Robert Bailey Smith, wife Jeanette, Provo; Mrs. Dale D. (Donna Gene) Parker, Bountiful; Mrs. Lee R. (Sheryll) Brown, Seminole, Florida; eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Joseph T. Smith, Orem; Willis D. Smith, San Monica, Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Robert (Vena) Sim, Oakhurst, Calif. Funeral services will be Monday, May 4, 1992 at 11 a.m. in the Berg Drawing Room Chapel, 185 E. Center Street, Provo. Friends may call Sunday evening 6-8 p.m. at the Berg Mortuary Chapel, or one hour prior to services Monday. Interment, East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo.
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