Former longtime Shawnee resident Elsie Mae Gibson Moore, 75, died Saturday, December 4, at her home in Cleveland.

She was born August 23, 1929, in Seminole to Marion Ryan Gibson and Ira Jane Spencer-Gibson. She attended school at Earlsboro and later attended Shawnee High School.

On June 11, 1946, she married Walter H. Moore in Shawnee.

Mrs. Moore worked at Hamburger King for forty years.

She was a member of Westport Baptist Church in Cleveland and attended Trinity Baptist Church while in Shawnee.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, George Gibson.

Survivors include her husband, Walter H. Moore, of the home; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Dwayne Cathey of Sand Springs; three sons and daughters-in-law, Gary and Cheri Moore of Broken Arrow; Kenny and Greta Moore of Kingwood, Texas; and Terry and Evelyn Moore of Parkton, North Carolina; eleven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Geneva Lofties of Shawnee; Helen and Clifford Sikes of Shawnee; and Thelma and Harold Roberts of Muskogee; two brothers and sisters-in-law, the Rev. Kenneth and Mary Gibson of Van Buren, Arkansas; and Don and Johnnie Gibson of Shawnee; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Service will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday at Resthaven Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Gibson and the Rev. Clint Dawkins officiating.

Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

The family will receive guests at Resthaven family service center following the service.

Published December 7, 2004.