Our dear, precious mother, Fay Moore Steen, 81 year old Celeste resident, went to be with her Lord and Savior and with our Father, Junior Steen, Friday March 1, 2013 at the Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. Her Funeral Service is scheduled for Tuesday March 5, 2013 at 2:00 P.M. at the Commerce Church of Christ. David Gibson and Jackie Brown will officiate. Burial will be in the McWright Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday March 4, 2013 at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Chapel in Leonard.
Mrs. Steen was born September 5, 1931 at Barry, Texas. Her parents were Stanford and Dora Garrett Moore. She was a high school graduate and a member of the Commerce Church of Christ and was a Bible Class teacher for 35 years. She married J.F. “Junior” Steen July 4, 1953 at Blooming Grove. She was actively involved in the selling of jewelry and antiques.
She is survived by hers sons and daughters-in-law: Lannie & Cindy Steen and Ronny & Vicki Steen of Celeste and James & Victoria Steen of Greenville; her daughter and son-in-law: Elaine & Paul Gregory of Celeste; her 9 grandchildren and her 10 great-grandchildren; her brothers and sisters: Alvin Moore of Hutchins, Mary Ferrell of Blooming Grove, Margaret Jinkins of Corsicana, Frances Whitner of Italy, Lewis “Bud” Moore of Barry and Molly Southard of Blooming Grove. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, James Moore and Sidney Moore, and a sister, Iva Price.