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Sara Jean King Moore, 91, former teacher at J.C. Roe Elementary School

Sara Jean King Moore
Sara Jean King Moore

WILMINGTON — Sara Jean King Moore, 91, died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, at Bradley Creek Health Care Center.

Jean was born Nov. 11, 1927, in Memphis, Tennessee, daughter of the late Durwood King and Lucy Fay Driver King. She was raised as a daughter by her late grandparents, Durwood Henry King and Sara King; and her late aunt, Ruby Pearl King. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, Bill King and David King.

Jean graduated from Treadwell High School in Memphis, and then Southwestern College, now Rhodes College, in Memphis. She taught elementary school at East High School in Memphis and J.C. Roe Elementary School in Wilmington. Jean was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, active at New Hanover County Senior Center,and a longtime member of the Cape Fear Garden Club.

She is survived by her husband of 68 years, Samuel D. Moore Jr.; daughter, Sally Moore, and her husband, Gary Beggs, of Carolina Beach; twin sister, Mary Jane Watson of Knoxville, Tennessee, and sister, Elizabeth Durham, of Memphis, Tennessee; and two nephews, Reid Bell (Cheryl) and David Bell (Joni).

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Andrews Market Street Chapel. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to services at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Oakdale Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Jean’s memory may be made online or by mail to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

Share online condolences with the family at Andrews Mortuary & Crematory.

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