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Hi, My name is Francis 'Nelson' Henderson

I was a mormon. Former Missionary, Elders Quorum and Gospel Doctrine Teacher.

North Carolina, USA
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I was born into the church in Raleigh, North Carolina (1942). The first of nine children to Francis ‘Marion’ Henderson and Nellie ‘Jane’ Taylor. Marion was a founding church leader in Raleigh 1940’s – 1960’s coming from Wilmington NC. Jane Taylor's heritage is Utah pioneer. One great grandfather was Provo church leader & BYU board member T.N. Taylor. One great great grandfather was Church President John Taylor.

I served a two (2) year mission to So. California 1962 – 1964. Graduated BA Physics, BYU 1968. Married in the Temple (1966), I am a founding member of Comtel, 1978 - 2002, a California satellite communications company where I led development of embedded real-time computer firmware. Employed by Scientific Research Corp 2010 – 2014, and by GPS Source Inc, 2016 – 2017, Lockheed-Martin 2018 & 2019, Northrop-Grumman 2020. Remarried and widowed, I moved from Santa Maria CA, to Poway CA, to Lilburn GA, to Daniel Island SC, to Austin TX, to Colorado Springs, to Littleton CO, to Palmdale CA, to Satellite Beach FL, to Mount Pleasant, SC USA.

Why I left More answers about 'Why I left' the mormon church

My Exit Statement is posted on my site here: fnhenderson.us/…

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