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23 march 1937 4 25 march 1855 photo of lillie t. freeze morgan commercial college salt lake city , utah , united states first counselor in the general presidency of the primary 40.777 cemetery -111.858 type : landmark inline salt lake city james p. freeze lillie t. freeze.jpg lillie t. freeze salt lake city cemetery 1888 matilda m. barratt salt lake city , utah territory , united states henry tuckett mercy westwood may anderson 1905 lillie t. freeze
 lelia tuckett louie b. felt
lillie t. freeze

lelia -lrb- `` lillie '' -rrb- tuckett freeze -lrb- march 25 , 1855 -- march 23 , 1937 -rrb- was a leader in the primary and young women organizations of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints -lrb- lds church -rrb- .
lelia tuckett was born in salt lake city , utah territory to mormon parents .
she attended morgan commercial college , a business school in salt lake city established by john hamilton morgan .
in 1875 she married james perry freeze .
freeze was a leader in a salt lake city ward 's branch of the young ladies mutual improvement association -lrb- ylmia -rrb- .
in this capacity , she was invited to speak at the salt lake tabernacle on april 6 , 1880 , at a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the lds church 's founding .
in 1880 , lillie freeze was one of the founding members of the lds church 's primary association .
freeze was appointed as the first secretary of the general presidency , which was composed of louie b. felt , matilda m. barratt , and clara c. m. cannon .
freeze was secretary until 1888 , when she replaced barratt as first counselor in the general presidency of the primary .
freeze was felt 's first counselor until 1905 , when she was released and succeeded by may anderson .
from 1889 to 1906 , freeze was also a member of the general board of the ylmia .
freeze wrote extensively for lds church publications and published works in the `` deseret news '' , the `` children 's friend '' , the `` women 's exponent '' , the `` improvement era '' , and the `` young women 's journal '' .
at a conference of the ylmia in box elder county , utah territory , freeze stated that joseph smith had prophesied that `` the time would come that none but the women of the latter-day saints would be willing to bear children . ''
freeze was the mother of two sons and two daughters .
she died at salt lake city and was buried at the salt lake city cemetery .
