1334. Elder Holland Warns BYU of a House Divided against Itself By Maurine Proctor · August 24, 2021, from Meridian Magazine
I grew up in St. George in the same ward as Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. He is 6 and a half years younger than I am, so I didn't know him well. But my mother, Ruth, was his teacher -- I've never been sure if it was in her elementary 3rd grade class, or in a calling in the same ward. But at times when I've had the blessing to talk to him he has told me how much he loved my mother! His mother at one time was given the calling of writing to the ward missionaries. My daughter Pam was on a mission in Austria, and she received letters from Sister Alice Holland, his mother. They are treasured, as are times when Elder Holland talks about his early days in St. George. I have a special place in my heart for him! In St. George, I ran into him a time or two in a store, and even when he came to visit his mother in the ward. The area his mother lived in has since been divided off into another ward. He cal...
