Vaughn J Featherstone is an emeritus

Emeritus

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 general authority

General authority

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 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has also been the president

Temple President

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 of the Logan Utah Temple

Logan Utah Temple

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 in Logan, Utah

Logan, Utah

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.

Featherstone was born in Stockton

Stockton, Utah

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, Tooele County

Tooele County, Utah

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, Utah

Utah

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. His parents divorced when he was growing up. Featherstone graduated from South High

South High School (Salt Lake City)

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 in Salt Lake City in 1949. He never attended college.

Featherstone spent several years in the Young Men general presidency of the church, and has served in area

Area (LDS Church)

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 presidencies in the Philippines

Philippines

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 and Pacific

Pacific Islands

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. He has written many books, mostly to the youth of the church, and the lives of Jesus

Jesus

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 and Joseph Smith, Jr.. He was called to the Presiding Bishopric

Presiding Bishop (LDS Church)

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 in 1972; before that he was a stake president and served on missionary committees. He was head trainer for Albertsons supermarket.

Due to the Korean War

Korean War

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 and the one-missionary-per-ward policy that existed during the war, he did not go on a mission

Mormon missionary

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. He married Merlene Miner at age 19. Following four years in the Presiding Bishopric, he served as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and president

Mission president

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 of the Texas San Antonio Mission

Mission (LDS Church)

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of the LDS Church.