Adele C. Howells

Adele Morris Cannon Howells (11 January 1886 – 14 April 1951) was the fourth general president of the Primary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1943 until her death.

Adele Morris Cannon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. She was married to David P. Howells and the couple lived in Los Angeles.

After David's death, Howells accepted the request to become in first counselor to Primary general president May Green Hinckley in 1940. When Hinckley unexpectedly died in 1943, Howells was chosen by LDS Church president Heber J. Grant as Hinckley's successor. Howells served for nine years, until her death from rheumatic fever in Salt Lake City. [ [http://images.archives.utah.gov/data/81448/2224907/2224907_0000238.jpgState of Utah Death Certificate] ] She was succeeded by LaVern W. Parmley, her first counselor in the general presidency.

During her tenure as Primary president and editor of "The Children's Friend", Howells commissioned a series of paintings by Arnold Friberg depicting scenes from the "Book of Mormon". Some of these painting are still printed in copies of the "Book of Mormon" distributed by the LDS Church.

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References

*Carol Cornwall Madsen and Susan Staker Oman (1978). "Sisters and Little Saints: One Hundred Years of Primary" (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) 117–133
*Janet Peterson and LaRene Gaunt (1996). "The Children's Friends: Presidents of the Primary and Their Lives of Service" (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book) 59–76

External links

* [http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/museum/primary/exhibit/1,16230,3313-1-32-6,00.html Adele Cannon Howells] : short biography from 2003 church museum exhibit