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Southern States Mission

Abegglen, Herbert Christian

1904 October 26 – 1979 December 11

Adamson, Arnold George

1903 June 9 – 1976 April 21

Ahlstrom, Bland

1899 April 22 – 1950 December 25

Alldredge, Clifton Isaac

1896 October 17 – 1969 February 20

Allen, Joseph Lee

1908 April 23 – 2007 April 10

Allred, Melvin Ballard

1910 July 24 – 1943 February 4

Andersen, Willard John

1907 July 16 – 1996 August 1

Anderson, Rasmus Lionel

1906 August 26 – 1958 April 16

Anderson, Reulon Lycurgus

1898 January 4 – 1980 March 7

Armstrong, William

1899 July 22 – 1942 September 3

Arnold, Henry Lynn

1905 March 22 – 1998 June 29

Ashton, Claude Irving

1906 July 21 – 1955 December 10

Austin, Clarence Waddoups

1908 September 12 – 1981 October 2

Baldwin, Franklin Reed

1908 November 19 – 2004 July 1

Balls, Lew Alma

1906 September 25 – 1960 October 18

Barnes, Joseph William

1870 January 25 – 1929 November 6

Barrus, Charles Lamar

1907 March 18 – 1992 January 3

Barton, James Bell

1865 January 11 – 1932 November 12

Bawden, Elmo Lambert

1910 February 28 – 1985 May 1

Baxter, Floyd Robert

1907 May 16 – 1983 March 19

Baxter, Rex Bowthorpe

1909 February 10 – 1997 June 2

Beal, Raynal William

1872 March 23 – 1951 July 3

Beckstead, Eugene

1878 December 7 – 1970 October 8

Behle, William, Jr.

1903 September 22 – 1982 September 22

Bennett, William Henry

1910 April 20 – 2003 August 3