Spencer W. Kimball, Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSpencer Woolley Kimball (1895-1985) was born in Salt lake City, Utah to Andrew Kimball and Olive Woolley. He grew up in Arizona where he became a successful businessman. In 1917 he married Camilla Eyring and they became the parents of four children. In 1943 he was called to be an apostle and in 1973 he became the twelfth president of the LDS Church. |
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