Sydney S. Reynolds

Sydney Sharon Smith Reynolds (born October 22, 1943) was the first counselor to Coleen K. Menlove in the general presidency of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from October 1999 until April 2005. She then served for three years with her husband Noel B. Reynolds as he presided over the Florida Fort Lauderdale Mission of the church.

Sydney Sharon Smith was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho to J. Alvin Smith and his wife Maurgarite Rees. She grew up in Burbank, California. At age 16 she entered Brigham Young University (BYU) where she met Noel Reynolds, who she married four years latter in the Los Angeles California Temple. She earned a bachelor's degree in history and political science from BYU.

The Reynolds are the parents of eleven children.

Reynolds has served in the various auxiliaries of the LDS Church, as a Scouting leader, as an early-morning seminary teacher, and on BYU's Women's Conference Steering Committee. Prior to serving in the general presidency of the Primary, Reynolds served for five years as a member of the Primary General Board.

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*"Deseret Morning News 2005 Church Almanac" (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Morning News, 2004) p. 108
*"Church News", November 6, 1999; April 2, 2005