Jean Moore

Jean Moore, 101, passed away surrounded by her family early Saturday morning at her home in Braggs. She lived a long life filled with dedication to her family and friends. Jean was a lifelong member of the church of Christ. She was born in 1922 in Chattanooga, Tennessee to J. A. and Linnie Hillis. Her family moved a couple of times in Tennessee before relocating to Oklahoma in the early 1930s. Her father, Joe, preached in several local communities and this ultimately led to her making several friends in Bixby. These friends were ultimately responsible for her meeting Earl, a local boy that she soon married. She was able to follow him through some of his assignments in the Coast Guard and lived in Florida for a time while he was stationed there. Jean was our family’s own “Rosie the Riveter” working for McDonald Douglas in Tulsa during the war. She said that because of her size, they would put her on a cart and push her into the tight wing spaces where she could help with riveting, wiring and other mechanical aspects of building the planes. After the war, Jean and Earl began farming in the Verdigris River Bottom. Two years of floods were enough to encourage them to seek higher ground. They moved to her current home in Braggs to raise cattle and farm the bottom land. They worked together farming and eventually opening and operating “Earl’s Sundries” in Braggs from the late 50s to the mid-60s. Jean continued to garden, farm, and provide for her family after the death of Earl in 1968. In 1979, she moved to Tulsa to care for her parents. Then she moved to Stillwater in 2012. In 2017, she moved back to the farm where she enjoyed raising animals and gardening until her death. She was preceded in death by her parents, J. A. and Linnie Hillis; her sister, Marveline Jones; and husband Earl. Jean is survived by Ronald Moore, Roger Moore, Donna Hall, all of Braggs, Susie Shackelford and husband Dennis of Muskogee; grandchildren, Tony, Doug, Trent, Ashley, Damon, Daniel, Jeremy, and Mariah; along with numerous great-grandchildren, other family members and friends. If you prefer, in lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to the Braggs Senior Lunch Program, 5681 S 95th St E, Braggs, OK, 74423 or to St. Judes, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or online at www.stjudes.org. A celebration of Jean’s life will be at 10AM, Thursday, August 3, 2023 at Braggs church of Christ. Interment will follow at 2PM at Bixby Cemetery in Bixby, Oklahoma where she will be laid to rest next to Earl.

Jean Moore

May 29, 1922 - July 29, 2023