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Peggy Joan Moore, 82, of Orange, passed away May 3, at Jefferson Nursing and Rehab in Beaumont.

Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, May 7, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange. Officiating will be Dr. Andy Pate of First Christian Church in Orange. Burial will follow at Orange Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Visitation will be 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 6, at Claybar Funeral Home in Orange.

Born in Okmulgee, Ok., Jan. 10, 1933, she was the daughter of Joseph Perry Miller and Bertie Mae Martin Miller. Peggy was a member of First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Orange. She graduated from Stark High School where she was a member of the Bengal Guard. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Peggy loved her family very much and was known as Great Peggy to her great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Helen Morefiled.

Peggy is survived by her husband of 63 years, Jack Roland Moore, Sr.; children, Andrea and husband, Seaborn, Joseph and wife, Wanda, Billy and wife, TomiJayne, Jack, Jr. and wife Sherry, Murray Robert and Trudy and husband, Wayne; 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Serving as pallbearers will be Brandon Tisdale, Daniel Moore, Joe Joe Moore, Christopher Moore, Ricky Valentine and Justin Moore.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 611 N 9th St. Orange, TX.