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Title

Southern States Mission

Abbott, Thomas Edward

1887 March 31 – 1948 January 27

Allred, Reid Tew

1922 August 23 – 1999 November 23

Anderson, Jack Northman

1922 October 19 – 2005 December 17

Andreasen, Roy Casper

1889 June 6 – 1960 March 11

Archibald, Robert L

1921 April 11 – 2004 March 12

Bailey, Joseph Smith

1893 April 6 – 1969 May 4

Bailey, Pauline

1920 September 20 – 2013 April 18

Bateman, Bernell Lavar

1921 February 8 – 2019 March 8

Bay, Helen

1921 November 4 – 2015 August 2

Bell, James Farrell

1920 March 22 – 2014 July 31

Belnap, Bryan West

1921 March 14 – 1967 January 13

Bentley, Shelby Mickelson

1917 June 10 – 1991 October 30

Berry, Alfred Oron

1921 May 28 – 2018 September 9

Binks, Ernest Franklin

1900 May 12 – 1995 September 30

Bleazard, Lowell Miles

1915 October 31 – 2004 September 4

Boyce, Ira John

1880 June 16 – 1961 January 22

Brady, Cathrine

1879 December 22 – 1948 November 28

Brady, Del Eugene

1921 May 7 – 2011 February 5

Brady, Della VaLoy

1921 April 14 – 1999 January 23

Bunker, Carl Ellwood

1921 April 7 – 2015 May 18

Chard, David Elery

1881 November 1 – 1980 August 18

Cheesman, Paul Robert

1921 May 31 – 1991 November 13

Christensen, Wilford Elmer

1920 December 6 – 1989 March 17

Cline, Virgil Wilbert

1921 November 11 – 1991 May 25

Coburn, Jack Hill

1920 October 30 – 2004 November 12