Estella

Moore

Our beloved, "Stella" was born as Estella Moore on July 29, 1949, along with her twin sister, Adella to the late Arzell and Adella Gates Moore in Chickasaw County, Mississippi.  The twins were born into a large family as the "knee babies", with only one child following behind them.

At a very young age, after the death their mother, she was much attached to her siblings, but especially her sister, Ethel. In 1961, Ethel married Willie T.  Davis but she didn't leave Stella behind. The Davis Family made room for Stella as she became a vital part of their daily life. She loved the four children born: Myra, Shirley, Willie Jr., and Jackie and raised them as her own. As the family grew, and Willie T. and Ethel worked to provide for the family, Stella cared for the household—cooking, cleaning, and finding great joy in the memories made with family and friends.  She was overjoyed even more with the birth of their children: Leah, Sydni, Samuel, and Joshua, for she was able to love on the next generation.

Stella grew up around the Davis Lake Road and Nettleton area and began her spiritual journey early in life. Stella graduated from Nettleton Schools and in 1970 she joined Sunrise Church of God of Prophecy in Okolona, Mississippi, under the leadership of the late Bishop Larry Wilson. This was her church home for 51 years, with most of them under the pastoral care of the late Bishop Willie B. Ware Jr. Stella loved God and his love shined through her until the very end. She had a tender heart filled with God's love.

Although born with a left side deficit, God blessed Stella with many gifts. She was an excellent cook and known for the delicious Caramel Cakes made from scratch. Stella could do any task that she set her mind to – even change the furniture around. She was a very friendly person and had a natural thumb to grow beautiful, healthy green plants. She never learned to drive but was often found going somewhere.

In later years, she enjoyed going to Region III Senior Citizen program in Houston, where she met several others to share her love with. After a fall accident in 2016 and with declining of physical strength, Stella became a resident of Sunshine Healthcare in Pontotoc, once more extending her family. She loved both her Region III and Sunshine families and all whom she called friends, speaking to many of them by phone daily.

Stella leaves to cherish her memories, children she reared: Myra Davis, Willie T. Davis Jr. (Carolyn), and Jacqueline Brown (Sammy); grands she loved dearly: Leah, Sydni, Samuel, and Joshua; her twin sister, Adella Everett (Johnny) of Tupelo, MS; brothers: Willie D. Moore (Ethel) of Houlka, MS, Johnnie Moore (Cheryl) of Okolona, MS, and Malachi Johnson (Jannie) of Seattle, Washington; goddaughter: Chastity Crayton of Southaven and so many, many nieces, nephews, other family members she embraced during her life.

She is preceded in death by her parents; brothers: Joe Lee Moore, J.V. Moore, James Moore; sisters: Fannie Kate Braylock, Polly Johnson, Lillie Bell Moore, Ethel Davis, Cora Orr, Emma Parker, Annie Kate Ivy, Katie McMillian; reared child, Shirley Barbara White; and  grand, Jocelyn Tone' Brown.