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Pearl Turley (Mrs. Allen Frost) (1885-1970)

The Theodore Turley Family Book, pp. 106-107 (1977)

Pearl Turley Frost was born March 16, 1885 at Snowflake, Arizona, daughter of Mary Agnes Flake and Theodore Wilford Turley.  She was the second child in a family of ten.

She graduated from Snowflake Stake Academy and Brigham Young Academy.  While at Brigham Young, she studied the piano, domestic arts, and became and expert in decorating wedding cakes.  She helped pay part of her expenses by taking in sewing for 10 cents an hour.  In 1931, she directed a 4-H program and graduated 42 students.  From this effort she won a trip to Washington, D.C.  While in the East she also visited the World's Fair in Philadelphia.

She married Allen Frost June 1, 1908.  Her wedding dress had 114 yards of ribbon in it.  They had nine children.  She and Allen were very happy but she was left a widow in 1937.

Her hands were never idle. On her 85th birthday she gave an afghan that she had made to everyone who came to see her.  She worked hard all of her life and left many wonderful things she had made for all those who loved her.  She has 32 grandchildren and 51 great grandchildren.  She passed away April 25, 1970.

Children of Pearl Turley and Allen Frost:

Mary Frost born 18 May, 1910 and died 19 Jan., 1910

Amelia Frost Acuff, b. 18 Nov 1910, Snowflake, AZ

Dicie Frost Willis, b. 14 Jan 1913, Snowflake, AZ

Chester Allen Frost, b. 12 May 1915, Snowflake, AZ

Marjorie Frost Sandquist, b. 13 Jan 1917, Airpine, AZ

Thelma Frost Harris, b. 13 Nov 1918

Minnie Frost Ramsey, b. 5 July 1921

Alla Pearl Frost Reed, b. 20 March 1923, Snowflake, AZ

Guy Turley Frost, b. 27 Oct 1925, d. 20 March 1945 in Germany

[Death date from AF, IGI, PRF]