Bettye Jeanne MOORE

1925 - 2019  (93 years)

• Name	Bettye Jeanne MOORE
  Birth	19 Aug 1925	San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	250B5B7F11AB47059EED640EA13192F265B0
  Death	2 Jun 2019	Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com: Bettye was gracious, loving, and kind. Though born in San Augustine, she spent most of her life in Center. She graduated from Center High School in 1941 and then attended East Texas Baptist College, where she earned a degree in music and met her husband, Pete. Bettye and Pete had four children and were married for seventy years before his death in 2014. Bettye had many loves. First and foremost, she loved her Savior, Jesus Christ. She was very active in this church, singing in the choir and teaching five year olds in Sunday school for over fifty years. Bettye loved her family. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. She loved music. Bettye was a gifted musician, singing and playing the piano. Her career was in music, beginning with public school music in her early years. She directed choirs for two different East Texas churches as well. She then taught private voice and piano lessons for many years. Bettye went back to college for her special education and music therapy certifications and taught for Center ISD. Her love for music and education touched literally hundreds of lives. She is survived by her children, Dr. David Minter, Alan Minter and wife Jinny, Marilyn Minter Ballard, and Claire Minter Page and husband Jerry; grandchildren, Mike Minter and wife Maggie, Hunter Page and wife Megan, Kim Ballard Shofner and husband Paul, Tracy Ballard Wood and husband Corey and Amy Ballard Roach and husband Kyle; 8 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by her husband, Pete Minter; parents, Ernest McNeil Moore Sr. and Bertha Iona Anderson Moore; son-in-law, Larry Ballard; and sister-in-law, Bonnie Moore. Bettye's funeral service will be held June 5, 2019, at First Baptist Church in Center. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Memorial Park in Center. Edited - full obit may be obtained from Watson & Sons Funeral Home, Center, Texas - June 4, 2019.
  Person ID	I7078	America
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2022

  
  

  Family	Gus Alvin "Pete" Minter, Jr.,   b. 17 Sep 1925, Carthage, Panola County, Texas, USA d. 27 Nov 2014, Nacogdoches County, Texas, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1944	Shreveport, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Dr David Edward Minter   2. Alan Bruce Minter   3. Marilyn Virginia Minter   4. Claire Elaine Minter
  Family ID	F2735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 Jun 2019 - Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA Burial - - Oaklawn Memorial Park, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S452] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current at ancestry.com.