Willie Frances Moore
Willie Frances Moore, a longtime resident of Chattanooga, passed on Sunday, May 5, 2024, at the age of 95.
Ms. Moore was the daughter of the late Charles Burton Moore and Sara Elizabeth Jackson Moore, both of Chattanooga. Frances was born on Dec. 4, 1928. She attended Chattanooga area schools, had training with IBM in data processing, and worked in accounting, including as a supervisor, for Olan Mills, Inc., all her working life. After retirement, she resided at Caldsted retirement home for 15 years and and then Regency House in Hixson.
Frances was predeceased by her father in 1954, and her mother in 2002. Frances and her mother resided in Eastside and later in Brainerd and were members of historic St. Andrews United Methodist Church. Frances was a member of the Official Board, and Superintendent, Children's Department of the church. In retirement, she and her mother travelled widely by car in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, often in the company of her mother’s sister Ruth. Frances assisted her mother in maintaining records and knowledge of the extensive Vincent, Martin, and Jackson families from which they descended. Preserving cemeteries where family members are buried was a special interest.
Frances is remembered by all as a quiet, kind and very organized participant in many activities throughout her life. She had a great love of reading novels, movies, the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Atlanta Braves, crafts and interior decorating. In the company of her cousins, the late Donna Hise of Chickamauga and Barbara Mabry of Chattanooga, she often was found creating crafts for seasons of the year.
Frances is survived by 25 first cousins, the children of her seven aunts and uncles from the Jackson line. They wish to thank the staff at Regency House and the Pace/Alexian Brothers Center for their loving care of Frances. Instead of flowers, please make donations to the Caldsted Foundation, 3701 Cherryton Drive, Chattanooga, Tn. 37411.
Service will be held on Saturday, May 11, at noon in the chapel of Lane Funeral Home.
Visitation will also be held on Saturday, May 11, from 11 a.m. till the funeral hour of noon.
All arrangements have been made by Lane Funeral Home and Crematory, South Crest Chapel, Rossville.