Don Harwell, longtime genial leader of Genesis, a congregation for Black Latter-day Saints, dies
“When he reached his hand out to shake yours, you knew you were part of that community,” recalls one friend. “No one was a stranger.”
(Stephen Holt | Tribune file photo) Genesis Group President Don Harwell, center, mingles with family and friends after a fireside in Murray in 2007. Harwell died Saturday at age 75.
Hired in 1991 to cover Utah's various faiths, particularly Mormonism, Peggy has talked forgiveness with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, nearly fainted waiting for the Dalai Lama, fasted with Muslims during Ramadan — and has reported on 50 consecutive semiannual LDS General Conferences.