1933, filling the vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve created by the death of James E. Talmage. Callis served as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve until his death, with Henry D. Moyle filling the vacancy created by his death. Richard E. Bennett wrote of Callis: "Today Elder Charles A. Callis is an almost forgotten figure among younger members of the Church. Yet to those who knew him, he was utterly memorable." Nephi Jensen, a fellow missionary who worked with him in Jacksonville, Florida, wrote: C. A. Callis in many respects [is] a very remarkable man. He is one of those heroic souls who have come up from the depths. A few years ago he was working in a coal mine in Utah, now he is a practicing attorney and has been admitted to the bar in two states. Without opportunities or aid from friends he has risen by the sovereignty of his determination to an enviable station in life. He not only acquired a knowledge of law by self effort but read widely on general subjects and trained himself in the art of public speaking. He is an able, pleasing and convincing orator. The guiding light and inspiration for Callis was always Jesus Christ. He once said, “From my earliest recollections to the present time I have always had an abiding and intense love for my Savior. I cannot read the story of His sufferings and crucifixion without shedding tears. As an apostle, Callis authored one book, Fundamentals of Religion (Deseret Book, 1945), a collection of seventeen lectures about the tenets of the LDS Church he gave over national radio in 1943. Death Callis died of a massive heart attack on 21 January 1947. His wife's death, which had occurred in October 1946, deeply affected Callis, and he never fully recovered from that loss. Callis died in Jacksonville, Florida, at the age of 81, the day after meetings were held to organize the church's first stake in the Southern United States. He referred to this event as the "crowning achievement" of his life. The day before he died, Callis told many at the church meeting that he saw his wife many times everywhere he went. That night, he wrote to his daughter: "The Lord gave me strength to go through with the organization. With his aid I am battling through. I feel that your mother is