Leroy S. Johnson | |
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![]() During the Short Creek raid, 1953 | |
Senior Member of the Priesthood Council (Short Creek Community)[1] | |
1954 – November 25, 1986 | |
Predecessor | Disputed: Possibly: Joseph White Musser Charles Zitting |
Successor | Disputed: Possibly: Rulon Jeffs J. Marion Hammon |
Personal details | |
Born | Leroy Sunderland Johnson June 12, 1888 Lee's Ferry, Arizona, U.S. |
Died | November 25, 1986 Hildale, Utah, U.S. | (aged 98)
Spouse(s) | At least 15[2] |
Parents | Warren Marshall Johnson Permelia Smith |
Leroy Sunderland Johnson (June 12, 1888 – November 25, 1986), known as Uncle Roy,[4][5] was a leader of the Mormon fundamentalist group in Short Creek, which later evolved into the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church), from the mid-1950s until his death.
When I was a child, the Prophet was Leroy Johnson. We called him Uncle Roy.
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