L. F. P. Curry

L. F. P. Curry

Lemuel Florence Patterson Curry (22 July 188723 January 1977) was an American leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) and was the mayor of Independence, Missouri, from 1962 to 1966.

Curry was born in Rodfield, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Brown University, the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and the University of Pittsburgh.

Throughout his adult life, Curry was a leader in the RLDS Church. On 12 February 1931, he became a member of the church's presiding bishopric. On 17 April 1932 he succeeded Albert Carmichael as the Presiding Bishop of the RLDS Church. [Doctrine and Covenants [http://www.centerplace.org/hs/dc/rdc-136.htm 136:1] .] Curry was selected as a counselor to RLDS Church president Frederick M. Smith in the church's First Presidency in 1938; Curry served in this capacity and as Presiding Bishop simultaneously until 1940, when G. Leslie DeLapp was appointed to succeed Curry as Presiding Bishop. [ [http://www.centerplace.org/hs/dc/rdc-138.htm Doctrine and Covenants 138:1] .] Curry was Smith's counselor in the First Presidency until Smith's death in 1946. When Israel A. Smith assumed the position of president of the church, he did not ask Curry to rejoin the First Presidency.

Curry was elected mayor of Independence, Missouri in 1962. He served for four years, until 1962. Curry died at Independence at age 89.

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References

*"History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" 8:427–428
*"Obituary: L. F. P. Curry", "Saints' Herald", vol. 124, no. 3, p. 132


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