News Item: Passing of Elder B. Leroy Willis
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Information from President Heyes on the Passing of Elder B. LeRoy Willis:
DEAR CRM MISSIONARIES,
WE ARE ALL VERY SAD TO LEARN OF THE PASSING OF ELDER BYRON LEROY WILLIS.... ELDER BYRON AND SISTER COLLEEN WILLIS FAITHFULLY SERVED IN THE OF OFFICE OF THE CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE MISSION FOR 18 MONTHS AND THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT FRIENDS IN THE INTERVENING YEARS. SISTER WILLIS "SPARKLED" THE OFFICE WITH HER WONDERFUL SMILE AND DEMEANOUR, AND ELDER WILLIS MANAGED THE AUTO FLEET WITH SUCH EFFICIENCY AND CLEANLINESS THAT YOU COULD "FRY EGGS ON THE ENGINE MANIFOLDS" WITHOUT INCURRING A GREASE SPOT!!! THEIR REMARKABLE ENERGY AND FAITH IN THE LORD WILL LONG BE FONDLY REMEMBERED. JILL AND I FORTUNATELY VISITED WITH LEROY AND COLLEEN LAST OCTOBER IN ST. GEORGE, UTAH. LEROY, WHO HAD BATTLED CANCER FOR MANY YEARS, WAS HIS USUAL LIVELY OPTIMISTIC SELF DISPLAYING THAT "TRADEMARK" REMARKABLE SENSE OF HUMOR!!! THE FUNERAL IN ST. GEORGE WAS LOVING AND SENSITIVE AND SPIRITED (ELDER WILLIS WOULD APPROVE!). THERE WERE WONDERFUL MUSICAL NUMBERS FROM THE LOCAL SAMOAN CHOIR. ELDER WILLIS SERVED HIS EARLY MISSION IN CALIFORNIA AND SAMOA. HE TRULY LOVED THE SAMOAN PEOPLE AND THEIR CULTURE. CONVERSANT IN THE SAMOAN LANGUAGE, LEROY ANTICIPATED A "COUPLE CALL" TO SAMOA, AND WONDERED A BIT WHEN HE AND COLLEEN WERE CALLED TO THE CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE MISSION. WHEN THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO A SAMOAN WARD IN THE MISSION, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE LORD'S PURPOSE..... ELDER WILLIS' OBITUARY FOLLOWS AND IS ATTACHED. IT CAN BE VIEWED DIRECTLY AT THE METCALF MORTUARY, ST. GEORGE, UTAH WEB SITE: http://www.metcalfmortuary.com/index.cfm SISTER WILLIS' E-MAIL: B. LeRoy Willis <blcwillis@burgoyne.com> ELDER AND SISTER WILLIS, WE LOVE YOU!!!! ELDER AND SISTER WILLIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAITH AND STRENGTH AND GOODLY HUMOR!!! ELDER LEROY, TALOFA LAVA!!! WE WILL SEE YOU IN ETERNITY!!!! LOVE & BLESS YOU ALL!!!! WE PRAY THAT YOU ALL ARE STRONG AND FAITHFUL AND SAILING AN ETERNAL COURSE!!! ED & JILL HEYES
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