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Three newly called temple presidents and matrons have been announced by the First Presidency.

Norman Glen Angus, 70, of the Ballard North Ward, Roosevelt Utah East Stake, called as president of the Vernal Utah Temple, succeeding Howard G. Todd. President Angus' wife, Lou Ann Morrill Angus, will serve as temple matron. President Angus, an ordinance worker in the Vernal Utah Temple and a Young Men president, is a former president of the Jamaica Kingston Mission, a stake president, a stake president's counselor, a stake Young Men president, a bishop and a counselor in the bishopric. He is a retired regional director of Utah Department of Human Services. He was born in Ballard, Utah, to Leland Moore and Minnie Opal Lewis Angus.

Sister Angus is an ordinance worker in the Vernal Utah Temple and a ward Relief Society president, and a former ward Young Women and Primary president, and a ward Relief Society counselor. She was born in Vernal, Utah, to H. LeRoy and Clara Elizabeth Bartlett Morrill.

Robert Benjamin Marriott, 69, of Vista 1st Ward, Vista California Stake, called to the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple, succeeding President Blair D. Pincock. President Marriott's wife, Marian Florence Fitch Marriott, will serve as temple matron. President Marriott, a president's counselor in the San Diego California Temple, is a former president's counselor in the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple, an assistant temple recorder, a temple ordinance worker, a stake mission president, a stake high councilor and an elders quorum president. A retired visual arts teacher and a photography business owner, he was born in Roseville, Calif., to Jack Elwood and Juanita Rose Story Marriott.

Marian and Robert Marriott
Marian and Robert Marriott

Sister Marriott, assistant to the matron in the San Diego California Temple, is a former temple ordinance worker, assistant to the matron in the Guayaquil Ecuador Temple, a ward and stake Relief Society president and a Primary president. She was born in San Diego, Calif., to Warren Winthrop and Dora Price Fitch.

Gordon Taylor Watts, 70, of the Pioneer Ward, South Weber Utah Stake, called as president of the Ogden Utah Temple, succeeding President Dale L. Gardner. President Watts' wife, Connie Welling Watts, will serve as temple matron. President Watts serves on the Young Men general board and is a former General Authority in the North America Southeast and East Area presidencies, president of the Philippines Quezon City Mission, a regional representative, a stake president, a high councilor and a bishop. A retired sales and marketing manager of Ford Motor Co., he was born in South Weber, Utah, to Elwood Taylor and Edna Davis Watts.

Gordon and Connie Watts
Gordon and Connie Watts

Sister Watts, a ward Relief Society teacher, is a former counselor in Relief Society and Young Women presidencies, a Primary president, a Young Women adviser, and a Relief Society teacher. She was born in Logan, Utah, to Wendell Holmes and Elsie Margaret Godfrey Welling.

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