Souths Married Fifty Years
from the Post Register

by Elayne Bybee

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rich South, 928 Ada Street, observed their golden wedding anniversary Wednesday and their great grandson was born the same day in the Idaho Falls LDS hospital. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Jones, Island Park.

The honored couple were married November 9, 1899, in the Logan LDS temple, and resided in Randolph, Utah where Mr. South taught school until 1923. Then they moved to Island Park, Idaho, where Mr. South was engaged in the sawmill industry. For many years they have made their
home in Idaho Falls.

 

They have lived here in the winter time since 1923,
while Mr. South operated the sawmill at Island Park. They are the parents of seven sons and daughters, five of whom are living. They have 19 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Sons and daughters are:

Lorenzo South, Evanston, Wyo.;

Mrs. Elgie Larson, Randolph, Utah;

Mrs. Zelma Schwartz, Boston Massachusetts;

Mrs. Dorothy Hackworth, St. Anthony;

B.E South, Idaho Falls.

Mr. South was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 11, 1871, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles South. He moved to Randolph as a child and spent most of his early life there.

Mrs. South was born April 2, 1876, in Randolph, Utah, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Corless.