IN THE WORDS OF THE ORIGINAL RECORD
A FAMILY LETTER · Roy’s mother
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Three things a man must learn to do
If he would make his record true:
To think without confusion clearly,
To act from honest motive purely:
To love his fellow-men sincerely
To trust in God and Heaven securely.
My Dear Boy,
If you follow these lines, you will never go astray. I believe that cleanliness should be in the mind as well as in the body. If our minds are clean, we will desire to have our surroundings clean and the "clean mind" will reflect the clean body and clean home. Hateful resentment, or unloving thoughts are sure to react upon the thinker. So ever be humble and prayerful and the Lord will help you to do these things.
With love sincerely,
Mother
The above lines were written in Roy's record book by Mother when it was presented to him by her for him to keep his life's history in. This was over thirty years ago. He is now nearing his fiftieth birthday. If she could know him now, we're sure her "joy would be unlimited" because of the life he as lived.
ROY E. FIELDING was born 6 May 1903 in Hooper, (Kanesville Ward) Utah. His father, James H. Fielding was born 10 November 1869 at Salt Lake City, Utah. His mother, Eliza Mayberry, was born 11, December 1875 at Franklin, Idaho. They were married in the Salt Lake Temple 19 January 1898. His mother died 3 July 1926 and his father died 19 January 1935, their wedding anniversary date.
Roy was indeed "born of goodly parents" they having filled God's greater law-for they were the parents of twelve sons and daughters and did teach them the Gospel by precept and example. Of the seven children now living (Bertha Skyles, Pearl Allred, Roy. E., Ada Bennett, Hazel Dial, Arvel and Herman) all have been married in the temple and are active in the Church.
This page presents the opening of the biography. The complete transcription is available in the family archive.
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