Julia Moore

July 4, 1921 - June 24, 2014

Mrs. Julia Munn Moore, 92, of Graceville, FL, died on June 24 in her home at Hillview Assisted Living. A Celebration of Life service was held 6 p.m., Friday, June 27,at First Baptist Church, with Rev. Stephen Moore and Rev. Tim Folds officiating. Burial followed on Saturday, June 28, in DeLand, FL. James & Lipford Funeral Home in Graceville directing. Mrs. Moore was born in Jefferson, SC, on July 4, 1921. She grew up on a farm, the youngest of nine children. She came to Sanford, FL, in 1942 to work with her sister and brother-in-law and later had the opportunity to work for the U.S. Weather Bureau/U.S. Army Air Corp in Lakeland, FL. While in Lakeland she met her future husband, a chaplain in the U.S. Army Air Corp. Later she also worked in Tallahassee, FL, and Meridian, MS, for the Weather Bureau. After her marriage she served alongside her husband in his positions as a pastor and Director of Missions in Florida and North Carolina. After their retirement, they made several volunteer mission trips, including a year in St. Vincent, Caribbean, and a year in Togo, West Africa. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. John Moore, her parents, Thomas Franklin and Grover Sullivan Munn, eight brothers and sisters, and son-in-law Irvin Murrell. She is survived by a daughter, Phoebe Murrell of Graceville, FL; son Philip Moore and wife Karen of Thompson's Station, TN; son Stephen Moore and wife Jean, of Askewville, NC; grandsons Trey Murrell, Greg Moore, Bryan Moore, David Moore, Mark Moore, Matthew Moore, and Joshua Moore; and 12 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Mission Trust Fund at First Baptist Church, Graceville, or Covenant Hospice.