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Evelyn King '78 June 25, 2014 4:18 PM
Hanner Funeral Service obituary
103 West Main Street | PO Box 1070 | Atlanta, TX 75551
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Dr. Evelyn Moore King
August 6, 1926 - June 17, 2014
Dr. Evelyn Moore King, age 87, of Atlanta, Texas died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 in a local hospital.
Dr. King was born to Clarice Burkhalter Moore and William E. Moore in the "Oil Patch" Richland, Texas, Navarro County. Father roughneck in oilfield, Mother was a school teacher and house wife. Evelyn was the oldest of two sisters: Norma Moore Patman and Hazel Moore Pelley. She has one brother, William E. Moore Jr. She attended school at "Spencers Chapel." It was 8 miles north of Queen City, Texas thru 7th grade, then she attended Queen City School 8th thru 10th grades. She then attended Atlanta High School and graduated second in her class of ninety two. That was 1942 and she was 15 years old. After graduation she went to work in Texarkana for 23 years, first a secretary and then for 10 years was the executive director of the Four States Fair and Rodeo Association. For 23 years she was the on the faculty at Texas A&M University, most of the time was spent as assistant director of the A&M Library. She earned her AA Degree from Texarkana College, a BA Degree in History from the University of Texas, an MS Degree in Library Science from LSU, and in 1978 a Ph D, in history from Texas A&M. She earned a certificate in Archives Management from the University of Denver and was awarded two writing residencies, one at the Institute of the American West in Sun Valley, Idaho, and one at Ucross Foundation near Sheridon, Wyoming. She received a writing award from Westernus International for a small publication entitled,"Women on the Cattle Trail and in the Roundup." She worked on a book about women on the ranch frontier. She retired from Texas A&M March 31, 1991. She was preceded in death by her husbands; Stanford G. Fisher, Jr. for 10 years and to Austin Jeff King for 2 years. During these years she had the pleasure of learning to fly, water ski, and enjoyed camping trips to Arkansas, Missouri, and throughout the American West. While living in College Station, she spent most of her summers traveling in Europe, Russia, North Africa, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the orient including Indonesia, Malaspia, and Thailand.
Survivors include one brother, William Ed Moore, Jr. of Queen City, Texas; two sisters, Norma Moore Delgado of Austin, Texas, Hazel Pelley of Tearkana, Arkansas and a number of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Hanner Funeral Service Chapel with Bro. James Wallace officiating.
Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 P.M., Friday, June 20, 2014 at Hanner Funeral Service .
Interment will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens.
103 West Main Street | PO Box 1070 | Atlanta, TX 75551
P (903) 796-2835 | F (903) 796-2837
Dr. Evelyn Moore King
August 6, 1926 - June 17, 2014
Dr. Evelyn Moore King, age 87, of Atlanta, Texas died Tuesday, June 17, 2014 in a local hospital.
Dr. King was born to Clarice Burkhalter Moore and William E. Moore in the "Oil Patch" Richland, Texas, Navarro County. Father roughneck in oilfield, Mother was a school teacher and house wife. Evelyn was the oldest of two sisters: Norma Moore Patman and Hazel Moore Pelley. She has one brother, William E. Moore Jr. She attended school at "Spencers Chapel." It was 8 miles north of Queen City, Texas thru 7th grade, then she attended Queen City School 8th thru 10th grades. She then attended Atlanta High School and graduated second in her class of ninety two. That was 1942 and she was 15 years old. After graduation she went to work in Texarkana for 23 years, first a secretary and then for 10 years was the executive director of the Four States Fair and Rodeo Association. For 23 years she was the on the faculty at Texas A&M University, most of the time was spent as assistant director of the A&M Library. She earned her AA Degree from Texarkana College, a BA Degree in History from the University of Texas, an MS Degree in Library Science from LSU, and in 1978 a Ph D, in history from Texas A&M. She earned a certificate in Archives Management from the University of Denver and was awarded two writing residencies, one at the Institute of the American West in Sun Valley, Idaho, and one at Ucross Foundation near Sheridon, Wyoming. She received a writing award from Westernus International for a small publication entitled,"Women on the Cattle Trail and in the Roundup." She worked on a book about women on the ranch frontier. She retired from Texas A&M March 31, 1991. She was preceded in death by her husbands; Stanford G. Fisher, Jr. for 10 years and to Austin Jeff King for 2 years. During these years she had the pleasure of learning to fly, water ski, and enjoyed camping trips to Arkansas, Missouri, and throughout the American West. While living in College Station, she spent most of her summers traveling in Europe, Russia, North Africa, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and the orient including Indonesia, Malaspia, and Thailand.
Survivors include one brother, William Ed Moore, Jr. of Queen City, Texas; two sisters, Norma Moore Delgado of Austin, Texas, Hazel Pelley of Tearkana, Arkansas and a number of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 21, 2014 at Hanner Funeral Service Chapel with Bro. James Wallace officiating.
Visitation will be 6:00-8:00 P.M., Friday, June 20, 2014 at Hanner Funeral Service .
Interment will be in Chapelwood Memorial Gardens.
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