Obituary of Edna Moore

Funeral services for Edna I. Moore, 89, New London, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, November 1, 2007 at the First Assembly of God, Overton with Reverend Charles Scarbrough officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery near New London under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton. Mrs. Moore died Sunday, October 28, 2007 in New London. She was born June 25, 1918 to the late Thomas Edgar and Artie Ophelia Mayo Chandler in Gallatin. She married Drannon R. Moore October 26, 1941, in Arizona. She was a LVN and retired from Laird Memorial Hospital, Kilgore following twenty four years employment. She was a longtime member of the First Assembly of God Church in Overton where she taught the Primary Sunday School classes. Mrs. Moore loved her family, the Lord, and her church. She also loved cooking Thanksgiving and Christmas meals for her family. Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by a son and daughter-in-law, Harrison Leon and Jean Moore; a grandaughter, Toni Collette Moore; three brothers, Otis Chandler, James Chandler and Wilmer Lee 'Jack' Chandler; and four sisters, Leona Roberts, Christine Darling, Ona Mae Mathews and Rachel Bobbitt. Survivors include her husband of 66 years, Drannon R. Moore, New London; a son, Danny Ray Moore, New London; a daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn Sue and Jerome Walters, New London; seven grandchildren, Janice Angelico, Daniel Moore, Shannon Walters, Robert Moore Toy, Sharon Stuart, Donna Cline and Angela Vega; 16 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Daniel Moore, Shannon Walters, Robert Moore, Richard Moore, Christopher Moore, and Ryan Cline. Honorary Pallbearers will be Steve Boren, Mike Cox, Kenneth Boren, and Howard Doris. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 31, at the funeral home.