MOORE, Mayme R. “Mamaw”, age 86 of Waterford, was born June 30, 1928 in Sweetwater, Tennessee and was freed from the bonds of Alzheimer’s disease while surrounded by her family on September 14, 2014. Mamaw loved God and praised Him in everything she did. She was an active member of the Walton Boulevard Church of God for 65 years. Mamaw spent her time making hand-stitched quilts, baking cakes, shopping on Saturdays, praying and reading God’s Word. She loved to play games and currently holds the family title of reigning Skip Bo champion.

She is preceded in death by her husband Willie Edward Moore, father Williams Franklin Patterson, mother Martha Ann Patterson, sisters Hula Mae Powers, Willie Rae Wilkens, Mary Elizabeth Hull and JoAnna Aikens, and her grandson Corey Jackson. Mamaw is survived by her sisters Hazel Watson and Lou Estelle Woodby; her children Edward and Debbie Moore, Jane Moore, Phyllis and Rick Austin, Teresa and Gary Lamb, and Louise and Bob Moore; her grandchildren, who were all “her favorite”, Scott and Julie Moore, Amy and Todd Thebo, Heather and David Dixon, Clint Austin and Staci Schmiedeknecht, Keesha McConaghie, Leslie Matthews, Vena and Zac Boddy, Cassie and Brad Jackson, Ashley and Jesse Simmons and Zachary Lindsey. She was also the beloved great-grandmother of Luke, Sydney and Paxton Moore, Mya, Noah and Dylan Thebo, Ben, Elias and Alison Dixon, Cody and Mitchell Schmiedeknect and Cali Austin. The family extends a very special thanks to the girls at Autumn Ridge, the caretakers at The Heather Pines facility in Clarkston and Season’s Hospice for taking such loving care of our dear Mamaw.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 11:00 a.m. at the Walton Boulevard Church of God, 623 East Walton Boulevard, Pontiac. The family will receive friends Tuesday 3 to 8 p.m. at the Riverside Chapel, Simpson-Modetz Funeral Home, 5630 Pontiac Lake Road, Waterford, and at the church on Wednesday 10:30 a.m. until time of service. Interment Ottawa Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Smokey Mountains Children’s Home, 449 McCarn Circle, Sevierville,