Jeannette Cooper Moyer, 99, of Thomas County, Georgia, went home to be with her Lord and King Jesus Christ on July 8, 2022. She is remembered as a faithful friend, the loving and dedicated mother to Anita and Paul, strong Bible teacher, and a loyal and hard worker. During her life she modeled what a true Christian servant is supposed to be. She was gifted with creativity and resourcefulness; courage in the face of extreme heartache and difficult times; and she relied on God in all circumstances.
Jeannette was born on March 13, 1923, on her family’s farm in Thomas County. She was the last surviving member of the Ochlocknee High School Class of 1940. After graduation, she worked in Thomasville as a secretary, then attended secretarial school in Orlando, Florida. There she met her future husband, John Wilson Moyer, an Army sergeant from Reading, Pennsylvania, who was in training to go overseas to England for the D-Day invasion.
After graduation from technical school in Orlando, Jeannette returned to Thomasville and worked as a secretary. She and John Moyer were married May 1949. Their first homes were in Galveston, Texas; Augusta, Georgia; and Athens, Georgia where they worked, and Johnny completed graduate school at the University of Georgia. Daughter Anita was born in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1956.
From Gulfport they moved to Asheville, North Carolina; son Paul was born in Asheville in 1959.
The family moved to Tallahassee, Florida. Jeannette took care of her elderly parents in her home until their deaths. She retired from the State of Florida and spent her retirement years teaching Sunday School Bible studies, being active in local politics, working in her yard, and sewing, but her heart was her grandchildren – Amanda, Luke, and Zeke Moyer – whom she called her “little loves.” When it came to her children, grandchildren, family and close friends, Jeannette was the ultimate “Mama Bear.”
In her final years, she was a resident at Legacy Village Assisted Living in Thomasville, and a respected and loved member of that community. The family wants to give special thanks to the dedicated caregivers at Legacy Village Assisted Living in Thomasville, especially to Lateshia Rooks and Melissa Coston. We are deeply grateful to all the staff at Kindred Hospice, especially to her nurses Jessica Chambliss, Shannon Long, Whitney Wright and the Kindred Hospice aide Brittany Peterson, for their professionalism and heartfelt care.
Jeannette Cooper Moyer is buried at Midway Baptist Church cemetery next to her son Paul who passed away in 2015. Her parents, Alex and Pearl Cooper, are buried nearby.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 329, Palmetto, GA 30268/ www.georgiachildren.org/donate or to the First Option Care Pregnancy Center, 320 No. Crawford Street, Thomasville, GA 31792.
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Jeannette was born on March 13, 1923, on her family’s farm in Thomas County. She was the last surviving member of the Ochlocknee High School Class of 1940. After graduation, she worked in Thomasville as a secretary, then attended secretarial school in Orlando, Florida. There she met her future husband, John Wilson Moyer, an Army sergeant from Reading, Pennsylvania, who was in training to go overseas to England for the D-Day invasion.
After graduation from technical school in Orlando, Jeannette returned to Thomasville and worked as a secretary. She and John Moyer were married May 1949. Their first homes were in Galveston, Texas; Augusta, Georgia; and Athens, Georgia where they worked, and Johnny completed graduate school at the University of Georgia. Daughter Anita was born in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1956.
From Gulfport they moved to Asheville, North Carolina; son Paul was born in Asheville in 1959.
The family moved to Tallahassee, Florida. Jeannette took care of her elderly parents in her home until their deaths. She retired from the State of Florida and spent her retirement years teaching Sunday School Bible studies, being active in local politics, working in her yard, and sewing, but her heart was her grandchildren – Amanda, Luke, and Zeke Moyer – whom she called her “little loves.” When it came to her children, grandchildren, family and close friends, Jeannette was the ultimate “Mama Bear.”
In her final years, she was a resident at Legacy Village Assisted Living in Thomasville, and a respected and loved member of that community. The family wants to give special thanks to the dedicated caregivers at Legacy Village Assisted Living in Thomasville, especially to Lateshia Rooks and Melissa Coston. We are deeply grateful to all the staff at Kindred Hospice, especially to her nurses Jessica Chambliss, Shannon Long, Whitney Wright and the Kindred Hospice aide Brittany Peterson, for their professionalism and heartfelt care.
Jeannette Cooper Moyer is buried at Midway Baptist Church cemetery next to her son Paul who passed away in 2015. Her parents, Alex and Pearl Cooper, are buried nearby.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Georgia Baptist Children’s Home, P.O. Box 329, Palmetto, GA 30268/ www.georgiachildren.org/donate or to the First Option Care Pregnancy Center, 320 No. Crawford Street, Thomasville, GA 31792.
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