Published: Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007
The following have been called to serve as temple presidents and matrons.
They will begin their service about Nov. 1. They have been called to a
three-year term of service.
Beth Ann and Kimball Dean Black
Kimball Dean Black, 68, Lilburn Ward,
Lilburn Georgia Stake;
Atlanta Georgia Temple, succeeding President Jim
David Echard. President Black's wife,
Beth Anne
Grimstad Black, will serve as temple matron. A counselor in the
Atlanta Georgia Temple presidency, he served as the North America Southeast
Area executive secretary,
Philippines Angeles Mission president, Georgia
Atlanta Mission presidency, sealer and bishop. Retired director of LDS
Family Services. Born in Santa Maria, Calif., to Kimball Morely Chase and
Caroline Nielson Black.
Sister Black, an assistant to the matron at the Atlanta Georgia Temple,
served with her husband when he was a mission president and is a former
ward Young Women and Primary president, Primary music leader, ward organist
and Relief Society teacher. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ezra Carling
and Shirley Anne Haile Grimstad.
Ruth Ann and Val Rigby Christensen
Val Rigby Christensen, 71, Stone
Creek Ward, Bountiful Utah Stone Creek Stake;
Rexburg Idaho Temple (under
construction). President Christensen's wife,
Ruth
Ann Wood Christensen, will serve as temple matron. A sealer at the
Bountiful Utah Temple, he has served as a member of the Second Quorum of
the Seventy,
Arizona Phoenix Mission president, regional representative,
stake president and counselor, and bishop. Retired Vice President of
Student Services, Utah State University. Born in Hooper, Utah, to Leonard
and Jennie Lowe Rigby Christensen.
Sister Christensen, an ordinance worker in the Bountiful Utah Temple,
served with her husband as he presided over a mission and is a former ward
Relief Society president, counselor in stake and ward Relief Society
presidencies, and family history consultant. Born in Ogden, Utah, to Melvin
Grace and Lavora Smith Wood.
Donald Gordon and Diane Harris
Donald Gordon Harris, 73, West Hills
Ward, Beaverton Oregon Stake;
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Temple,
succeeding President Edward Harry Petersen. President Harris's wife,
Diane Campbell Harris, will serve as temple
matron. Currently a patriarch, sealer and ordinance worker in the Portland
Oregon Temple, he is a former counselor in the
Portland Oregon Temple
presidency, bishop, and high councilor. Retired advertising agency CEO.
Born in Los Angeles, Calif., to John Griffith and Jennie Margaret
Reinholtsen Harris.
Sister Harris, temple ordinance worker in the Portland Oregon Temple, is
a former assistant to a temple matron, ward Primary president, ward Relief
Society and Young Women counselor and teacher. Born in Los Angeles, Calif.,
to James LeLand and Eva Lavina LeCheminant Campbell.
Paul Takatene and Margaret Rose McAndrew
Paul Tekatene McAndrew, 68, Gisborne
3rd Ward, Gisborne New Zealand Stake;
Hamilton New Zealand Temple,
succeeding President James Anthony Morley. President McAndrew's wife,
Margaret Rose Whaanga McAndrew, will serve as
temple matron. A temple missionary at the
Hamilton New Zealand Temple, he
is a former stake president's counselor, high councilor, bishop and ward
Young Men president. Retired tutor, Tairawhiti Polytechnic Institute,
Gisborne, New Zealand. Born in Wairoa, New Zealand, to Joseph and Pearse
Maude McAndrew.
Sister McAndrew, a temple missionary, is a former stake and ward Relief
Society president and counselor and ward librarian. Born in Wairoa, New
Zealand, to Tureia Ratau and Mereaira Horomona Whaanga.
Carol and Noel Golden Stoker
Noel Golden Stoker, 69, Mountain View
Ward, Fresno California Stake;
Fresno California Temple, succeeding
President Charles Allen Kropf. President Stoker's wife,
Carol Ralphs Stoker, will serve as temple matron. A
temple ordinance worker in the
Fresno California Temple and high priests
group leader, he is a former
New York New York North Mission president,
counselor in the
California Fresno Mission presidency, bishop, and ward
Young Men president. Oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Born in Cedar City,
Utah, to Golden Lyman and Armenia Willey Stoker.
Sister Stoker, a gospel doctrine teacher, served with her husband as he
presided over a mission and is a former ward Relief Society president and
counselor, ward Young Women president, and seminary teacher. Born in
Ferron, Utah, to LaVerd and Eldona Black Ralphs.
Ernest Elwood Sr. and Barbara Jean Taylor
Ernest Elwood Taylor Sr., 74, Crescent
Valley Ward, Gig Harbor Washington Stake;
Ciudad Juarez Mexico Temple,
succeeding President Ashton Harvey Taylor. President Taylor's wife,
Barbara Jean Decker Taylor, will serve as temple
matron. A sealer in the
Seattle Washington Temple and high priests group
leader; he is a former
Chile Vina del Mar Mission president, counselor in
the
Villahermosa Mexico Temple presidency, sealer, and branch president's
counselor. Self-employed insurance agent. Born in Colonia Juarez,
Chihuahua, Mexico, to Loren LeRoy and Lillian Hatch Taylor.
Sister Taylor, a temple ordinance worker in the Seattle Washington
Temple, served with her husband as he presided over a mission, former
assistant to the matron at the Villahermosa Mexico Temple, ward Relief
Society counselor and teacher. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Leslie
Robert and Norma Howick Decker.