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    William Brown and Daniel Cathcart were called by Joseph Smith to serve a mission to Pensacola in April 1843, but no record exists of them fulfilling the calling. Between April and June 1854, Phineas Young visited the Indian chiefs in Florida and distributed copies of the Book of Mormon. John Morgan, Southern States Mission president, visited Florida in 1885 but long-term missionary work did not begin until the state became part of the mission on 1 March 1894.
    Published: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010

  • New Visitors Center directors

    The First Presidency has called seven new Visitors Center directors and their wives. They will begin service about Jan. 1, 2010.
    Published: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009

  • Florida ward observes Relief Society anniversary

    Relief Society sisters in the Windermere Ward, Orlando Florida South Stake, celebrated the Relief Society's 165th anniversary in March with an old-fashioned quilting bee.
    Published: Wednesday, April 1, 2009

  • Three senior missionaries die

    Three full-time missionaries died during the month of December — two in a car accident in Florida and one from a heart attack in Ukraine.
    Published: Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006

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