By Staff
Mrs. Leoma Estelle Brooks Matchan Moore, age 102, a resident of 104 Patuxent Place, Chocowinity, NC died Monday October 19, 2009.
Funeral services will be Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the First Southern Methodist Church in North Charleston and will be conducted by Rev. David Cox. Burial will follow in Riverview Cemetery.
Mrs. Moore was born in Sycamore County, Alabama on September 19, 1907 to the late Herbert Victor Brooks and Ella Medie Chappell Brooks. In 1929 she married Jake Matchan who preceded her in death in November of 1972. Mrs. Moore was an amazing seamstress. She would make gowns for her daughter Nannette’s piano concerts and would send them on location, always arriving on time and fitting perfectly. Mrs. Moore played clarinet in the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. She was a member of the American Camellia Society and was a master gardener of camellias, winning many camellia shows from New Jersey to South Carolina. She was also a member and extremely involved in the Eastern Star in Charleston and St. Stephen, South Carolina and received a warm welcome from the Eastern Star when she arrived in Beaufort County. Mrs. Moore was a very active member of the First Southern Methodist Church in North Charleston and attended Warren Chapel United Methodist Church in Blounts Creek, North Carolina which she loved dearly and where she celebrated her 100th birthday on homecoming day. She was a wonderful, loving mother and grandmother.
Survivors include her daughter: Nannette Smyre and husband Jerry of Chocowinity, NC, two granddaughters: Kathryn Meth of Nanuet, New York and Anna Cave and husband Bryan of Florham Park, New Jersey, two great grandchildren: Hayley Meth and Benjamin Cave, one sister: Vivian Adamson of Alexander City, Alabama and many nieces and nephews. Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Russell Funeral Chapel in Monck’s Corner, South Carolina.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Warren Chapel United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 197, Blounts Creek, North Carolina 27814.
You may address condolences to the family by visiting www.paulfuneralhome.com.
Paul Funeral Home of Washington is honored to serve the Moore family.
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