Comments:
Pres. Rex C. Reeve Sr., patriarch of the Sal Lake Valley View Stake, has been called to preside over the California Anaheim Mission, succeeding Pres. LeRoy Layton.
Pres. Reeve, a natice of Hinckley, Utah is a son of Arthur H. and Mary A. Cropper Reeve. He married Phyllis Mae Nielsen in the Salt Lake Temple on Feb. 19, 1937. They are the parents of seven children.
Pres. Reeve has served as a bishop, counselor in the presidencies of three stakes, and as stake president. He also served as a Regional Representative of the Twelve.
An executive of Meadow Gold Dairies, he is on the board of several businesses and organizations,
and also is a member of the executive committee of the Great Salt Lake Boy Scout Council.
Sister Reeve was born in Carbonville, Carbon County, Utah to Abel Christian and Pearl McKee Riley Nielsen.
At present she is the instructor of priesthood genealogy for the Valley View Stake, and has served in many teaching and executive posts in wards and stakes.
From his obituary in LDS Church News:
Elder Rex C. Reeve, emeritus General Authority, who served for more
than a decade as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy, died July 18,
2005, in Salt Lake City. He was 90 years old.
Elder Reeve was sustained April 1, 1978, to the First Quorum of the
Seventy, and was granted emeritus status on Sept. 30, 1989 - among some
of the first General Authorities to receive emeritus status because of
"factors of age and health." (Please see Oct. 7, 1989, Church News.)
The son of Arthur H. and Mary Cropper Reeve, he was born in Hinckley,
Utah, on Nov. 23, 1914. In his boyhood and youth, he drove a hay wagon and
had a newspaper route. Growing up during the Depression, he saw the bank
come and take the family's sheep. "Since those days, I have had a healthy
respect for staying out of debt. I have never felt much like plunging," he
said at the time of his calling as a General Authority. (Please see May 6,
1978, Church News.)
On Feb. 19, 1937, he married Phyllis Mae Nielsen in the Salt Lake
Temple. They were the parents of seven children, 38 grandchildren, 59
great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Sister Reeve died
Oct. 11, 2001. Elder Reeve was employed by the Arden Sunfreeze Creameries,
later known as Meadow Gold Dairy. He worked with the company for 40 years.
A lifetime Scouter, who was one of the first Eagle Scouts in his county, he
served on the Greater Salt Lake Boy Scout Council and received the Silver
Beaver Award.
At the time of his calling as a General Authority, Elder Reeve was
serving as president of the California Anaheim Mission. Before that, he had
served for seven years as a regional representative. He was also a former
counselor in the Jordan River Utah Temple presidency, patriarch, stake
president, counselor in stake presidencies and bishop. As a General
Authority, he served as executive administrator of the British Isles and
South Africa, and as president of the North America Northeast, North
America Central and North America Northwest areas. He was also an assistant
executive director of the Temple Department. |
