James Willard Hubbard served in the Southern States Mission from 1895 to 1897. In his mission acceptance letter to Wilford Woodruff, he wrote: “Dear Sir, I am in receipt of your favor, notifying me of my being chosen as a missionary to the Southern States. In reply will say, it is my desire to do as near as I can what I am called upon to do by those in authority in the Church.” Elder Hubbard labored in areas surrounding Blount County