Bonnie and Elder F. Melvin Hammond
Elder F. Melvin Hammond, 71, of the
First Quorum of the Seventy, called as president of the Washington D.C.
Temple, succeeding President J. Edward Scholz. Elder Hammond's wife,
Bonnie Sellers Hammond, will serve as temple
matron. Elder Hammond was sustained to the First Quorum of the Seventy on
April 3, 1993, and to the Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 1, 1989. He
is former Young Men general president and counselor, president of the
Bolivia Cochabamba Mission, stake president and bishop. He is a former
professor of religion at Ricks College, and eight-term Idaho legislator. He
was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, to Floyd Milton and Ruby Hoge Hammond.
Sister Hammond is a former stake Relief Society president, ward Primary
president, chorister and accompanist, Relief Society general board welfare
ad hoc committee member and temple ordinance worker. She was born in
Rexburg, Idaho, to Joseph Fisher and Myrtle Lucas Sellers.
Dixie and Elder Stephen B. Oveson
Elder Stephen B. Oveson of the Second
Quorum of the Seventy has been called as a temple president. His assignment
will be announced later. His wife,
Dixie Randall
Oveson, will serve as temple matron. Elder Oveson was called to the
Second Quorum of the Seventy on April 3, 1999, after serving as president
of the
Argentina Buenos Aires South Mission, temple ordinance worker, high
councilor, and bishop. He was president of a hotel development and
management company, and a hotel chain, and held various other financial
positions. He was born in Grass Valley, Ore., to Merrill M. and Mal Berg
Oveson.
Sister Oveson is a former Relief Society president and counselor, Young
Women counselor and Laurel adviser, stake Primary president's counselor and
teacher. She was born in Washington, D.C., to Glen L. and Eloise Kleinman
Randall.
