Lucile Moore

Mrs. Lucile M. Moore., a long-time resident of Altadena, CA for more than 50 years, and more recently a new resident of Chino Hills, CA went home to be with the Lord on 8-18-2013. Lucile had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s’ in 2010, and also suffered from Rheumatoid Arthritis for more than 30 years. Lucile moved to Chino Hills in 2010 to be closer to her only daughter Lynne, Lynne’s husband Fred and their only child Jordan-Lynne who was Lucile’s only Grandchild whom she lovingly referred to as her “Queen of the Nile!” Lucile was born in Hillsboro, Texas and was the seventh child of eight siblings born to Nina & John Jordan. Although Lucile was not the baby of the family, her 3 brothers (Anderson (wife Eunice), JB, and Ralph, and 3 older sisters (Mavis, Zelma & Mary) all preceded her in death as did her older half-brother (Lee Anderson) as well as her loving husband Abe B. Moore Jr. to whom she was married to for almost 61 years when he passed in April of 2007. Lucile often joked with her daughter Lynne that she was going to try to live to the age of 100 years. However, the loss of her husband, siblings and numerous friends who preceded her in death in just the past few years, often made her feel lonely and wonder why she was still left on the earth when so many of her loved ones had gone on. Lucile attended Peabody High School in Hillsboro, Texas where she graduated as the Valedictorian of her Senior Class. She then enrolled in college at Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas, where she pledged Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, following in the footsteps of her older sister Mary, and graduated with a Bachelors degree in Home Economics. It was at Huston-Tillotson that she met and later married Abe B. Moore Jr., her husband of just over 60 years. You many have already heard this story, but rumor had it that during Lucile’s college years as a Home Economics student she ended up in the same Chemistry class with Abe (a Chemistry-Physics major). Lucile knew talent when she saw it, so one day during a difficult exam, she tapped Abe on the shoulder in hopes that he could simply, “position his exam paper a little more to the left” where she could catch a better glimpse of the Chemistry problem she was having difficulty answering on her exam. He gladly moved his paper so that she could make sure she was on the right track with her answer on the exam. Little did Lucile know that she had just had her first encounter with her future husband. To Lucile’s surprise, the next day after their Chemistry class, Abe was waiting outside the classroom door in hopes of walking Ms. Lucile to her next class. She agreed to this one request, and the rest –as they say- is history! Prior to their marriage on Christmas Eve of 1946, Abe served in the United States Air Force as a B-25 Tuskegee Airman Bomber Pilot and graduated from Tuskegee in May of 1946. In 1947, Abe and Lucile moved from Texas to California. By 1959, Abe and Lucy decided to settle in Altadena, CA. Things got even better when Lucile’s brother, Anderson and his wife Eunice, moved to CA and then also established residency in Altadena. Abe’s parents and siblings also left Texas about this same time and settled in nearby Long Beach, CA. Most of Lucile’s career in Texas was spent teaching home economics to high school students. Once married and living in CA, she worked in downtown Los Angeles at City Hall in the Comptrollers’ office. This also made it easy for Lucile and Abe to carpool to work together for many years as Abe’ initial career working for the South Coast Air Quality Management District began in Downtown Los Angeles when the AQMD was divided by counties and Abe worked as a Chemist for the LA County Air Pollution Control District. In 1961, despite being married for 15 years by now and not having any success in starting a family, Lucile had pretty much given up on this idea and had chosen not to adopt but rather to accept the life the Lord had given to her and if that meant no children, although she longed for 4 children initially, that dream had faded into the background. In the process of planning a road trip to Texas and other states, Lucile began to get headaches and was feeling tired at work and did not know what was wrong with her. A checkup from her doctor revealed that she was pregnant. I’m sure you can imagine how many times in 15 years one may have gotten their hopes up about having a child. So by this time, my mother just thought the doctor was kidding. When my father called the doctor back to verify the news, the doctor even suggested that they cancel the road trip planned to TX and concentrate on having a healthy baby! Lucile was already 3 months pregnant but still had her doubts until she began to feel little feet kicking her and then knew it was true. After giving birth to the baby boy she had already named Christopher, there was just one problem. The baby she birthed was not a boy as she expected, it was a girl! With not even one girl name selected, Abe named the baby Lynne. Her 6 weeks of maternity leave turned into 3 ½ years. When Lucile finally began to give the idea of returning to work some thought, someone in her position had left at City Hall and they called her to offer her previous job back. The timing was right and she said OK! Lucile would continue to work for 10 additional years at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles until she retired for good to raise her daughter and to be home when her daughter came home to keep her out of trouble during the teen years. Lucile’s efforts paid off as Lynne graduated UCLA with a BA in Economics and Pepperdine University with a Master’s in Business Administration. Lucile loved to cook, entertain, and learned to play duplicate bridge alongside her husband, Abe. They were both blessed with a wonderful time of retirement which allowed them to travel to various Bridge Conventions and Tournaments where they competed in duplicate bridge with people from all across the nation. Abe often directed several of the National Tournaments which meant Lucile would have to find her a different partner for the game. She did not mind. She was very happy just to enjoy the time they had together traveling and playing bridge, the game they liked best. . Lucile is survived by her daughter, Lynne Moore Carter (husband Fred), her granddaughter, Jordan-Lynne Carter, all from Chino, CA; Her sister in-law, Mrs. Eunice Jordan (Anderson) of Altadena, Nephew Anderson “Butch” Jordan of Altadena, Niece Wynelle Welch of New York. brother-in law, Raydell Moore of Pahrump, NV; sister-in-law, Bernice “Bobby” Whitfield of Las Vegas, NV, and her special goddaughter Doris Barnes of Pasadena, CA. Other nieces and nephews include: Cathy Whitfield, Jimmy Whitfield, Bryan & Brent Whitfield, Robert Moore, Willie & Ellereen Moore Jr., DeMario & DeRaymion Moore, Nina Whitten; Kimberly, Richard, Christopher & Jaden Flowers; Vincent Sloan, Andre & Michelle Jordan, Chris & John Turner, Kenya Duke Owens, Rose Marie Rowls, Ralph Jordan Jr.; Charles Davies and many more nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was tremendously loved by all and will be deeply missed. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations in the name of Lucile M. Moore be made to the: Alzheimer’s Association Attn: Jennifer Holloway 4221 Wilshire Blvd. Suite #400 Los Angeles, CA 90010 (323) 930-6246 http://www.alz.org/socal/

Lucile Moore

December 29, 1921 - August 18, 2013

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