Betty J. Moore

July 19, 1934 - April 23, 2014

Mrs. Betty J. Moore, 79, of Whitefield died Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at a Tulsa hospital. She was born on July 19, 1934 in Geary to George Lowe and Maggie (Toupan) Lowe. She grew up in the Bower Community where she received her education. She then married Billie McGuire on March 17, 1951 and they made their home together in Lenna. After the death of Mr. McGuire she married Leon Moore and they made their home together in Briartown until his death in 1996. She then moved to Whitefield in 2006 where she resided ever since. She will always be remembered as a loving Christian woman, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed crocheting and was referred to as the “Scratcher Lady” as she crocheted many pot scratchers and sold them, and she was instrumental in leading the fund raising for the handicap van for James Morris. She is survived by one son, Larry McGuire and wife Betty of Whitefield; three daughters, Deborah Guinn of Whitefield, Barbara Vail of Whitefield, Donna Cole and husband Jeff of Antlers; eleven grandchildren; eighteen great grandchildren; two brothers, Frank Lowe and wife Rose of Atoka, Bud Lowe and wife Neomia of Shamrock, Texas; one sister, Edna Jones and husband Dave of Checotah. She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Maggie Lowe; her husbands, Billie McGuire, Leon Moore; three sisters, Audrey Grider, Willie Dawson, Ruth Newton; one brother, Jeff Lowe; one infant daughter. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Whitefield Baptist Church with Reverends Tommie Parker and Larry Harris officiating. Pallbearers will include Buck Phelan, Harold Burnett, Joe Horton, Gary Don Gregg, Steve Honnicutt, and Carl Wayne Clark. Honorary Pallbearers include Bill Horton, Randall McGuire, Cody Sloan, Shawn Dawson. Burial will immediately follow at Lenna Cemetery under the direction of King and Shearwood Funeral Home of Stigler.