Frances Scarberry Moore

Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford Mrs. Frances Scarberry Moore, 85, passed away on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at her home in Sardis, Mississippi. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Sardis (108 West Lee St., Sardis, MS 38666). A funeral service will immediately follow at 2:00 p.m., also at First Baptist Church of Sardis. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery in Sardis. Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Frances was born on September 23, 1939 in Duck Hill, Mississippi. From a young age, Mrs. Frances had such a loving and accepting personality. She was intelligent, calming, and devoted to seeing the good in everything. In 1959, she married the love of her life, Ray Moore, Sr. Together, they built a legacy of love and devotion to one another and to their family, proudly raising 4 children, 10 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and a host of others that she accepted as family. She was proudly known by her grandchildren as “Mommie.” Mrs. Frances was truly the heart and soul of her family, and she had this ability to touch the lives of almost everyone she came in contact with. She worked every day to be a loving and caring, Christian woman, who worked tirelessly and selflessly for others. Mrs. Frances was very active in her church, First Baptist Church of Sardis. She never hesitated to volunteer to help at any event the church held and ministering to others, even serving on several mission trips to places like Alaska and North Dakota. She was even awarded perfect attendance pins for not missing a day of Sunday school for 27 years. That alone is a testament to her dedication to her Savior and to teaching others. She served as a youth Sunday school teacher, the director of the Women’s Missionary Union, and she was he narrator for the Christmas Cantata every year. She loved her church and her church family dearly. Mrs. Frances also had many hobbies she enjoyed. She was an avid reader from a young age. She had an incredible library she amassed throughout her life, reading every book at least once. She enjoyed sewing, canning, cooking, and anything else that a true Southern woman would enjoy. She also had a great love for music. She loved George Straight; however, you would never find a bigger fan of Elvis than you would in her after he kissed her on her 18th birthday. Mrs. Frances lived a long and beautiful life that her family is so proud of, and she will truly be missed by all who knew her. Mrs. Frances is survived by her four children, Pat Fitch Edge (Jeff) and Kim Locke (Walter), both of Oxford, Christy Ray (Rob) of New Albany, Mississippi, and Ray “Chuck” L. Moore, Jr. (Mary Julia) of Warren, Arkansas; her brother, Floyd Scarberry (Pat) of Oklahoma; her sister, Brenda Orsbon of Grenada, Mississippi; 10 grandchildren, Kelly Barron (Michael), Hunter Fitch, Joshua Locke (Noelle), Jeremy Locke (Jessie), David Locke (Annie), Daniel Locke (Taylor), Matthew Locke, Ben Moore (Samantha), Scout Read (Jeremy), and Asa Moore (Lauren); 11 great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, and extended family members. Mrs. Frances was preceded in death by her loving husband, Ray Lynwood Moore, Sr.; her parents, Joseph Scarberry and Lorene Scarberry; three brothers, Robert Scarberry, Lee Roy Scarberry, and Billy Scarberry; and her sister, Alice Faye Tucker. Donations and memorials in honor of Mrs. Frances Scarberry Moore may be made to the donor’s choice of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (www.stjude.org/donate) or the Wounded Warrior Project (support.woundedwarriorproject.org). Online condolences may be left on her Tribute Wall at www.colemanfuneralhomeox.com.

Frances Scarberry Moore

September 23, 1939 - April 22, 2025

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