Written, and Read at Grandmother's Funeral,
by Trudie Terry. (Granddaughter)
Grandmother was born in Henrieville, Garfield County, Utah on August 12, 1895 to James Edward Smith and Mary Susan Stephens. She was next to the youngest in the family of 12, and also 15 half brothers and sisters. She was the last living member of both families.
Life did not come very easy in those days especially with that many brothers and sisters to share with. When Grandmother was four years old, her mother died and she went to live with an older sister. When she was 15 years old, her sister died leaving six children. At the age of 16 she married her sister's husband, Grandfather Clark, in the St. George Temple. She was the mother of nine children, four of whom are still living.
Grandfather Clark was a rancher and farmer and also built many roads and fences on the mountains, so Grandmother spent most of her life on a farm and the summer months in the mountains. She became an expert driver with a team of horses. She enjoyed the mountains very much.
In her early married life, the family moved from Cedar City to Hamilton's Fort, a small settlement about six miles South of Cedar City. From there, they moved to a farm in Parowan Valley called Culver's farm. Then they moved to Bulloch's farm in Cedar Valley and then back to Cedar City.
Grandfather Clark died here in 1941. In 1947 she met William
Allen of Ogden, Utah. They were married September 19, 1947 and he
died in 1949. She remained in Ogden for the next 10 years, then
she moved back to Cedar City for the remainder of her life.
She always led a quiet simple life. She was seldom out in public. She enjoyed family get-together and picnics in the mountains. It always thrilled her when anyone would stop in to visit and make a little fuss over her. She enjoyed people of her own age and did much to make them happy. She didn't have what you would call a very happy life, perhaps happy to her, but helping to raise a large family was difficult in her day. She loved her children and brothers and sisters very much. Whenever they came to visit her, she was so thrilled, and when they left, she would cry as if she would never see them again.