2 Works by Cynthia Mallory Gardner
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Pioneers | Author | Poetry | ||
Summer | Author | 1967 | Poetry |
Cynthia Mallory Gardner was born on March 12, 1922, eldest daughter of Richard Henderson and Esther Smith Mallory, in Omaha, Nebraska. She received her primary education in Omaha. She was awarded a scholarship to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and after two years there, attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University. On June 11, 1942, she married Jack Byron Trunnell, the father of her six children. After a divorce from Dr. Trunnell, she married L. Levier Gardner on December 23, 1970. Cynthia was a professional genealogist, an editor at BYU Press, and an award-winning writer.
Cynthia was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Salt Lake Tabernacle November 29, 1941, and she remained a devout member of the Church as long as she lived, serving in all the auxiliaries. She and her husband, Levier, served as missionaries in the Argentina Cordoba Mission, 1984-86. She also enjoyed her assignments as writer and editor on various general Church committees, such as the family home evening, gospel doctrine, and Visiting Teaching Message writing committees.
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Pioneers | Author | Poetry | ||
Summer | Author | 1967 | Poetry |