Many years ago we attended a church conference where President David O. Mckay’s brother, Thomas E. McKay was the visiting general authority. He had served as a mission president more than once. His talk was largely about the deep mutual affection that develops between mission presidents and their missionaries. During his talk he happened to talk about various mission homes and said the one in Basel, Switzerland was the church’s finest. At the end of the meeting I went up and spoke with him, saying that his comments about the Basel Mission Home made me homesick because I lived there for three years as a child. Of course he wanted to know how come and asked me who my father was. After I responded, “Hugh J. Cannon”, he became very emotional with tears actually welling up in his eyes. He said, “Your father was MY mission president. He was the greatest mission president this church has ever produced.” I want to encourage our family to again read the transcript of dad’s funeral in which other church leaders paid such glowing tribute to him.
About Me
- George Richards Cannon
- My early postings were intended to be in sequence, starting with “Why This Blog” posted on December 3, 2011. After reading this profile, you might want to start your reading with those early entries. I am a 93 year old husband, dad, grandpa and great grandpa. I've seen a lot of changes in the world. When I was young, vegetables were still delivered by horse and wagon. As a radio operator during World War II, I communicated via morse code. Now I use my voice-activated cell phone to stay in touch. My career as a university professor of computer science spanned the time when a single computer took up several rooms of in a computer center and was less powerful than today's $2 calculators to the present time where computers are an ever-present part of our daily life. I am now legally blind, but even there technology has come to the rescue. My computer monitor is a big flat screen T.V. with large print magnification. I type by touch with very limited ability to see and edit what I write, so either someone else will have to edit my writing or you will have to endure all the typos. I look forward to sharing my thoughts, perspectives, and memories on life.
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