Hall, Melba Stevens, 1904-1999
Dates
- Existence: 1904 - 1999
Parallel Names
- Stevens, Melba
Biography
Melba Stevens Hall (1904-1999) was a missionary who served in Mexico and Texas for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1925 to 1927.
Melba Stevens Hall was born on September 23, 1904, in Holden, Utah, to Emma Maud Robins Stevens and Edward Franklin Stevens. She served in the Mexican Mission under President Rey L. Pratt from June 1925 to September 1927, where she learned to speak and proselyte in Spanish. Melba married Reed LeRoy Hall in the Salt Lake City Temple on March 7, 1928. They had two sons. The family lived in Idaho Falls, Buhl, and Aberdeen, Idaho, and later Compton and Whittier, California, where Melba served as Relief Society President of the Compton Ward and on the Stake Relief Society Board in Long Beach and Whittier. Melba passed away on March 11, 1999, Provo, Utah.
Citation:
familysearch, accessed June 7, 2023 (Melba Stevens Hall; b. September 23, 1904, in Holden, Utah d. March 11, 1999 in Provo, Utah; parents Edward Franklin Stevens, Emma Maud, fourth of 8 children; served in the Mexican Mission under President Rey L. Pratt from June 1925 to September 1927; learned and proselyted in Spanish; married Reed LeRoy Hall in the Salt Lake City Temple on March 7, 1928 Robins; had two sons; lived in Idaho Falls, Buhl, and Aberdeen, Idaho, and later Compton and Whittier, California; served as Relief Society President of the Compton Ward and on the Stake Relief Society board in Long Beach and Whittier) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KWZJ-78PMelba Stevens Hall diary, 1925-1927 (Melba Stevens)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Melba Stevens Hall diary
Diary kept by Melba Stevens Hall during her service as a missionary in the Mexican Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dated June 24, 1925 to August 11, 1927. At the time the Mexican Mission covered areas of Texas and Mexico. The diary includes a black and white family photograph.