. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. r of the SaltLake Area Council and vice presidentof the Salt Lake Council. His philos-ophy of life is expressed as follows:The man worth while is the man whocan smile, though everjthing goesdead wrong, I know that my Re-deemer lives, and There is beautyall around when theres love at home. HOLT, George A., a member of thegeneral board of the Deseret SundaySchool Union since 1928, was bornJune 28, 1880, in Bountiful, Utah, ason of Wi
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. r of the SaltLake Area Council and vice presidentof the Salt Lake Council. His philos-ophy of life is expressed as follows:The man worth while is the man whocan smile, though everjthing goesdead wrong, I know that my Re-deemer lives, and There is beautyall around when theres love at home. HOLT, George A., a member of thegeneral board of the Deseret SundaySchool Union since 1928, was bornJune 28, 1880, in Bountiful, Utah, ason of William J. Holt and Louise was baptized Sept. 30, 1888, bySamuel Smedley, ordained to offices inthe Aaronic Priesthood and ordainedan Elder Dec. 6, 1900, by RichardStringham. He was ordained a Sev-enty Oct. 29, 1901, by Seymour , and a High Priest somewhatlater by Charles B. Felt. After serv-ing as a president of Y. M. M. I. A., BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 215 Sunday school teacher and superinten-dent of Sunday schools in Weber Stake,he filled a mission to Great Britain in1901-1904, laboring in Scotland, wherehe served as a missionary and clerk of. a district. After his return from thismission he married Bessie Crosbie ofOgden, Nov. 22, 1904, in the Salt LakeTemple. This marriage has been bless-ed with nine children, namely, Wil-liam F., Forrest C, Helen Louise, Gor-don C, George Albert, Dale C,Dorothy Alice, Bettie Jean and Max-ine Joan. Three sons (William, For-rest and Gordon) have filled honorablemissions to Germany. As a boy Bro. Holt attended schoolin Bountiful and the L. D. S. Collegein Salt Lake City, and also assisted hisfather in farming and market gar-dening. He was employed for a timeby the Wright Mercantile Companyof Ogden, and later, becoming asso-ciated with the O. P. Skaggs Company,moved to Salt Lake City. This concernand the Safeway stores are subsidiar-ies of the Western States Grocery Co.,in all of which concerns Bro. Holt hasbecome a large s
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