Peggie Moore

Peggie Ann Moore, 84, of Union City passed away peacefully Saturday night after a long illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Dr. Cecil Sewell will officiate.
Interment will follow in East View Cemetery.
Visitation will be 1 p.m. until the hour of service.
Peggie was born in her parents’ home on Nov. 1, 1932. Upon graduation from Union City High School, she joined the U.S. Air Force, serving as a meteorological technician. After being honorably discharged she joined the AF Reserves and rose to the rank of Master Sergeant.
In her civilian life, Peg became the only female dispatcher for United Airlines in 1959, an honor held for at least a decade. When she retired in 1995, she returned home to Union City, where she resided until her death. Peggie was very active at  First Baptist Church and was also a devoted cat caregiver.
Peggie is survived by her sister, Jeane Culbertson Fentress of Riverside, Calif.; two brothers, Charles R. Moore Jr. of Dyersburg and W. Joseph Moore (Jeanie) of Eads; five nieces and three nephews, Sharon Leisenring (Jay), Janis Banning (Ray), Charles Culbertson (Collin), Jill Hishmeh (Rick), Martin Moore (Jill), Liza Hickerson (Danny), Tracy Smith (Jamie) and Joseph Moore Jr. (Linda).
She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles Richard Moore and Maggie Velma Morrisett; two brothers-in-law, Col. William Culbertson and Randall Fentress; a sister-in-law Sybil Worrell Moore; and two nephews, Monty Moore (Deanna and Adrianne) and Randal Moore (Sandra).
The family would like to thank friends Susie and Bill Flood, Barbara Dickerson and Geraldine Jenkins for their comfort, devotion and assistance during these past years and especially in the last several months. They are also thankful to the staffs of Union City Nursing & Rehabilitation, Baptist Hospitals of Union City and Memphis, and Tennessee Quality Hospice for their tender care over the past few months.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 7.24.17