Lillie T. Freeze

Lillie T. Freeze


First Councilor in the general presidency of the Primary
1888 – 1905
Called by	Louie B. Felt
Predecessor	Matilda M. Barratt
Successor	May Anderson

Personal details
Born	Lelia Tuckett March 25, 1855(1855-03-25) Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, United States
Died	March 23, 1937(1937-03-23) (aged 81) Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Resting place	Salt Lake City Cemetery
Alma mater	Morgan Commercial College
Spouse	James P. Freeze
Children	4
Parents	Henry Tuckett Mercy Westwood

Lelia ("Lillie") Tuckett Freeze (March 25, 1855 – March 23, 1937) was a leader in the Primary and Young Women organizations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

Lelia Tuckett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory to Mormon parents. She attended Morgan Commercial College, a business school in Salt Lake City established by John Hamilton Morgan. In 1875 she married James Perry Freeze. Freeze was a leader in a Salt Lake City ward's branch of the Young Ladies Mutual Improvement Association (YLMIA). In this capacity, she was invited to speak at the Salt Lake Tabernacle on April 6, 1880, at a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the LDS Church's founding.

In 1880, Lillie Freeze was one of the founding members of the LDS Church's Primary Association. Freeze was appointed as the first secretary of the general presidency, which was composed of Louie B. Felt, Matilda M. Barratt, and Clara C. M. Cannon. Freeze was secretary until 1888, when she replaced Barratt as first counselor in the general presidency of the Primary. Freeze was Felt's first counselor until 1905, when she was released and succeeded by May Anderson.

From 1889 to 1906, Freeze was also a member of the general board of the YLMIA. Freeze wrote extensively for LDS Church publications and published works in the Deseret News, the Children's Friend, the Women's Exponent, the Improvement Era, and the Young Women's Journal. At a conference of the YLMIA in Box Elder County, Utah Territory, Freeze stated that Joseph Smith had prophesied that "the time would come that none but the women of the Latter-day Saints would be willing to bear children."^[1]

Freeze was the mother of two sons and two daughters. She died at Salt Lake City and was buried at the Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Notes

^ "YLMI Conference of Box Elder State", Young Women's Journal 2:81 (2 November 1890).

References

Jenson, Andrew (1936). Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia: A compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 4. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Andrew Jenson Memorial Association (Printed by The Deseret News Press). pp. 259–260 and 283–284. ISBN 1589580265. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/BYUIBooks,5238. Retrieved December 20, 2011.

External links

State of Utah Death Certificate: Lelia Tuckett Freeze

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by Matilda M. Barratt	First Councilor in the general presidency of the Primary 1888 — 1905	Succeeded by May Anderson

General presidencies of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Presidents	Felt (1880–1925) • Anderson (1925–1939) • Hinckley (1940–1943) • Howells (1943–1951) • Parmley (1951–1974) • Shumway (1974–1980) • Young (1980–1988) • Grassli (1988–1994) • Pinegar (1994–1999) • Menlove (1999–2005) • Lant (2005–2010) • Wixom (2010–)

First Counselors	Barratt (1880–1888) • Freeze (1888–1905) • Anderson (1905–1925) • Pack (1925–1929) • Ross (1929–1939) • Howells (1940–1943) • Parmley (1943–1951) • Hale (1951–1962) • Doxey (1962–1969) • Reading (1970) • Randall (1970–1974) • Paulsen (1974–1977) • Lemmon (1977–1980) • Cannon (1980–1988) • Jepsen (1988–1994) • Wirthlin (1994–1999) • Reynolds (1999–2005) • Lifferth (2005–2010) • Stevens (2010–)

Second Counselors	Cannon (1880–1895) • West (1896–1905) • Beebe (1906–1925) • Ross (1925–1929) • Thomas (1929–1933) • Lambert (1933–1939) • Thompson (1940–1942) • Parmley (1942–1943) • Boyle (1943–1951) • Richards (1951–1953) • Doxey (1953–1962) • Dunyon (1962–1963) • Reading (1963–1970) • Lane (1970–1974) • Lemmon (1974–1977) • Murdock (1977–1980) • Grassli (1980–1988) • Wright (1988–1994) • Warner (1994–1999) • Clegg (1999–2005) • Matsumori (2005–2010) • Esplin (2010–)