Rev. R. B. Cavaness, Jr. – Pastor, Missionary, Teacher and Mission Mobilizer
Roswell B. Cavaness, Jr. was born in Hollister, Idaho, just south of Twin Falls, 178 miles southwest Idaho Falls. He was raised in Salmon, 161 miles northwest of Idaho Falls. He pastored a church in Roy, Idaho, 102 miles south of Idaho Falls. During the 39 years he served as a missionary in Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, he spoke several times at the Assembly of God church in Idaho Falls and other churches in southeast Idaho. While his connections to Idaho Falls are not as strong as others I have written about, I believe the story of his life is worth including in this collection of people the Lord has sent out from this region. R. B. Cavaness, Sr. owned and operated a grocery store in Hollister, Idaho from 1914 to 1920, managed Safeway stores in four different states from 1923 to 1935, and then until his retirement in 1949 operated a grocery store in Salmon, Idaho. [1] In 1936, his son, R. B. Jr. [2] , age 18, became the manager of that grocery store in Salmon....