Joy F. Evans
Joy F. Evans | |
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First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency | |
April 7, 1984 | – March 31, 1990|
Called by | Barbara W. Winder |
Predecessor | Marian R. Boyer |
Successor | Chieko N. Okazaki |
Personal details | |
Born | Beverly Joy Frewin January 31, 1926 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
Died | July 5, 2011 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | (aged 85)
Resting place | Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park 40°41′52″N 111°50′30″W / 40.6978°N 111.8417°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
Spouse(s) | David C. Evans |
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Beverly Joy Frewin Evans (January 31, 1926 – July 5, 2011) was a leader in the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). From 1984 to 1990, she was the first counselor to Barbara W. Winder, the Relief Society General President.
Beverly Joy Frewin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah into a Mormon family. She trained as a nurse at the University of Utah and worked at LDS Hospital and Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Evans married computer scientist David C. Evans in 1947 in the Salt Lake Temple. They lived a portion of their married life in California. They had ten children, seven of which lived to adulthood. One of their children, David F. Evans, became an LDS Church general authority in 2005. The Evans family also partly raised two Native American children in their home through the Indian Placement Program.
Prior to her call as a counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency, Evans served for over eight years as a member of the Relief Society General Board, as a stake and ward Relief Society president, and in other positions in the Relief Society, Primary and Young Women organizations.
Evans and her husband served as missionaries in the church's Tennessee Nashville Mission. After her husband's death, Evans served missions to the Preston England and Manila Philippines temples.
Publications[edit]
- Joy F. Evans, "From Tragedy to Hope: Helping Unwed Parents", Ensign, September 1985.
- ——, "Overcoming Challenges along Life’s Way", Ensign, May 1989.
- ——, "'Lord, When Saw We Thee an Hungred?'", Ensign, November 1987.
- ——, "Meditations on Motherhood", Ensign, February 1999.
References[edit]
- "Obituary: Joy Evans", Deseret News, July 2011
- ''Church News, October 26, 1996
- “Relief Society Counselors Chosen,” Ensign, July 1984, p. 75
External links[edit]
- quotes from Joy F. Evans
- Joy F. Evans at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles | ||
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Preceded by Marian R. Boyer |
First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency April 7, 1984 – March 31, 1990 |
Succeeded by Chieko N. Okazaki |
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- 1926 births
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- American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- American Mormon missionaries in England
- American Mormon missionaries in the Philippines
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- Counselors in the General Presidency of the Relief Society
- Female Mormon missionaries
- People from Salt Lake City
- Latter Day Saints from Utah
- Latter Day Saints from California