George I. Cannon

George Ivins Cannon was a General Authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as a Seventy from April 6, 1986, to October 5, 1991. He presided over the Central British Mission from 1966 to 1969, and from 1969 to 1972, he served as a counselor in the Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association. From 1993 to 1996 he served as president of the Salt Lake Temple. He also served as a bishop, stake president, patriarch, Regional representative, Regional Representative, and temple sealer. He was twelve years old when he was called to serve as ward organist.

Cannon was born on March 9, 1920, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to George J. Cannon and Lucy Grant Cannon. His maternal grandfather was Heber J. Grant and his paternal grandfather was Abraham H. Cannon, both leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ.

Cannon served as a missionary followed by service in the United States Air Force during World War II. He began studying at Brigham Young University in 1946. After his graduation, he worked for many years with Beneficial Life Insurance Company and eventually became vice president.

He was called to full-time Church service in April 1986 when he was called to serve in the First Quorum of the Seventy. In 1989 he was transferred to the Second Quorum of the Seventy.

Cannon and his wife, Isabel Hales, were the parents of seven children.

He died in Salt Lake City on August 4, 2009.