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Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an American religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The grandson of early Latter-day Saint apostle Heber C. Kimball, Kimball was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. He spent most of his early life in ...
Dec 15, 2005 · The biography’s author, Edward Kimball, is the prophet’s son and brother of Spence. He has an especially difficult task balancing his father’s actions and needs with his brother’s privacy. The prophet consistently seemed to believe he could bring his son back to the Church. He wrote many letters to his son from 1944 until at least 1979.
Nov 6, 1985 · Spencer Woolley Kimball was born in Salt Lake City, March 25, 1895, one of 11 children born to Andrew and Olive Kimball. One of his grandfathers was Heber C. Kimball, a counselor to Mormon pioneer ...
Spencer Woolley Kimball was born on March 28, 1895, in Salt Lake City. He is the sixth child of Andrew and Olive Woolley Kimball. Olive’s patriarchal blessing promised her, “Thy sons shall be stars of the first magnitude in thy crown and . . . vigorous in helping to direct the purposes of God in this last dispensation.”[1] This blessing proved true as Spencer W. Kimball, small in stature ...
Years of Church and community leadership preceded his calling as an Apostle on October 7, 1943. Overcoming severe health problems, he became the twelfth Church President on December 30, 1973, at the age of 78. He led the Church with spiritual power and energetic determination during a period of dramatic vitality and growth.
Nov 23, 2016 · He wrote a book about his mother, "Camilla: A Biography of Camilla Eyring Kimball." Camilla Kimball's brother is father of President Henry B. Eyring, now first counselor in the LDS Church's First Presidency. Edward Kimball also edited two other books by or about his father, "Faith Precedes the Miracle" and "The Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball."
Dec 11, 1993 · Highlights in the life of Spencer W. Kimball. March 28, 1895: Born in Salt Lake City, the sixth of 11 children of Andrew and Olive Woolley Kimball. May 3, 1898: Moved with family to Thatcher, Ariz., a pioneer town where Andrew was called to be president of the St. Joseph Stake.
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