Brother Don Mack
Pearson will present a talk on Elder Jeffrey R. Holland for the Vancouver Washington
West Stake Home Evening group on Monday August 17th at 7:00 pm at
the Hazel Dell Bldg. (2223 NW 99th Street)
About Brother Pearson:
Although he was born
in Oklahoma, he lived in Hurricane, Utah (Southern Utah close to St. George to
the West and Zion Park to the East) from age 2 until 14. It was here that
he first met Jeffrey Holland who lived in St. George and was a few months older
than him
He was the second of
six children. As a boy, his family owned two cows and he milked them
morning and night. His father thought they should learn to work, and he picked
strawberries, cherries and peaches for local farmers. He also owned pigs
and chickens.
His family moved to
Davis County, and he graduated from Davis High School in 1959. He went to
BYU in 1959, then to Toronto, Canada in 1960 where Thomas Monson was his
mission president. He was one of the first missionaries to be called when
the age was changed from 20 to 19. Afterwards he returned to BYU where
Jeffrey Holland was a classmate. They had two classes together:
Greek Tragedies and Early American Literature. He met Ann Welch in
1963 at BYU in a New Testament Class and they were married at Christmastime in
1964. They both graduated in 1965 and left for law school.
After law school, he
practiced law for 40 years in Los Angeles with the law firm of Argue Pearson
Harbison & Myers. His practice included mergers, securities, tax and
real estate.
He and Ann have 6
children, 20 grandchildren and one great grand-daughter. .
While he lived in
Glendale, California, he served as a bishop and then as a member of the Stake
Presidency. He was a counselor to Tad Callister, currently serving as
General President of the SundaySchool, and when he was released as Stake
President, He was called to be the Stake President.
He and Ann served a
couples mission in 2007-2008 in Toronto Canada when Tad Callister was serving
as the mission president.
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