At 12:30 P.M. the following telegram, signed by President Cannon, and in answer to the one sent to him on Saturday, "Will answer your inquiry as to liability when we get Banigan's reply".
The following telegram was received from Elder Joseph S. Horne, of the Sevier [Utah] Stake Presidency: "William S. Riley was cut off several years ago; we don't know whether former blessings have been conferred. Is it right and proper to bury him in Endowment clothes?" The understanding had concerning this matter was that the deceased was in full fellowship when he died, but it was not known for sure that his former blessings, those given prior to his excommunication, had been reconferred upon him at the time of his return to the Church. The following answer was sent: "It would be proper to clothe body in Temple clothes (Signed) Lorenzo Snow".
[Source: First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve minutes]
What if all the "Cowboy Mormons" and "Cowgirl Mormons" in the west desire to be buried in their cowboy attire (yee hah!) rather than a "Busy Baker" or "Bonnet Betty" outfit? They may all want to saddle up and ride their Spirit horses in that "Great Ranch in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky"???
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