Betty Rose Moore

Betty Rose Evitt Moore passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. She was born on Feb. 12, 1923, to the late Alfred Lee and Lena Gladys Andrews Evitt in Walker County, where she was a lifelong resident and was a member of Chickamauga First Baptist Church. Betty Rose retired in 1988 from Chattanooga Paper & Wooden Ware Co. as a bookkeeper after more than 30 years. She called Rosewood Assisted Living her home for the last several years. Betty Rose was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who will be greatly missed. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy L. Moore; sister, Wilfred Parrish; and brother, Alfred Evitt. Betty Rose is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda Moore and Barry Walston, of Lookout Mountain; sisters, Sarah Millican, of Chickamauga, Margery King and Martha McGill, of LaFayette; sister-in-law, Barbara Evitt Sentell, of Rock Spring; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Leah and Paul Daniel; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Jay and Robyn Walston; great-grandchildren, Will Daniel, Ally Daniel and Gray Walston, all of Lookout Mountain; and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the loving and caring staff at Rosewood Assisted Living, to Life Choice Hospice, and to Drs. William L. Horton and Dannis E. Hood. The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in the funeral home chapel, with the Reverends Frank Hitchings and Richard Clark officiating. Interment will follow in Chickamauga City Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until the service on Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to Chickamauga First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 239, Chickamauga, GA 30707, or to Cedar Grove United Methodist Church, 6356 West Cove Road, Chickamauga, GA 30707, or to your favorite charity. Arrangements by Wilson Funeral Home, J. Avery Bryan Chapel.