Elder George Ivins Cannon, former member of the First and Second Quorums of the Seventy, passed away at his home in Salt Lake City on Aug. 4, 2009. He was 89.
Elder Cannon served in many capacities in the LDS Church, beginning as a young deacon called to be the ward organist.
"He was the rarest of men, he was as good as he seemed," said Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve during Elder Cannon's funeral Aug. 10. "He personified every good thing a person should be."
Marianne Holman is a reporter for the Deseret News, where she writes for the LDS Church News. Prior to joining the Deseret News, she worked as an intern at the LDS Church Magazines, writing for the news section of the more ..
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