Bonnie D. Parkin
| Bonnie D. Parkin | |
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| 14th Relief Society General President | |
| April 6, 2002[1] – March 31, 2007 | |
| Called by | Gordon B. Hinckley |
| Predecessor | Mary E. W. Smoot |
| Successor | Julie B. Beck |
| Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency | |
| 1994 – 1997 | |
| Called by | Janette C. Hales |
| Predecessor | Patricia P. Pinegar |
| Successor | Carol B. Thomas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bonnie Dansie August 4, 1940 |
| Home town | Herriman, Utah, United States |
| Alma mater | Utah State University |
| Spouse(s) | James L. Parkin |
| Children | 4 |
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Bonnie Dansie Parkin (born August 4, 1940) was the fourteenth general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 2002 to 2007. Parkin was also a member of the general presidency of the church's Young Women organization from 1994 to 1997.
Bonnie Dansie was raised in a Latter-day Saint home in Herriman, Utah. She graduated from Utah State University in 1962. On July 1, 1963, she married James L. Parkin in the Salt Lake Temple.
Parkin became second counselor to Janette C. Hales in the LDS Church's Young Women organization in 1994. She was released in 1997 when she accompanied her husband to England, where he served as president of the church's England London South Mission.
At the church's April 2002 general conference, Parkin was sustained as general president of the Relief Society, succeeding Mary Ellen W. Smoot. Parkin held this position until March 31, 2007, when she was released and replaced by Julie B. Beck.
Parkin and her husband are the parents of four sons. One of their daughters-in-law is the daughter of former area seventy and billionaire philanthropist Jon M. Huntsman, the granddaughter of LDS Church apostle David B. Haight, and sister of former Utah governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and Huntsman Corp. CEO Peter Huntsman.
See also
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- Patricia P. Pinegar, another counselor to Hales
- Virginia H. Pearce, another counselor to Hales
References
- ↑ News of the Church New General and Area Authorities, Relief Society Presidency Sustained
- “Bonnie D. Parkin: Relief Society General President,” Ensign, May 2002, p. 107
- “Newly Called Sisters Love Youth and the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” Ensign, November 1994, pp. 106–07.
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints titles | ||
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| Preceded by | Relief Society General President April 6, 2002 – March 31, 2007 |
Succeeded by Julie B. Beck |
| Preceded by | Second Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency 1994-1997 |
Succeeded by Carol B. Thomas |
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- 1940 births
- American Mormon missionaries in the United Kingdom
- 20th-century Mormon missionaries
- Counselors in the General Presidency of the Young Women (organization)
- Female Mormon missionaries
- General Presidents of the Relief Society
- Living people
- Mission presidents (LDS Church)
- Mormon missionaries in England
- People from Salt Lake County, Utah
- Utah State University alumni
- American leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
