"His [Edwin's] eldest daughter LaVon, fell in love with an adopted son of John M. Cannon and Zina Bennion: John Kenneth Cannon.

"In 1922, John Kenneth, who was in the U.S. Air Corps, was in a near fatal airplane accident, and needing personal nursing care in the hospital. LaVon went to Texas to volunteer to nurse him. The officials would let only a close relative to nurse him at night, so she got a minister to marry them, and she did a real service in nursing him on their honeymoon. He became instructor to a young cadet named Charles Lindbergh who got into trouble by buzzing his plane and stunt flying. Lindy was court martialed. There John Kenneth (we called him Kenneth to differentiate him from John his adopting father) defended Lindy saying he was an outstanding Cadet, and the service would be the loser if they failed to keep Lindy in the service. As you know Charles Lindbergh was retained, and he showed his gratitude by inviting "Ken" and LaVon to the White House after his flight to Paris. There he gave them the hat he wore when flying the Atlantic. Their grandson still retains it. Just last year (1989) Paul Bennion Cannon [LaVon's cousin and 'step-brother-in-law'!] at LaVon's request accompanied LaVon's body to Arlington National Cemetery where her body was placed next to her husband, General John Kenneth Cannon, the third highest ranking officer ever in the Air Corps. He was at one time in charge of all Allied air forces in the European theater, and at another time in charge of the Berlin Airlift."