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Tim Guymon, who served for many years as the typesetter for Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, passed away last month. He lived in Florida, and I never met him. But Allen Wyatt did, and here’s a brief tribute that Allen wrote for our website…

{Alan} began working as Managing Editor for the Interpreter journal in April 2016, while volume 19 was still under compilation. (We are currently working on volume 68.) One of the other people helping with the journal at that point was Tim Guymon, who did our typesetting. He had even authored a book review for the journal, published in 2015.[1] Tim lived in Pensacola, Florida, and we would email each other about journal matters multiple times every week. This led to phone calls, long conversations, discussions about non-journal matters, and friendship.

Over the course of the next eight years, Tim typeset almost every article in every issue of Interpreter.

I Have Questions wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 6:33 pm

In a startling admission Peterson gave this obituary for an Interpreter volunteer

Tim Guymon, who served for many years as the typesetter for Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, passed away last month. He lived in Florida, and I never met him. But Allen Wyatt did, and here’s a brief tribute that Allen wrote for our website…

Incredible. How many times has Interpreter’s President visited Florida over the time Tim volunteered his time and attention (presumably for free, and not including lunch and travel expenses) to the Interpreter Foundation? Here’s an excerpt from what Alan wrote

{Alan} began working as Managing Editor for the Interpreter journal in April 2016, while volume 19 was still under compilation. (We are currently working on volume 68.) One of the other people helping with the journal at that point was Tim Guymon, who did our typesetting. He had even authored a book review for the journal, published in 2015.[1] Tim lived in Pensacola, Florida, and we would email each other about journal matters multiple times every week. This led to phone calls, long conversations, discussions about non-journal matters, and friendship.

Over the course of the next eight years, Tim typeset almost every article in every issue of Interpreter.

And interpreter’s President couldn’t be bothered meeting up with Tim. Not even once. Appalling.

Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 7:16 pm

I Have Questions wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 6:33 pm

In a startling admission Peterson gave this obituary for an Interpreter volunteer Incredible. How many times has Interpreter’s President visited Florida over the time Tim volunteered his time and attention (presumably for free, and not including lunch and travel expenses) to the Interpreter Foundation? Here’s an excerpt from what Alan wrote And interpreter’s President couldn’t be bothered meeting up with Tim. Not even once. Appalling.

Eight years of free labor and the Afore couldn't even manage to invite him to the annual BBQ?

As seems to be part and parcel of our lives, Tim’s health eventually began to falter. He typeset his last article for the journal in April 2024. Just because the typesetting stopped does not mean the friendship stopped. Emails continued, though less work-related, and phone calls were still made.
In one conversation a year later, Tim indicated that he had reached a point where he was entering hospice care. So, in April 2025, I boarded a plane for Pensacola to have a long-overdue in-person visit with Tim. Memories were shared, personal triumphs and regrets were recounted, tears were shed, and snacks were consumed. Friendships endure.

Tim passed away a few weeks ago, on the morning of January 13, 2026. This past Saturday, I attended a memorial service for my friend and had the honor of meeting some of his family members and others whose lives he touched over his eight decades on earth. Tim was an intelligent, funny, complicated, and dedicated man whom I miss.

Tim’s years-long dedicated service in helping make the Interpreter journal a reality has been unseen by most. I am a personal witness to that service, however, and it is deeply appreciated. On behalf of the entire Interpreter Foundation, I express our deepest sympathies to Tim’s family and friends.

I Have Questions wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 9:51 pm

Everybody Wang Chung wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 7:16 pm

Eight years of free labor and the Afore couldn't even manage to invite him to the annual BBQ?

Well he was already volunteering at Interpreter when Alan joined. So I’d say it’s at least a decade of service without a single invitation to an Interpreter gathering and not a single interaction with the foundations President. What a way to treat your volunteers whilst you gad about on expenses.

More from Alan’s tribute

As seems to be part and parcel of our lives, Tim’s health eventually began to falter. He typeset his last article for the journal in April 2024. Just because the typesetting stopped does not mean the friendship stopped. Emails continued, though less work-related, and phone calls were still made.

In one conversation a year later, Tim indicated that he had reached a point where he was entering hospice care. So, in April 2025, I boarded a plane for Pensacola to have a long-overdue in-person visit with Tim. Memories were shared, personal triumphs and regrets were recounted, tears were shed, and snacks were consumed. Friendships endure.

Tim passed away a few weeks ago, on the morning of January 13, 2026. This past Saturday, I attended a memorial service for my friend and had the honor of meeting some of his family members and others whose lives he touched over his eight decades on earth. Tim was an intelligent, funny, complicated, and dedicated man whom I miss.

Tim’s years-long dedicated service in helping make the Interpreter journal a reality has been unseen by most. I am a personal witness to that service, however, and it is deeply appreciated. On behalf of the entire Interpreter Foundation, I express our deepest sympathies to Tim’s family and friends.

All that time volunteering for Interpreter and the best its President can muster is “I never met him”. Peterson is a fantastic example of what it means to lead by example. Not.

I Have Questions wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 26, 2026 9:51 pm

In one conversation a year later, Tim indicated that he had reached a point where he was entering hospice care. So, in April 2025, I boarded a plane for Pensacola to have a long-overdue in-person visit with Tim. Memories were shared, personal triumphs and regrets were recounted, tears were shed, and snacks were consumed. Friendships endure.

In a truly heroic display, I endured a flight to Pensacola (all paid for by the Interpreter Foundation) to pretend to play the grieving friend for Tim’s hospice debut. It was frankly, a grueling afternoon pretending to give a crap and nodding through his final regrets. It was almost as exhausting as pretending Tim was missed at our annual BBQs.

“DP” wrote: Actually, Brother Guymon worked as Interpreter’s typesetter on a contract basis, and he was paid for his efforts — one of our very few paid workers.