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| − | '''W. Douglas Shumway''' was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the [[Seventy]] and [[General Authority]] of [http:// | + | '''W. Douglas Shumway''' was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the [[Seventy]] and [[General Authority]] of [http://comeuntochrist.org The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] in April 2003. He was released in 2009. |
Shumway was born on May 8, 1940, in St. Johns, Arizona. He served a full-time mission for the Church in Uruguay and then obtained his bachelor’s degree in business management from [[Brigham Young University]]. He was self-employed for almost forty years as owner of Whiting Brothers Investment Company. | Shumway was born on May 8, 1940, in St. Johns, Arizona. He served a full-time mission for the Church in Uruguay and then obtained his bachelor’s degree in business management from [[Brigham Young University]]. He was self-employed for almost forty years as owner of Whiting Brothers Investment Company. | ||
| − | He has served in the Church in various capacities, including bishop, stake mission president, and counselor in a stake presidency. He presided over the Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission from 1998 to 2001. | + | He has served in the Church in various capacities, including [[bishop]], [[stake]] mission president, and counselor in a stake presidency. He presided over the Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission from 1998 to 2001. |
He and his wife, Dixie, are the parents of eight children. | He and his wife, Dixie, are the parents of eight children. | ||
| + | *[https://abn.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2004/04/marriage-and-family-our-sacred-responsibility?lang=eng "Marriage and Family: Our Sacred Responsibility," April 2004 General Conference talk] | ||
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Revision as of 18:59, 2 July 2021
W. Douglas Shumway was sustained as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy and General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in April 2003. He was released in 2009.
Shumway was born on May 8, 1940, in St. Johns, Arizona. He served a full-time mission for the Church in Uruguay and then obtained his bachelor’s degree in business management from Brigham Young University. He was self-employed for almost forty years as owner of Whiting Brothers Investment Company.
He has served in the Church in various capacities, including bishop, stake mission president, and counselor in a stake presidency. He presided over the Bolivia Santa Cruz Mission from 1998 to 2001.
He and his wife, Dixie, are the parents of eight children.
