David B. Haight

David B. Haight
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
January 8, 1976 (1976-01-08) – July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
LDS Church Apostle
January 8, 1976 (1976-01-08) – July 31, 2004 (2004-07-31)
Called by	Spencer W. Kimball
Reason	Death of Hugh B. Brown
Reorganization at end of term	Dieter F. Uchtdorf and David A. Bednar were ordained following the deaths of Haight and Neal A. Maxwell
Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
April 6, 1970 (1970-04-06) – January 8, 1976 (1976-01-08)
Called by	Joseph Fielding Smith
End reason	Called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Personal details
Born	David Bruce Haight September 2, 1906(1906-09-02) Oakley, Idaho, United States
Died	July 31, 2004(2004-07-31) (aged 97) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Resting place	Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 40°41′52.08″N 111°50′30.12″W

David Bruce Haight (September 2, 1906 – July 31, 2004) was the oldest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Life and career

Haight was born in Oakley, Idaho, September 2, 1906. Haight was the son of Hector Caleb Haight and his wife Clara Josephine (née Tuttle). Hector Haight was the son of Horton D. Haight who had been involved in many trips in the Mormon trek and served as the first president of the stake that included Oakley. David B. Haight's maternal grandfather, Norton Ray Tuttle, was the first bishop of Tooele, Utah.

He was married to Ruby M. Olson (1910–2004). He was the father-in-law of businessman and philanthropist Jon Huntsman, Sr., (who married David B. Haight's daughter Karen) and grandfather of the former governor of Utah and former U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, Jr.

Haight served as mayor of Palo Alto, California and also was the owner of the Palo Alto Hardware store. Upon being called as president of the church’s mission in Scotland, he resigned as mayor of Palo Alto over the objections of the city council. In addition to his service as mission president, he was president of the Palo Alto Stake, and a regional representative of the Twelve Apostles before his call as a general authority—specifically, an Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles—in April 1970. He also served as a special assistant to the president of Brigham Young University.

The vacancy left by the death of Apostle Hugh B. Brown in December 1975 was filled by Haight's calling; he was ordained an apostle on January 8, 1976.

Death

Haight died in the morning of July 31, 2004 of causes incident to age, having attended the funeral of his colleague Apostle Neal A. Maxwell just four days earlier. Dieter F. Uchtdorf and David A. Bednar were called to the quorum to fill the vacancies created by Maxwell's and Haight's deaths. Haight's funeral service was held in the Salt Lake Tabernacle and he was interred at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Holladay, Utah.

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  David B. Haight's grave marker

References

• Todd, Jay M. (February 1976), Elder David B. Haight Called to Council of the Twelve, "News of the Church", Ensign: 75, http://lds.org/ensign/1976/02/news-of-the-church?lang=eng 
• Elder David B. Haight, "News Story", Newsroom (LDS Church), http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/elder-david-b-haight  - Church press release on his death

External resources

Media related to David B. Haight at Wikimedia Commons

• Haight, David B. (May 2004), How Great the Wisdom and the Love, http://lds.org/ensign/2004/05/how-great-the-wisdom-and-the-love?lang=eng  - last General Conference talk
• Haight, David B. (November 1989), The Sacrament—and the Sacrifice, http://lds.org/ensign/1989/11/the-sacrament-and-the-sacrifice?lang=eng  - General Conference talk with his vision of the Savior and the Atonement.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by L. Tom Perry	Quorum of the Twelve Apostles January 8, 1976–July 31, 2004	Succeeded by James E. Faust