Debra Moore
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WINFIELD, ALABAMA - Debra Jean Moore, 67, of Winfield, AL passed away on July 23, 2021, at the UAB Palliative and Comfort Care Unit in Birmingham, AL. Family visitation will be on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, from 5 to 6 PM in the Otts Funeral Home Parlor. Public visitation will be from 6 to 8 PM. Funeral service will be on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at 5:00 pm in the Otts Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Kelvin Price officiating. Burial of cremated remains will be at a later date at Pickle Cemetery on Sipsey-Detroit Road in Greenwood Springs, MS. Funeral services will be live streamed from the Otts Funeral Home Facebook page on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 at 5:00 pm, for those unable to attend.
Debra was born on February 18, 1954 in Vernon, AL to the late Roy Thomas Weeks and the late Wilma "Jean" Weeks. She attended Smithville High School in Smithville, MS. She initially worked for several years as a seamstress in Mississippi and Alabama, and later as a cosmetologist in Florida and Virginia. She was a member of Harmony Grove Baptist Church in Winfield, AL.
Debra was a miraculous birth?born 3 months early and weighing only 2 1/2 pounds). She was an exuberant Daughter, nurturing Mother, and doting Grandmother. She met the love of her life at Monroe Trouser in Smithville, MS, and eloped--with her Mother's blessing--on September 4, 1971, at the age of 17. Debra served our country as an Air Force spouse for over 20 years. She survived periodic separations (even during the birth of her son), maintained the home front, and inspired her husband to greater success in service to our country.
Survived By:
Husband: Donald Ray Moore, Winfield, AL.
Daughter: Shauna Shaffer (Greg), Woodbridge, VA.
Sister: Sonya Allred (William), Winfield, AL.
Grandchildren: Kylie Shaffer, Eliana Shaffer, Livia Shaffer, Brenden Shaffer
Half Brothers and Sisters: Peggy Chaffin, Winfield, AL Clyde (Elizabeth) Weeks, Sulligent, AL,
Martha Ann Frakes, Mobile, AL
Preceded in Death By:
Son: Andrew "Drew" Jackson Moore
Mother: Wilma Jean Weeks
Father: Roy Thomas Weeks
Brothers: Roy Kenneth Weeks, Michael Ray Weeks
Half Sisters: Virginia Franks, Patricia Andresen, Juanita Taylor
Honorary Pallbearers:
Johnny Gentry, Reggie Johnson, Kenneth "Pete" Wilson, Bill Golden, William "Blue" Allred, and Greg Shaffer.-
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent In Memory of Debra Jean Moore to the UAB Palliative and Comfort Care Unit.
-- Online at https://www.uab.edu/medicine/palliativecare/support/ways-to-give.
Then click on "Make a gift online", then click on "Choose a Fund", then enter the word "palliative" in the search box for "Choose a fund", then check the box for "Palliative Care and Comfort Unit", then click "Continue", and fill in the boxes including donation amount and "In Memory Of".
-- By mail with check payable to UAB Center for Palliative and Supportive Care.
UAB Department of Medicine Development
Center for Palliative and Supportive Care
1808 7th Avenue South, BDB 420F
Birmingham, AL 35294-0012
Condolences and special memories may be shared with the family at: www.ottsfuneralhome.net
Otts Funeral Home
Sulligent, AL, Directing