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Elder Kent D. Watson

Published: Saturday, Aug. 2, 2008

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Family: Born May 8, 1943, in Cedar City, Utah, to L. Dee and Joyce Judd Watson. Married Connie Lingmann Aug. 23, 1967, in the Salt Lake Temple. Parents of five children: Lori (Bryan) Allen, Brian (Nancy), Kelly (Mike) Kenney, Nathan (Lisa), and Melissa (Kyle) Sefton; 13 grandchildren.

Education: Received bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University.

Employment: Worked as chief executive officer of an international accounting firm.

Church Service: Stake president's counselor, bishop, ward membership clerk, Scoutmaster, branch president, president of the Taiwan Taichung Mission, 1989-1992, interim president of the Taiwan Kaohsiung Mission in 2003, and full-time missionary in the Southern Far East Mission, 1963-1966.