Mattie K. 'Peggy' Moore
Mattie K. 'Peggy' Moore
passed from this earth on Sunday (Oct. 26, 2008) at Kidron Bethel Healthcare
Center in North Newton at the age of 87.
She was born Dec. 17, 1920,
in Strong City, Okla., to Samuel Richard and Margaret Elma Moore. She attended
schools in Hammon, Okla., where she graduated from high school, and
Weatherford, Okla., where she attended college.
Peggy married William O.
'Todd' Moore on June 1, 1939, in Hammon. Todd brought three wonderful children
into this marriage: Bobbie June, Jo Nell and William Douglas. 'Todd' and
'Peggy,' as they preferred to be called, had two sons, Samuel A. and Pat, to
complete the family.
For eight years after they
married, Todd and Peggy labored and struggled on rented farms near Reed, Okla.
In 1947, they moved to Mangum, Okla., in order to make a living. With this
change in their lives, Peggy added to her jobs of farm wife, mother and
homemaker, full-time employment working in the tax assessors office of Greer
County, Okla.
She later began working as a
caseworker for the Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare, eventually
transferring to Guymon, Okla., in the same caseworker capacity. Peggy became
the Texas County director of public welfare in 1980 and retired in 1983 after
34 years with the department.
Peggy accepted Jesus Christ
as her personal savior at the age of 9. She was baptized at the Assembly of God
Church in Hammon, Okla. 'Mother Peggy,' as she was known to her grandchildren,
was a strong Christian role model for her entire family and wanted nothing more
than for each of them to 'walk in truth.' She provided never-ending inspiration
and encouragement for each of her family, friends and acquaintances. She was a
life-long member of First Baptist Church, Guymon.
Peggy was a committed and
loving wife to her husband, darling mother to her children and sweet 'Mother
Peggy' to her grandchildren. We fearlessly relinquish her to our Heavenly
Father, who has faithfully met all her earthly needs and who we know will meet
her heavenly needs.
Peggy was preceded in death
by her husband of 66 years, William O. 'Todd' Moore; three sisters, Mary
Campbell, Fleta Hill and Bonnie Malson; one brother, Woodrow Moore; one
stepson, William Douglas Moore; and a beloved son-in-law, Calvin Mitchell.
Survivors include two
daughters, June Mitchell of Guymon and Jo Nell Thornton and husband, Jim, of
Pawhuska, Okla,; one daughter-in-law, Hilda Moore of Mangum, Okla.; and two
sons, Samuel A. Moore and wife, Verena, of La Habra, Calif., and Pat Moore and
wife, Susan, of Hesston; 19 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and 11
great-great-grandchildren.
The funeral service will be
at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Guymon, with Pastor Derek Cox
officiating.
Graveside services and
interment will follow at Elmhurst Cemetery in Guymon under the direction of Henson-Novak
Funeral Directors.
The family will receive
friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Guymon.
A memorial has been
established for the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children in care of Henson-Novak
Funeral Directors, P.O. Box 1306, Guymon, OK 73942.
