Aletha Saunders Moore

Franklin, NC - Aletha Saunders Moore, age 88, of Pine Road, Otto, NC passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at a local nursing center. She was a lifelong native of Macon County, the daughter of the late Spurgeon and Mary Moses Saunders. She was married to J. B. Moore who passed away September 01, 2005. She was a homemaker and a member of Coweeta Baptist Church. She worked at Burlington Industries for several years and was a member of the Franklin VFW Ladies Auxiliary. She loved being outdoors, birds, flowers and gardening. She was a loving and wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is survived by one daughter, Peggy J. Patterson and her husband, Morris of Otto, NC; two sons, Bruce Moore and his wife, Mib of Franklin, NC and Don Moore and his wife, Linda of Franklin, NC; two sisters, Marie Anderson of Marietta, SC and Gladys Arrowood of Taylor, SC; one brother, Carol Saunders of Marietta, SC. Nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Myrtle Arrowood and Wilda Mae Donaldson and two brothers, Paul Saunders and Elmer Saunders.

Funeral services will be held Friday, July 3 at 11:00 AM at Coweeta Baptist Church with Rev. Davis Hooper officiating. Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be at Coweeta Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Thursday, July 2 from 6:00-8:00PM at Bryant-Grant Funeral Home where the body will remain until placed in the Church thirty minutes prior to service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Coweeta Baptist Church, PO Box 380, Otto, NC 28763.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences are available by visiting bryantgrantfuneralhome.com or by email.