This new mission president and companion were recently called to serve in West Virginia

2 Sept 2019, 7:00 p.m. MDT

President Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency and his wife, Sister Kristen Oaks, greet new mission presidents and their wives during the Mission Leadership Seminar held in the Provo MTC June 24-26, 2019. Leslie Nilsson, Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

By Church News Staff

A new mission president and companion have been called to serve by the First Presidency. They will begin their service in September.

Robert H. and Sherry Hyre Newman | Intellectual Reserve, Inc.

Robert H. Newman, 57, and Sherry Hyre Newman, five children, New Smyrna Beach Ward, DeLand Florida Stake: West Virginia Charleston Mission, succeeding President Michael J. Lindhardt and Sister Cami L. Lindhardt. Brother Newman is a temple sealer and high councilor and a former stake president, high councilor, bishop, ward mission leader and ward Young Men president. He was born in Sanford, Florida, to Robert Aaron Newman and Winona Newman.

Sister Newman is a temple ordinance worker and a former stake and ward Young Women president, ward Relief Society president and presidency counselor, ward Primary president, EFY instructor and seminary teacher. She was born in Bedford, Pennsylvania, to E. Wayne Hyre and Trudie Claycomb Hyre.