(Picture: William Odell Tolman about age ten holding his brother Wendell).
(Contributed by Derek John Tolman. Excerpt from “William Odell Tolman: Patriarch, Genealogist, Teacher,” compiled by Loraine Tolman Pace, First Edition, 2009, page 9).
When thinking about the importance of every calling in the Church, I’ve always been impressed with this one line from my Grandfather William Odell Tolman’s journal in 1920: “At age ten I was inspired to go on a mission by Bob Smith as he taught our Sunday School Class.”
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