Biography
Adele Morris Cannon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory to George M. Cannon and Adelaide Morris. 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. 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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