Mary Curtis Reed Moore

Mary Curtis Reed Moore, 82, of Dyersburg died Thursday, March 4, 2004 at her home.

She was a homemaker and the widow of Dr. Olyn Fred Moore Jr. She was born in Ripley in 1921 and was a descendent of the first and second settlers of Lauderdale County. She graduated from Ripley High School and attended Gulf Park College, graduating from Vanderbilt University in 1943. She was president of her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, and vice president of the Panhellenic Conference.

Moore was a lifelong Sunday School teacher at the Ripley Methodist Church in the Young Adult Life and at First United Methodist Church in Dyersburg where she also served on the administrative board. She was a Cub and Brownie Scout leader, served as president of the PTAs of her children's schools and president of the Medical Auxiliary. She was a longtime member of the Board of Trustees of the McIver's Grant Public Library in Dyersburg. She was the adult advisor for the high school sorority and president of the Good Earth Garden Club. She was a member of the D.A.R. and served in numerous other capacities in church, civic, youth and children's activities. She was a lifelong Methodist.