Elizabeth Proctor Moore

Elizabeth Proctor Moore

November 27, 1925 – December 14, 2014

Elizabeth Proctor Moore, 89, of Wilson passed away Sunday.  Her funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m. Wednesday at Joyner’s Funeral Home.  Interment will follow in Evergreen Memorial Park, Wilson.   The family will receive friends Tuesday evening 5 – 7 p.m. at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson and other times at the home of her son, Paul.   Elizabeth is preceded in death by her parents, Amanda and Jesse Proctor.  She was raised in Town Creek and went to Elm City School.  As a young woman she worked on a tobacco farm with her family.  As she made her life in Wilson she enjoyed her time working at JC Penny and the Carolina Clinic.  She and her late husband, Paul also dedicated many years working the Wilson County Fair.  They were involved in the Fair’s planning and implementation of the yearly fall event.  They were also active members of West Nash United Methodist Church.   Elizabeth loved her family.  She enjoyed many trips with them to the Outer Banks.  She savored the memories of being on the North Carolina Coast.  Steamed shrimp and clam chowder were a favorite to her.  She enjoyed many summer picking blueberries and putting up vegetables.  Some of her most memorable times were trips she and her husband took to visit relatives throughout the country and to vacation with her son’s family.  In her younger days she enjoyed going to the movies especially musicals.  She and her husband also loved going to a Tobs game or eating a hot dog at the Creamery.   She is preceded in death by her husband, Paul Bryant Moore and her parents.  She is survived by her son, Paul B. Moore, Jr. (Emily); her grandchildren, Alexis Abolos (Albert), Brian Moore and Julie MacMillan (Steve); her great-grandchildren, Jacob and Samantha Abolos, Brianna Moore and Madison, James and Mathew MacMillan;  her sister, Nina Proctor Teel of Greensboro and Cecile, Ellen, Abigail and Caroline Garcia also hold a special place in their heart.   Elizabeth was a devoted wife and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.  She was dedicated to her friends and her faith.  She loved life and all her many blessings.  She would sum her life in one little phrase, “that was good to me”.   Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to American Legion Post 13, 2035 Hwy 301 S, Wilson, NC  27893.   Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.