Mrs. Joan Moore Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Services for Joan Moore, 73, of Big Sandy will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at the chapel of McWhorter Funeral Home with Pastor Weldon Williams officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at the funeral home. Joan was born November 3, 1943 in New London, Connecticut to Braxton Bell and Olabell Keel Bell and went home to heaven on December 9, 2016 in Longview. Joan grew up in a military family. As the oldest child, she helped her mother with her siblings. She met John Moore and they were married August 6, 1965 in Metairie, Louisiana. They had 3 boys and raised them through tough financial struggles. In later years, she returned to college and obtained her master’s degree in education with a focus on Dyslexia. Joan loved teaching and molding young minds at Harmony Middle School. Towards the end many infirmities limited her mobility but not her spirit. If you were in need, she would help you in any way she could. Now that she is in heaven, she is made whole again and will have the best Christmas ever, with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Mrs. Moore is preceded in death by her husband John Moore; brother Ronald Bell; and her parents. She is survived by her 3 sons Michael, Robert, and Richard Moore and his wife Tricia. Siblings Paul Bell, Barbara Hughes, Bonnie Kelly, and Jennifer Bell; sisters in laws Elinor Craven and Susan Moore; grandchildren Joseph Gable, Allen Gable, Annabell Moore, and Rian Moore; great grandchildren J.B. Hall, Carter Gable, Carli Gable, Ashlynn Gable, and Madilynn Gable. She was a beloved daughter, sister, wife, and mother. She loved Jesus and confessed her faith in Him as her Lord and Savior. So, we know that to be absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord. It is painful for us to lose her, but we will be reunited again in heaven. She has a new body in Christ, and has no more pain. She can walk and even run again. Please visit Joan’s on-line registration book at www.mcwhorterfh.com to leave a memory for the family.

Mrs. Joan Moore

November 3, 1943 - December 9, 2016