Quorum of the Seventy and the emeritus Brethren as at present constituted." His death was announced during the Priesthood session April 2013 general conference, which took place just days later, and was mentioned in the church's May 2013 Ensign and Liahona magazines. On January 9, 2007, Smith celebrated his 100th birthday. He was the second general authority in the history of the church to reach the age of 100, the first being Joseph Anderson, who died in 1992 at the age of 102. The LDS Church has not stated directly whether it will appoint a new presiding patriarch, but after Smith's death an official magazine of the church, Liahona, described him as "the last person to hold the position." Similarly, an official Church News article published shortly after Smith's death described him as the "Final Church Patriarch," as well as "the seventh and final Patriarch to the Church" (phrasing which is also notable since Smith was generally considered the eighth man to officially hold the office). He was survived by, among others, his eldest son, Eldred Gary Smith, who would possibly have inherited the patriarchal office had it not been discontinued, and who co-wrote a scholarly history of the office of presiding patriarch. Personal Smith was born in Lehi, Utah. He and his wife, Jeanne Ness, were the parents of five children. After his wife's death, Smith married the widow Hortense Hogan Child in 1977. Smith died at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, at 106. He was the oldest and longest-serving general authority in church history, although not active as such for many years, and the oldest living man in Utah prior to his death. See also Patriarchal Priesthood Notes References External links Grampa Bill's G.A. Pages: Eldred G. Smith 1907 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Mormon missionaries American Mormon missionaries in Germany American Mormon missionaries in Switzerland American centenarians American general authorities (LDS Church) Burials at Salt Lake City Cemetery Latter Day Saints from Tennessee Latter Day Saints from Utah Men centenarians People from Lehi, Utah People from Salt Lake City Presiding Patriarchs (LDS Church) Smith family (Latter Day Saints) University of Utah alumni