Nellie Moore

Nellie Lewis Moore, 92, formerly of Ringgold died Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at Roman Eagle Memorial Home where she had been a resident for three years. She was born November 5, 1919 in the Spring Garden community of Pittsylvania a daughter of Daniel Lee Lewis and Bettie Sue Terry Lewis. Mrs. Moore was a graduate of Spring Garden High School and had lived in the Ringgold community and after retiring from farming worked as a teacher?s aide at Dan River Middle School and Kentuck Elementary School. She was a member of Ringgold Baptist Church, the Eva Walton Sunday School class and the Joy club. Mrs. Moore was an excellent seamstress and enjoyed making clothes and quilts for her family, as well as costumes for her grandchildren. She was a volunteer at the hospital for a number of years. On February 19, 1941 she was married to Julius Earl ?Jake? Moore, he preceded her in death on April 21, 2001. Survivors include her two children, Betty Sue Hughes and husband Garrett and Bobbly Lee Moore and wife Jeannie of Ringgold; five grandchildren, Julie H. Blanks, Stephanie M. McGuire, E. Gary Hughes, II, Nell H. Buckner and Stuart A. Moore; a sister-in-law, Helen Y. Lewis; eight great-grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild. She was the last survivor of her generation. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by six siblings, Evelyn Frances Lewis, Clifton Terry Lewis, Gladys L. Reynolds, Ola Lewis Owen, Edgar Lee Lewis and Gordon Coleman Lewis. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ringgold Baptist Church by the Reverend Carl Burger and the Rev. Dr. Steve Ellis. Interment will follow in Highland Burial Park. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 7:00-8:30 at the church and other times at the residence of her daughter, 293 Barker Road Ringgold. The family suggests memorials be made to Ringgold Baptist Church, P. O. Box 100, Ringgold, Virginia 24586 or Ringgold Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department, P. O. Box 10, Ringgold, Virginia 24586 Wrenn-Yeatts North Main Chapel is serving the Moore family.

Nellie Moore

November 5, 1919 - August 28, 2012