Marsaleete Moore

Submitted by: Alan E. Whitehead

From the THE TALCO TIME

Friday 25 May 1951

Talco Resident Buried Tuesday in Local Cemetery- Miss Marsaleete Moore passed away at her home in Talco on Monday morning at 9:30 AM. following a long illness. She was born in Sulphur Springs on 16 Feb 1882.
Miss Moore attended Baylor College of which institution she represented as a field agent for several years , was a member of the Baptist church for many years and was active in organizing the Calvary Baptist Church at Talco. She was active in church life until forced to retire due to ill health.
Miss Moore is survived by a sister Miss Katherine Moore, and a nephew Edward Cornelius, both of Talco, and several other nieces and nephews of which Miss Alma Cornelius of Chicago, Mrs. Mildred Miller of Pittsburg, PA and a nephew , G. J. Cornelius of Tulsa, OK, were at her bedside at her passing.
Pallbearers were Hughie Harper, O. B. Walton, C. H. Parson, James Gandy, R. J. Rosson, R. S Welborn. Burial followed in the Talco Cemetery.
Other relatives who were recent visitors of Miss Moore were E. M. Cornelius, Plainview, and Mrs Sara Butler of Oklahoma City, OK."