b. April 3, 1933

by Richard Moore, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016

Mary Louise spent her early Episcopal life in the Diocese of Washington, first at St John’s, Mt. Ranier, from age nine to thirteen, and then at Grace Church, Silver Spring, through high school and college.

At St. John’s she set up the altar in the parish hall for the children’s service on Sundays, ran the mimeograph machine by turning a crank, sang in the church choir, and was a Junior Daughter of the King. The Junior Daughters had blue and white checked bows for their hair and white aprons trimmed with the same blue and white fabric. Their principal duty was to serve at church suppers. At Grace Church during her high school years she taught Sunday School and also sang in the choir. Neither church had a youth choir so she sang with the adults.

After college and marriage to Richard Moore at St. Luke’s, Richmond, Virginia, Mary Louise accompanied Dick for army service and graduate school. They then landed in Winston-Salem in 1957, and began a lifelong relationship with both St. Anne’s and St. Paul’s, which included teaching both adults and children, circle membership and all the activities that go with that. Mary Louise served on the St. Anne’s vestry and was Senior Warden for two years.

As she has become less mobile in recent years, Mary Louise has particularly enjoyed working in the St. Paul’s Bookshop and being a member of the Order of St. Luke, offering healing prayers at both the church and the jail. She has always loved seeing her children, and now grandchildren, singing in the choir and serving as acolytes, ushers and lectors.