Joy F. Evans

Joy Frewin Evans 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 president of the Relief Society.

Evans was married to computer scientist David S. Evans and resided in Salt Lake City, Utah. She had ten children, seven of which lived to adulthood. One of her children is David F. Evans, who in 2005 became a general authority of the LDS Church. The Evans also partly raised two Native American children in their home through the Indian Placement Program.

Prior to her call as a counselor in the general presidency of the Relief Society, 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.

References

*""Church News", October 26, 1996
* [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=775005481ae6b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 “Relief Society Counselors Chosen,”] "Ensign", July 1984, p. 75

External Links

* [http://www.gaia.com/quotes/Joy_F_Evans quotes from Joy F. Evans]