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New stake presidents

Published: Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012

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Stake reorganizations

CENTRAL POINT OREGON STAKE: (Jan. 29, 2012) President — Kelly E. Thompson, 56, business owner; succeeding David L. Wright; wife, Kirsten Allen Thompson. Counselors — Frank Verret Grant Jr., 56, operations manager for UPS; wife, Deborah Ann Christiaens Grant. Donald Wayne Dixon, 52, real estate broker; wife, Renae Ann Eldredge Dixon.

JACKSON MISSISSIPPI STAKE: (Dec. 11, 2011) President — Steven Dennis Boone, 42, attorney/prosecutor; succeeding Van J. Bodin; wife, Brandie Lea White Boone. Counselors — Cary Alan Talbot, 42, associate technical director for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; wife, Angela Jackson Talbot. David Lee Boone, 46, general manager for Copiah Water Association; wife, Karen Koby Langham Boone.

PEORIA ARIZONA NORTH STAKE: (Jan. 22, 2012) President — Sean L. Hinton, 41, district sales representative for Pfizer, Inc.; succeeding G. Wesley Wagner; wife, Micole Montague Hinton. Counselors — Scott William Pace, 43, endodontist; wife, Elnora Naoma Merrill Pace. Darren Edgar Holmes, 41, partner in law firm; wife, Sonia Cecilia Garcia Holmes.

SALT LAKE SOUTH COTTONWOOD STAKE: (Jan. 29, 2012) President — Michael R. Little, 58, infrastructure & operations IT manager for Questar Corp.; succeeding Jay A. Parry; wife, Janet Greenwood Little. Counselors — John Robert Springman, 62, part owner of Cash Cow; wife, Christine Andrus Springman. Jeffrey Layton Amis, 47, executive vice president of Smart Bomb Interactive; wife, Nanette Banks Amis.

SOACHA COLOMBIA STAKE: (Nov. 13, 2011) President — Gustavo Alonso Rojas Parra, 31, technology analyst; succeeding Alfonso Enrique Martinez Luna; wife, Ana Carolina Montero Espejo. Counselors — Jose Luis Ortiz Romero, 47, fish hatchery owner; wife, Elisa Ines Velez Castro. Fabio Javier Blanco Beltran, 31, stock supervisor; wife, Diana Carolina Carmona Gallego.

ST. JOHNS ARIZONA STAKE: (Jan. 29, 2012) President — Edward Ream Burgoyne, 55, principal at St. Johns Unified School; succeeding Eric Mons Broadbent; wife, Eileen Hubbard Burgoyne. Counselors — Kevin W. Lee, 52, predictive engineering technician; wife, Karen Marie Lee. John Ferrin Crosby, 46, county engineer; wife, Tara Lynette Carter Crosby.

TUALATIN OREGON STAKE: (Jan. 22, 2012) President — Steven C. Doty, 60, president of Northwest Employee Benefits, Inc.; succeeding Lloyd N. Campbell; wife, Susan Marie Hefford Doty. Counselors — Richard Lee Bracha, 55, temple recorder; wife, Jan ALica Tegan Bracha. Kyle Ray Christensen, 41, vice president of finance/operations for Ab Mauri; wife, Jennifer Packer Christensen.

UPOLU SAMOA NORTH STAKE: (Nov. 27, 2011) President — Lolenisio Lorenzo Neria, 46, farm foreman; succeeding Maalaelu Paulino; wife, Lelogoa Seumalu Neria. Counselors — Faasolo Maiava, 34, electrician; wife, Moliei Talataina Maiava. Francis Leung Wo, 35, farm instructor; wife, Kalaponi Tuatagaloa Leung Wo.