Betty Moore

Betty Lou Moore, 78, of Holbrook, Pa. (Jackson Twp.), died at 8:45 a.m. Sunday, August 18, 2013 in the Southwest Regional Medical Center, Waynesburg, Pa. after being seriously ill for the past year.She was born November 26, 1934 in Center Twp. Greene Co. Pa. a daughter of the late John B. and Temperance Ellen Cowen Kirby Gaines and had resided in Jackson Twp. most of her adult life.Mrs. Moore formerly attended the New Freeport Church of Christ.She was an employee of the former Greenway Manufacturing plant in Waynesburg and a former volunteer with the Jackson Twp. food bank.On October 30, 1954 she married Robert Lloyd Moore who died June 27, 1969 and a 16 year companion of Ronald "Buck" Riggs who died November 19, 1998.Surviving are two daughters, Rosalie E. Moore of Waynesburg and Dixie Berdine of Sparta, WI.; two sons, Roger L. Moore, with whom she shared a home and Ronald L., husband of Diana Moore of Morgantown, W.Va.; nine grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.Deceased in addition to her parents, husband and companion are six sisters, Doris Hull, Genevieve Richter, Ruby Cunningham, Sadie Wright, Geraldine Smitley and Creta Weaver; three brothers, James Kirby, Archie and Robert Gaines.