Harold Don Carmack

Harold Don Carmack, age 87, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully of causes incident to old age on October 28, 2017.

Don was born in Alhambra, California on September 17, 1930 to Harold Neil and Sarah Mae Simpson Carmack, their oldest child, and he was raised in Ogden, Utah.  He married his sweetheart Beverly Jean Bartley in the Idaho Falls Temple on February 4, 1955. 

Don attended Ogden High and graduated from Weber High School, Weber College, and Utah State University.  As a young man he worked on the Union Pacific Railroad to earn money to get him through college.  Immediately after his graduation from college he served two years in the United States Army as a Military Policemen which was at the end of the Korean conflict.  He was awarded the Soldier of the Year award in 1954.  Don spent most of his military service in Denver, Colorado where he met his wife and later moved with his wife to Bountiful, Utah to work for his father at the Spudnut Shop later named Carmacks.  He bought the business from his father and he loved his relationship with his customers.

Don was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he served faithfully as a home teacher, temple worker, counselor in two bishoprics,  executive secretary, High Priest group leader and he twice served as Young Mens president.  In 2000 and 2001 he and his wife served as missionaries in the Florida Jacksonville Mission. He was ordained a Seventy by Milton R. Hunter and served as one of the seven presidents of Seventies in the Bountiful, Utah Stake.  Don was ordained a High Priest by Apostle Mark E. Petersen. 

Don loved sports of all kind and was an avid tennis player and jogger.  He loved people and made many friends through his business and church service.  Don enjoyed being with his family, taking them camping and on vacations.  He was greatly loved by his family and friends.  Don was known for his quick wit, good humor, and generosity. 

He leaves behind three sons and one daughter:  Brian (Leslie), Linda (Rick) Neumeyer, Blair, and Darin (Julee), 18 grandchildren and 32 great -grandchildren.  He is preceded in death by his wife.

Funeral services will be held Friday, November 10, 2017 at 11:00 at the Bountiful 9th Ward Chapel, 585 East Center Street, Bountiful, Utah.  Friends may visit family Thursday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 North Main, and Friday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church prior to services.  Interment, Bountiful City Cemetery.