Ruth Duncan Moore died Sunday, May 3, 2020 at River Place Nursing
Center in Amory, MS. Born Ruth Augusta on December 21, 1920, she
was the daughter of E.A. (Buster) Duncan and Mary Lou Martin Duncan.
She married Edgar Irwin Moore on June 29, 1940 and they made their
home in the Peppertown Community of Itawamba County where she
resided until moving to River Place nine years ago. Having no children
of her own, she was simply “Aunt Ruth” to her many nieces and
nephews. She was gifted at many things, including sewing, quilting,
baking, cake decorating, and ceramics. She was well known for her
lemon cakes, which along with ham and biscuits, she made every day
for her husband and all his hunting friends during deer season. But her
greatest joy came from her gardening. Together, the two of them
planted and maintained roses at both Keys Cemetery to honor his
mother, and at their church, Hopewell Baptist. In later years, they
turned to azaleas and developed elaborate gardens at the church and
at their home. People came from miles away to view the gardens and
she delighted in walking or riding them through the grounds to show
the beautiful azaleas, wisteria, dogwood and ferns. No one left
disappointed.
She is survived by her sister-in-law Miriam Moore; her nieces Sherrell
Settlemires (Rickey), Ann Brown (Ronald), Jennie Lee (Tommy), Nancy
Duncan (John), Laura Moffatt (Chuck), Amy Brown (Mark), and Beth
Jenkins (Mike); her nephews Darrell Ivy (Mary Alice), Dennis Moore
(Lanis), Rick Moore (Pam) and many grand and great nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Irwin, her parents, her
brother William Duncan and his wife Anita, her sister Cleo Ivy and her
husband Newt, and her sister Anna Sanderson and her husband
Bennett.
The family wishes to thank the members of Hopewell Baptist Church,
where she was the oldest member, for your faithful prayers and
remembrance of her through the years.
To all the staff, nurses, and aides at River Place we owe a tremendous
debt of gratitude and appreciation for the loving kindness you showed
in your care for her. When dementia robbed her of the memory of her
own, you became her surrogate family, and with you she felt loved and
safe. We are truly grateful.
We have made the very difficult decision not to have a memorial
service. We will abide by the guidelines set forth by the Mississippi
Department of Health due to the fact that many of her friends and
family would fall into the high-risk category for Coronavirus. We rest in
the knowledge that she has gone to be with her Lord and Savior and is
at peace. Her body will be interred alongside her husband at Keyes
Cemetery.
Senter Funeral Home has been entrusted with assisting the family.
Online condolences can be expressed at www.senterfuneraldirectors.com
Memorials may be made to the Edgar Irwin Moore and Ruth Moore
Endowed Forestry Scholarship, c/o Itawamba Community College
Foundation, 602 West Hill Street, Fulton MS 38843.
