Louise Temple Moore's Obituary
Funeral services for Louise Temple Moore, 86, will be held Monday, January 13, 2003 at 3:30 PM at the Rosewood Park Mausoleum with Rev. Dr. James Lewis officiating .
Burial will be in Rosewood Park. Mrs. Moore died January 11, 2003 in Longview.
She was born July 30, 1916 in Peatown, the oldest of five children of Mary Ellen Graybill
and Edwin Vernon Temple. Her parents and her siblings, except for one brother and one sister, preceded her in death.
Louise graduated from Longview High School and Brantley Drawn School of Business in Fort Worth. On July 31, 1935 she married John Benjamin Moore. They were married 58 years and were the parents of one son and one daughter.
Louise was a lifetime member of the Christian Church, growing up in the Peatown Church and after her marriage becoming a member of First Christian Church in Longview. She was a homemaker, a devoted wife and daughter, and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loved her family, her friends and her many "bridge playing" friends with whom she spent many happy hours. She possessed a gentle and helpful spirit that won her the love and respect of all who knew her. She always had a cheerful smile and a positive attitude.
Survivors include her son, John Temple Moore, of Henderson, NV; her daughter, Mary Elizabeth Libby Moore Novy and her husband, Charles Novy; her
grandchildren, John Scott Novy and his wife, Leslie, of Longview; Charles Keith Novy and his wife, Laura, of Austin; Melissa Novy Corrales and her husband, Jose, of Longview; four great grandchildren, Nicholas, Meredith, Mateo, and Benjamin; one brother, Maurice Temple and his wife, Mickey, of Springfield, IL; one sister, Lorraine Patrick and her husband, Jasper of McKinney, TX. Three sisters-in-law, Marcia Moore, Theresa Temple and Helen Temple; and many nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to thank Dr. N. Brannon Riddle and his staff for the loving care and concern for Mrs. Moore, her late husband, John, and her deceased parents for the past forty years. Our sincere thanks to her wonderful care-givers who showed such love and devotion in her care.
Memorials may be made to Millie?s Ministries, 315 Eden Drive, Longview, TX, 75605 or to the Building Fund of First Christian Church in Longview.
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