Nansemond-Halifax County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Ethel Estes, 1956 

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ETHEL ESTES MOORE 

MRS. E.J. MOORE OF SUFFOLK DIES AT AGE OF 73 

   Suffolk - Oct. 6 - Mrs. Ethel Estes Moore, widely known Suffolk resident, 
died unexpectedly today about 6:30 a.m. while in a visit with her sister, 
Mrs. R.O. Harrell in South Boston.

   Mrs. Moore, 73, had been retired since 1953 after serving 27 years with the 
Health Department here as register of births and deaths and also as clerk in 
the health office.  Through her official position, she became acquainted with 
thousands of persons in the Suffolk area.

   However, it was through her personal characteristics - frankness and a 
sense of humor - that she achieved recognition as a woman of charm and wit. 
Popular with all and sundry, she was noted locally as a raconteur, and many of 
her witticisms from many years back are still quoted today.

QUEEN MOTHER 

   Office associates in the Health Department and news reporters liked to 
refer to her as "Mother Superior" or "The Queen Mother."  At the time of her 
retirement, she was the senior member of the Health Department staff and 
sometimes boasted ironically of having served under 15 different health 
directors.

   Mrs. Moore was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and its Randolph 
Society.  She was a daughter of James and Alice Farmer Estes of Halifax 
County. 

   She is survived by her husband, Edward Jefferson Moore; three daughters, 
Mrs. Henry Hardee Jr., of Norfolk; Mrs. James L. Bullock of Smithfield, and 
Mrs. William Agricola of Cradock; three sons, W.E.A. and Ira E. Moore of 
Suffolk and James H. Moore of Baltimore; two sisters, Mrs. S.R. Whitten of 
Roxboro, N.C. and Mrs. Harrell; and a brother, William Estes of South Boston.

FUNERAL SERVICES 

   Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the Hill Funeral  
Home, by the Rev. H. Walter Whichard, rector of St. Paul’s Church.  Burial 
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

   The family said that flowers may be omitted and a contribution in lieu of 
a floral tribute sent to the Boys’ Home of Covington.


Ethel Virginia (ESTES; Mrs. Edward J.) MOORE, 
   retired Health Dept. clerk & registrar, 
b. 27 Dec 1882, d. 6 Oct 1956, South Boston, Halifax Co., 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 132*), Suffolk, 8 Oct 1956, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Sun., Oct. 7, 1956 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 

A photo of her grave marker - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #134360447. 

Her husband's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Smithfield Times," Sep. 1961) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m600e4ob.txt 

Her step-mother, "Hallie" Harriett P. (JAMES; Mrs. James Henry) ESTES, 
   is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, South Boston. 
   (Find a Grave Memorial #76009394) 


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