William R. Bradford

First Quorum of the Seventy

October 3, 1975 – October 4, 2003

Called by

Spencer W. Kimball

End reason

Granted general authority emeritus status

Emeritus General Authority

October 4, 2003

Called by

Gordon B. Hinckley

Personal details

Born

William Rawsel Bradford
October 25, 1933
Springville, Utah, United States

William Rawsel Bradford (born October 25, 1933) has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1975.

Life

Bradford was born in Springville, Utah, to Rawsel W. Bradford and Mary Waddoups. During the 1940s Bradford went to Hawaii as his parents served as missionaries in the Laie Hawaii Temple Visitors Center. He graduated from Springville High School and then began studies at Brigham Young University. From 1953 to 1955, Bradford was a missionary for the LDS Church in Japan. He then married Mary Ann Bird, a native of Mapleton, Utah, in the Salt Lake Temple.

Bradford then served in the United States military. After this he moved to McAllen, Texas, and began a fruit-growing operation called International Fruit Growers and Shippers, Inc. Bradford later served as mission president in Santiago, Chile. In 1975, he became a general authority as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. He was a member of this quorum until 2003, when he was granted general authority emeritus status.

Bradford and his wife are the parents of six children.

From 2006 to 2009, Bradford served as president of the Houston Texas Temple.

References

"Elder William R. Bradford of the First Quorum of the Seventy", Ensign, November 1975
"New temple presidents", Church News July 1, 2006

External links

Grandpa Bill's GA Pages: William R. Bradford

Emeritus general authorities¹ of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Abrea Amado Aoyagi Backman Banks Bateman Bradford Brewerton Burton² Busche Carlson Carmack Child Christensen D.R. Clarke J.R. Clarke Coleman Cook Condie Dellenbach Dickson Didier Edgley² Featherstone Groberg Hafen Hammond Hansen Hinckley Howard J. Jensen M. Jensen Johnson Kendrick Kerr Kikuchi Koelliker Kofford Larsen Madsen McMullin² Mickelsen Morrison Neuenschwander Pace Paramore Pinegar Porter Pratt Rector Samuelson Tenorio Tingey Walker Watson Wells Wickman

1. Emeritus general authorities are individuals who have been released from active duties as general authorities. However, they remain general authorities of the church until their death. Except for the three former members of the Presiding Bishopric noted, all living emeritus general authorities are former members of the First or Second Quorums of the Seventy. 2. These former members of the Presiding Bishopric did not serve as a Seventy during their time as a general authority.

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