Heber Ewer Palmer served in the Southern States Mission from 1910 to 1912. Upon his return home on Christmas Day, he wrote the following to Joseph F. Smith: “My labors were indeed a pleasure to me, and I can say were very profitable especially or individually to myself. And I will also add that I am perfectly willing to serve another mission.” Elder Palmer served as a companion to Elder John Morley while in Blount County. Elder Morley documented their labors together in his transcribed mission journal. He was one of 27 children in his family. He married in the Salt Lake Temple, in 1918, and was drafted to serve in World War I. He returned home from Europe and had three children. He attended law school in Chicago, began a career in law, and lost everything after three years during the Great Depression, which was followed by many difficult years. He returned to Utah with his wife and children. They learned to rely on the Lord during a time in their life without anything. Regarding mission service, his wife later wrote: “Our greatest desire was to send our boys on a mission, and not one went, so we decided to send someone else. We sent Leslie Hunter, then a son of a neighbor, and assist a friend’s daughter.” Having experienced the blessings of a mission themselves, they assisted other missionaries throughout their lives. In 1911, Elder Palmer baptized Dora Tipton in Townsend, Eliza Lee Hicks and Rachel Tennessee Hicks in Tuckaleechee Cove, and confirmed the first named and Martha Elizabeth Lane in Maryville, and, in 1912, Toliver Andrew Parham in Millers Cove as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

John Isaac Morley served in the Southern States Mission from 1910 to 1912. In his mission acceptance letter to Joseph F. Smith, he wrote: “I will accept the call.” Elder Morley kept a journal of his time in Blount County – transcribed journal and a digital scan of both years available on Family Search. He married in the Manti Temple in 1901. They already had four children at the time of his call to serve in the East Tennessee Conference. In a 1910-postcard to his family, he wrote: “Live your religion, for it is the power of God unto salvation to all those who live and obey.” He returned home and they raised seven children in Sanpete, Utah. Elder Morley baptized Martha Elizabeth Russell, in Maryville, and confirmed Eliza Lee Hicks and Rachel Tennessee Hicks members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tuckaleechee Cove, in 1911.

Heber Ewer Palmer served in the Southern States Mission from 1910 to 1912. Upon his return home on Christmas Day, he wrote the following to Joseph F. Smith: “My labors were indeed a pleasure to me, and I can say were very profitable especially or individually to myself. And I will also add that I am perfectly willing to serve another mission.” Elder Palmer served as a companion to Elder John Morley while in Blount County. Elder Morley documented their labors together in his transcribed mission journal. He was one of 27 children in his family. He married in the Salt Lake Temple, in 1918, and was drafted to serve in World War I. He returned home from Europe and had three children. He attended law school in Chicago, began a career in law, and lost everything after three years during the Great Depression, which was followed by many difficult years. He returned to Utah with his wife and children. They learned to rely on the Lord during a time in their life without anything. Regarding mission service, his wife later wrote: “Our greatest desire was to send our boys on a mission, and not one went, so we decided to send someone else. We sent Leslie Hunter, then a son of a neighbor, and assist a friend’s daughter.” Having experienced the blessings of a mission themselves, they assisted other missionaries throughout their lives. In 1911, Elder Palmer baptized Dora Tipton in Townsend, Eliza Lee Hicks and Rachel Tennessee Hicks in Tuckaleechee Cove, and confirmed the first named and Martha Elizabeth Lane in Maryville, and, in 1912, Toliver Andrew Parham in Millers Cove as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

John Isaac Morley served in the Southern States Mission from 1910 to 1912. In his mission acceptance letter to Joseph F. Smith, he wrote: “I will accept the call.” Elder Morley kept a journal of his time in Blount County – transcribed journal and a digital scan of both years available on Family Search. He married in the Manti Temple in 1901. They already had four children at the time of his call to serve in the East Tennessee Conference. In a 1910-postcard to his family, he wrote: “Live your religion, for it is the power of God unto salvation to all those who live and obey.” He returned home and they raised seven children in Sanpete, Utah. Elder Morley baptized Martha Elizabeth Russell, in Maryville, and confirmed Eliza Lee Hicks and Rachel Tennessee Hicks members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Tuckaleechee Cove, in 1911.