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| - Elder McConkie was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Oscar Walter McConkie and Margarat Vivian Redd. During his childhood, he lived in Monticello, Utah; Salt Lake City; and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended the University of Utah. While there, he met Amelia Smith. He served a mission to the Eastern States between 1934 and 1936 and participated in the Palmyra Pageant in 1936. He married Amelia, (1916 - 2005), daughter of Joseph Fielding Smith in 1937, just after they both graduated from the University. (Wikipedia, "Bruce R. McConkie") McConkie later earned his Juris Doctor degree. Links:
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| - Elder McConkie was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Oscar Walter McConkie and Margarat Vivian Redd. During his childhood, he lived in Monticello, Utah; Salt Lake City; and Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended the University of Utah. While there, he met Amelia Smith. He served a mission to the Eastern States between 1934 and 1936 and participated in the Palmyra Pageant in 1936. He married Amelia, (1916 - 2005), daughter of Joseph Fielding Smith in 1937, just after they both graduated from the University. (Wikipedia, "Bruce R. McConkie") McConkie later earned his Juris Doctor degree. McConkie was called into active duty during World War II. He then worked for a time as a newspaper reporter. He was called to the First Council of the Seventy in 1946, and then to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1972, where he served until his death. He served as Mission President in Southern Australia from 1961 to 1964, while a member of the Seventy. Elder McConkie famously wrote the note "It is my province to teach to the Church what the doctrine is. It is your province to echo what I say or to remain silent." Elder McConkie died just twelve days after the conclusion of a General Conference, in which he delivered a masterful talk and testimony, titled, The Purifying Power of Gethsemane. Speaking of the Savior, he declared with apostolic knowledge, "I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears. But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God's Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way." At Elder McConkie's funeral, President Hinckley was the closing speaker. He said, "I felt like a puppy trying to keep up with McConkie, as he took his long measure steps, so it has been with most of us in keeping up with the stride of his mind in scholarship in the gospel." Links:
* Bruce R. McConkie bio [1]
* Remembering Bruce R. McConkie [2]
* Remembering Bruce R. McConkie [3]
* Bruce R. McConkie's last conference talk before his death [4]
* Excerpts from the Bruce R. McConkie Story [5]
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