Published: Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007
The following have been called to serve as temple presidents and
matrons.
Wendy Josinette and Anthony Ivins Jr. Bentley
Anthony Ivins Bentley Jr., 70, East
Mill Creek 12th Ward, Salt Lake East Millcreek North Stake; Tampico Mexico
Temple, succeeding President Ricardo Torres Villalobos. President Bentley's
wife,
Wendy Josinette Whiting Bentley, will
serve as temple matron. He is a temple ordinance worker; former Mexico
Missionary Training Center president,
Argentina Buenos Aires North Mission
president, stake mission president, and high councilor. International law
attorney, Kirton & McConkie. Born in El Paso, Texas, to Anthony Ivins and
Ella Farnsworth Bentley.
Sister Bentley is a ward family history consultant and Sunday School
teacher, served as stake Primary president, ward Relief Society and Young
Women president and stake missionary. Born in Minneapolis, Minn., to Frank
M. and Johanna Jeanette Cook Whiting.
Peter and Jennifer Bowen
Peter Bowen, 62, Centurion 1st Ward,
Pretoria South Africa Stake;
Johannesburg South Africa Temple, succeeding
President Louis Groenewald. President Bowen's wife,
Jennifer Bowes-Taylor Bowen, will serve as temple
matron. Counselor in the
Johannesburg South Africa Temple presidency;
former temple ordinance worker, bishop and high councilor. Born in
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, to Robert Alleyn and Ethel Elizabeth
Jane Phillips Bowen.
Sister Bowen is an assistant to temple matron; former ward Relief
Society and Primary president, temple ordinance worker. Born in Durban,
South Africa, to Ronald and Frances Ann Hart Bowes-Taylor.
Mary Ann Wood and Ronald Dee Jamison
Ronald Dee Jamison, 76, Highland 27th
Ward, Highland Utah West Stake; Panama City Panama Temple (under
construction). President Jamison's wife,
Mary Ann
Wood Jamison, will serve as temple matron. He is executive secretary
for the Europe West Area; former Dominican Republic Santo Domingo West
Mission president, temple ordinance worker and bishop. Retired professor of
mathematics at Brigham Young University. Born in Venice, Calif., to
Clarence Edward and Kate Shaw Jamison.
Sister Jamison, senior couple missionary in the Europe West Area, is a
former member of the Primary General Board, stake Relief Society president
and counselor, counselor in a ward Relief Society and Young Women
presidency. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Merrill Edward and Edna May
Hepworth Wood.
Cheryl Elma and Thomas Edgar Jr. Lyon
Thomas Edgar Lyon Jr., 68, Edgemont
12th Ward, Provo Utah Edgemont South Stake;
Santiago Chile Temple,
succeeding President Julio Humberto Jaramillo Bichet. President Lyon's
wife,
Cheryl Elma Larsen Lyon, will serve as
temple matron. Branch president at the Provo Missionary Training Center,
former president of the
Chile Osorno Mission and Chile Missionary Training
Center. Professor at Brigham Young University. Born in Salt Lake City,
Utah, to Thomas Edgar and Laura Hermana Forsberg Lyon.
Sister Lyon, a ward Relief Society teacher, is a former ward Relief
Society and Primary president and branch Relief Society president. Born in
Mt. Pleasant, Utah, to Rex A. and Elma Anderson Larsen.
Malcom Dean and Elizabeth Bell Otis
Malcolm Dean Otis, 66, Winchester
Ward, Huntsville Alabama Stake;
Birmingham Alabama Temple, succeeding
President John Reid Giles Jr. President Otis' wife,
Elizabeth Bell Potter Otis, will serve as temple
matron. Counselor in the
Birmingham Alabama Temple presidency, former
counselor in
Alabama Birmingham Mission presidency and bishop. Retired U.S.
Army, and Intergraph Corporation marketing employee. Born in Petoskey,
Mich., to Kenneth James and Adeline Mae Browne Otis.
Sister Otis, assistant to the matron at the Birmingham Alabama Temple,
is a former stake Young Women president, ward and branch Relief Society
president. Born in Seaford, Del., to William Nelson and Virginia Elizabeth
Hocker Potter III.
Peggy Eathel and Lloyd V Owen
Lloyd V Owen, 74, North Canyon 3rd
Ward, Bountiful Utah North Canyon Stake;
Anchorage Alaska Temple,
succeeding President Gary Everett Cox. President Owen's wife,
Peggy Eathel Tuel Owen, will serve as temple
matron. Temple ordinance worker and gospel doctrine teacher; former
president of the Provo MTC and Utah Salt Lake City North Mission, stake
president and bishop. Born in Rigby, Idaho, to Vincent Edgar and Lucile May
Nielsen Owen.
Sister Owen, a ward relief society teacher, formerly served with her
husband as he presided over an MTC and a mission, is a former stake Relief
Society president and ward Young Women adviser. Born in Jerome, Idaho, to
Orville Prentice and Zola Doris Dodge Tuel.
Richard Karl and Lois Sager
Richard Karl Sager, 71, Valley View
9th Ward, Salt Lake Holladay North Stake;
Nashville Tennessee Temple,
succeeding President Billy Joe Eaves. President Sager's wife,
Lois Johnson Sager, will serve as temple matron. He
is a gospel doctrine teacher, a former president of the Illinois Nauvoo and
Tennessee Knoxville missions, stake president's counselor, and bishop.
Retired attorney at Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy. Born in Lehi,
Utah, to Ferren Nicholes and Zora Nevada Healey Sager.
Sister Sager, a ward Relief Society teacher, is a former stake and ward
Relief Society president, and a ward Young Women president. Born in Conrad,
Mont., to Blaine Walker and Wanda Whatcott Johnson.