{"id":3410,"date":"2012-01-20T15:20:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T21:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/?p=3410"},"modified":"2019-02-20T12:54:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T18:54:44","slug":"jessie-evans-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/20\/jessie-evans-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Jessie Evans Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">How many women have been lost and forgotten over time? Millions! One, that I would like to remind you of right now is Jessie Evans, born in 1902.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She began singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the age of fifteen. Later, she sang all over the world with opera companies. She was asked to sing with the Metropolitan Opera\u00a0but turned them down. Around this time, she was also offered the part of Mother Superior, in the Sound of Music, but turned it down as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She was a popular soloist around town, including singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. As Ethel Reynolds Smith, Joseph Fielding Smith\u2019s second wife\u00a0lay in her bed, she requested that Jessie Evans sing at her funeral. Shortly after that, Pres. Smith began calling on her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/duFYcQ9z4B4?rel=0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span style=\"color: #ff6600; font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jessie Evans and Joseph Fielding Smith were married in 1938\u00a0when Jessie was 36 years old and he was 62. By then she had developed her full character and was completely secure in herself. She is most noted for her flamboyance and confidence; a real character we can admire. She made life full and invited all those around her to come along for the ride, including her prophet-husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This was a woman who never gave birth to a baby, but she was a mother to so many of us. Her style exuded beloved confidence and her wisdom was received with love and devotion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Enjoy these stories and notables about her (be warned, some are hopefully a bit exaggerated):<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhile Joseph Fielding Smith was a stern man in public, his wife, Jessie Evans Smith, was vivacious and outgoing. When asked by her husband to speak during a priesthood meeting to which she had accompanied him, she opened with, &#8220;Brethren, do you know what you get when you grow marijuana on the stake farm?&#8221; Startled, the men looked at each other waiting for the punch line. &#8220;High priests!&#8221; she chuckled.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jessie Evans traveled all over the world with her husband, speaking, as well as singing, at many conferences. Often, she would drag Pres. Smith up with her to sing duets. These became known as \u201cdo its,\u201d because Pres. Smith knew there was no choice in the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">An excellent needlepointer, she invented a magnifying glass that could show her work more clearly, while freeing her hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir longer than any other member: 50 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Being the third wife, and instant mother of eleven children, she told them right away she was not there to replace their mothers. They called her \u201cAunt Jessie\u201d from the very beginning, and grew to love her quirky, and very loving, personality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jessie was quite a bit younger than Joseph Fielding. He was known for his austere demeanor, but she kept him young and lively. Many times she was heard kindly yelling, \u201cJoe, hurry up!\u201d and he would come arunnin\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This next memory HAS to be exaggerated! But maybe not.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Smiths\u2019 home was invaded by reporters and cameramen wanting to interview Jessie Evans. As one cameraman tried to take a picture of her she screamed, \u2018No, you can\u2019t take my picture. I\u2019m not wearing my Bible dress.\u2019 When the reporters asked her what a Bible dress was, she smiled&#8211;she\u2019d been waiting for them to ask. She just patted her ample bosom and said airily, \u2018A Bible dress&#8211;you know&#8211;low and behold.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">And this&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOne time President Smith gave a strong talk on how the brethren should preside in the home and not their wives. Afterward, Sister Smith got up and said how much she agreed with her husband\u2019s remarks, adding, however, that although President Smith might preside in their home, she conducted.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What a beloved character she must have been.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOne day President Smith gave a talk in conference and for his subject, he chose being in the world and not of the world. Eventually, he got onto the subject of loose women and how to spot them. One of his criteria of a loose woman was that she wore too much makeup. \u2018Let this be a warning to you women: don\u2019t wear too much makeup,\u2019 he said sternly. And all the while there sat Aunt Jessie behind him in the choir section, smiling and waving at everyone&#8211;with her lipstick on three inches thick.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There was no question she was faithful, but is it all right to have a sense of humor? Maybe. Certainly, one that exudes such love.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe were on our way to the elevator when the door opened and out came President and Sister Smith. We just stood there with our mouths open, staring at him and didn\u2019t say anything. President Smith kind of walked around our group, kind of looking at the ground like he didn\u2019t even see us. Jessie Evans smiled and nodded at us and said, \u2018Daddy, come back here, these kids want to talk to you for a while.\u2019 So he turned around and came back and laughed and joked with us for five or six minutes.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In her talks, she would say, \u201cWait for the right one, girls. The right one can take you to the temple. I waited!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She bore testimony: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cAlways remember that the Lord has the power to do for us what we can\u2019t do for ourselves. If we do our part and prayerfully seek him, he\u2019ll be with us. I know. Decisions ought to be made in favor of our Heavenly Father. When I had an opportunity as a young woman to become a contralto with the Metropolitan Opera, I told them I\u2019d have to pray about it. I also studied my patriarchal blessing, which promised me that my success would come in the service of the Lord. So I came home and rejoined the Tabernacle Choir.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Known for her happiness and quick smile, she said, \u201cHappiness isn\u2019t always doing what you want to do. Sometimes it\u2019s doing what you don\u2019t want to do and being glad you did.\u201d At her funeral, it was said of her that she knew it was her duty to be happy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">She was glad to be a woman and wanted all women to feel the same. \u201cWomen are the flowers in God\u2019s great garden, and they ought to look perky.\u201d Aunt Jessie\u2019s brightly flowered gowns, her multicolored beads and earrings, and the ever-present orchid were trademarks. When she sang \u201cI Enjoy Being a Girl\u201d at BYU, the laughter and applause shook the rafters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stories gathered from:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Legend of Jessie Evans Smith\u201d, Linda Harris, Utah Historical Quarterly, Vol 44<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Emerson Roy West, Latter-Day Prophets<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Legacy of Jessie Evans Smith\u201d, Elaine Cannon, The New Era, Sep. 1971<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many women have been lost and forgotten over time? Millions! One, that I would like to remind you of right now is Jessie Evans, born in 1902. She began singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the age of fifteen. Later, she sang all over the world with opera companies. 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