Iva Belle Massey Moore

Published 10:57 am Friday, February 14, 2014

Mrs. Iva Belle Massey Moore, 99, a resident of Greenville and formerly of Columbiana, died Feb. 11.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 15 at Union Baptist Church with Rev. William Leverette officiating.  Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne directing.  Mrs. Moore is preceded in death by her husband, G.C. Moore, Jr.; her parents, William and Callie Morgan Massey; two sisters, Ruth Massey and Pearl Brakenecke; and three brothers, Rex Massey, Gay Massey, and Gip Massey.  Survivors include three children, LaNelle (Dan) Lester, Margaret Linville and Grover C. Moore, III; nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren; sister, Era Merle Thaggard; two sisters-in-law, Alene (Sam) Patterson and Colleen Furlong; and a brother-in-law, Harold Moore.  The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday from 1 p.m. until service time.  The family would like to extend a special thank you to Alacare Hospice and staff.