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Ballard, who was second-in-line to become church president as the second-longest-tenured member of a top governing body called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, died Sunday surrounded by family ...
Ballard with President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Orrin Hatch in 1993. Ballard was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Melvin Russell Ballard and his wife, Geraldine Smith. [5] [3] As a young man, Ballard served as a missionary in England from 1948 to 1950, during which he was a counselor in the mission presidency. [6]
One of the highest ranking leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, M. Russell Ballard, has died. Ballard was second-in-line to become church president based on being the second ...
M. Russell Ballard (Acting President) M. Russell Ballard, Jeffrey R. Holland, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, ... Death of M. Russell Ballard: 15 November 2023 - 7 December 2023
On January 16, 2018, the church announced that due to the call of Dallin H. Oaks as a counselor in the First Presidency, M. Russell Ballard would serve as Acting President. [5] After Ballard's death on November 12, 2023, Jeffrey R. Holland was set apart as the new acting president on November 15. [6]
The President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles is set apart to the position and exercises priesthood "keys" of quorum presidency. The president conducts Quorum meetings and otherwise acts as administrative leader of the apostles. Due to the death of Boyd K. Packer on July 3, 2015, [4] Russell M. Nelson became the new quorum president. [5]
Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in the farming community of Plains, Georgia.. Carter went on to serve in the US Navy and was sworn in as president in 1977. He died on December 29, 2024 ...
Another of Smith's children was Geraldine Smith, the mother of M. Russell Ballard, an apostle of the LDS Church. [3] Smith wrote a commentary on the Doctrine and Covenants with Janne M. Sjödahl. Smith died in Salt Lake City from a ruptured appendix on January 23, 1918, at the age of 45. [4] He was buried at Salt Lake City Cemetery.