Brother Lynn Smith was born and raised in Utah about 40 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. He grew up on a small farm where hard work was the order of every day. Fishing and hunting with his Dad was about the only relaxation they allowed themselves to enjoy. He tried his hand at the rodeo–riding bareback horses and Brahma bulls. Brother Smith served a mission to Argentina at age nineteen; graduated from BYU with a degree in Aeronautical Design and Computer Graphics; started a forty year career in Aerospace which took him all over the United States. His professional career in engineering has taken him to all but 3 states in the United States. He has lived in the Bay Area of California, West Jordan, Florida, Georgia and Washington.
Brother Smith has been in church leadership for over 50 years, having served in two stake presidencies, two bishoprics, Elder’s Quorum presidency and High Priest Group Leader. He has been a scoutmaster, the YM president twice, seminary teacher, Gospel Doctrine teacher, Sealer in the Seattle Temple and he currently serves as a Sealer in the Payson Temple. Brother Smith is also an ordained Patriarch having served in the Bremerton, Washington Stake and currently serving in the Canyon Ridge East Stake in Spanish Fork.
At one time his goal was to visit all of the temples, of course that was before President Hinckley began announcing three or four new ones at every general conference. He has served as an ordinance worker in the Oakland, Jordan River, Atlanta and Seattle temples and has visited the Salt Lake City, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orlando, Logan, Manti, Provo, Mesa, Arizona, Mount Timpanogos, Draper, Oquirrh Hills, Buenos Aires Argentina and Portland temples. Brother Smith observes, “What a rich opportunity the members of the Church have to participate in the ordinances of exaltation.”