Background
RICHARDS, LYNN was born on February 3, 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
RICHARDS, LYNN was born on February 3, 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Brigham Young University (Bachelor of Arts, 1925). Stanford University (Juris Doctor, 1929). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Utah State Senate, 1943.
He practiced law in Salt Lake City for 72 years (1929 to 2001). Richards was elected to the Utah State Senate as a Democrat in 1942. In 1952, he was selected to be the Second Assistant to George R. Hill in the general superintendency of the Deseret Sunday School Union.
In 1966, David Lawrence McKay succeeded Hill as general superintendent, and McKay selected Richards as his First Assistant.
Richards served as First Assistant in the Sunday School until the superintendency was released in 1971. Richards married Lucille Covey in 1924.
They were the parents of six children. Richards lived to age 100 and died in Salt Lake City.
He was a member of the Utah Board of Education for 15 years, including two years as its chairman.