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Alma A. Timpson

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1905–1997

Alma A. Timpson

Alma Adelbert Timpson was born in Iona, Idaho, in 1905. After a division in the priesthood council in 1984, published accounts describe him as helping to form the congregation that became the community at Centennial Park.

Alma Adelbert Timpson was born on 28 March 1905 in Iona, Idaho, to John Herbert Timpson and Jeanetta Ann Timpson, and was raised in Holladay, Utah.1 A death notice published after he died said he served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hull, England, from 1925 to 1927, and that he was imprisoned from 1944 to 1945; that notice called him “the last person to have served time in prison for living celestial marriage.”2 The same notice says he moved to Colorado City, Arizona, in 1960.3

In the 1961 recordings he is a regular voice in the Salt Lake meetings. On 5 November, speaking about Guy H. Musser, he called Joseph W. Musser “his earthly father, our great father.”4

Published accounts of a later council division say that in February 1984 Leroy S. Johnson released Timpson and J. M. (Marion) Hammon from the priesthood council. They then formed a separate congregation, first called the Second Ward, which became the community at Centennial Park.5 His death notice says he “was intimately involved in the pioneering of Centennial Park.”6

He died on 2 April 1997. Funeral services were held on 6 April 1997 in the Centennial Park Chapel, with burial in the Centennial Park Cemetery.7

Appearances

1960

  1. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 1:48:4110:57
  2. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 56:0318:37
  3. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:30:4420:46
  4. TalkSalt Lake CityFull meeting: General meeting, Salt Lake City · 2:35:3333:05

1961

  1. TalkSalt Lake general meeting16:58
  2. TalkSalt Lake general meeting15:44
  3. TalkSalt Lake general meetingThe 5 November remarks quoted above are from this recording.39:32

He is identified as a speaker in the Salt Lake general meetings of 5 February, 5 March, 2 April, 4 June, 18 June, 2 July, 16 July, 6 August, 20 August, and 17 December, among other gatherings in the year, in addition to the recordings listed above. See the 1961 year page.

Sources

  1. “Death: Alma Adelbert Timpson,” Deseret News, 4 April 1997: born 28 March 1905 in Iona, Idaho, to John Herbert and Jeanetta Ann Timpson, and raised in Holladay, Utah.
  2. Same death notice: mission in Hull, England, 1925–1927; imprisonment 1944–1945, and the notice’s own wording that he was “the last person to have served time in prison for living celestial marriage.”
  3. Same death notice: he moved to Colorado City, Arizona, in 1960.
  4. Remarks by Alma A. Timpson, Salt Lake general meeting, 5 November 1961. Open the 1961 year.
  5. Wikipedia, “Centennial Park group,” on the February 1984 release and the later Centennial Park congregation.
  6. “Death: Alma Adelbert Timpson,” Deseret News, 4 April 1997, on his part in the pioneering of Centennial Park.
  7. Same death notice: died 2 April 1997; funeral 6 April 1997 in the Centennial Park Chapel; burial in the Centennial Park Cemetery.