May Green Hinckley

May Green Hinckley
3rd General President of the Primary
1940 – May 2, 1943 (1943-05-02)
Called by Heber J. Grant
Predecessor May Anderson
Successor Adele C. Howells
Personal details
Born May Green
May 1, 1881(1881-05-01)
Brampton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Died May 2, 1943(1943-05-02) (aged 62)
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Cause of death pneumonia
Resting place Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park
Spouse Bryant S. Hinckley
Children stepmother of Gordon B. Hinckley
Parents William Green
Lucy Marsden

May Green Hinckley (May 1, 1881 – May 2, 1943) was the third general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1940 until her death. She was the stepmother of Gordon B. Hinckley, fifteenth president of the LDS Church.

May Green was born in Brampton, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England.

In 1932, at the age of 50, Green married Bryant S. Hinckley, whose wife Ada Bitner had died in 1930. Gordon B. Hinckley, one of the children of Bryant and Ada, later recalled that he and the other children were upset by their father's decision to remarry, but they eventually came to accept their stepmother: "I don't know that it was easy for her to step into our family, but she did it well. We all respected her. We all loved her".[1]

In 1940, May Hinckley was asked by church president Heber J. Grant to succeed May Anderson and become the third general president of the Primary Association of the church. In her three and one half year tenure, Hinckley introduced a revised curriculum, added a scripture-reading program for leaders and teachers, established a formal scriptural theme for Primary, and selected the official Primary logo, motto and colors. Hinckley was the editor of The Children's Friend while she was Primary president. Her term ended when she unexpectedly died of pneumonia in Salt Lake City, Utah, the day after her 62nd birthday.[2] She was succeeded by Adele C. Howells, her first counselor.

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Notes

  1. ^ Sheri L. Dew (1996). Go Forward with Faith: The Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) p. 55.
  2. ^ State of Utah Death Certificate

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles
Preceded by
May Anderson		 President of the Primary
1940 – May 2, 1943 (1943-05-02)		 Succeeded by
Adele C. Howells
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–)