Betty Mae Moore

Betty Mae Moore, daughter of the late Raymond Gaines and Virgie Lane Gaines, was born on July 17, 1946, in Dexter and died on Sept. 7, 2015, at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 69.

Mrs. Moore was of the General Baptist faith. She had been employed at the International Hat Company in Dexter as a machine operator for 35 years and was a resident of Dexter.

On Oct. 12, 1963, she was united in marriage to Jimmie Moore in Dexter. Mr. Moore survives of the home.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Jimmie Moore, Jr. and wife, Rhonda Kay of Dexter; two brothers, Leon Gaines and Ricky Gaines both of Dexter; one sister, Peggy Evans of Dexter; and two grandsons, Brandon Moore and wife, Bethany and Justin Moore.

Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Billy Gaines, her twin, and Junior Gaines and two sisters, Bonnie Brewer and Wanda McRoy.

Visitation will be held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, at 1 p.m. with Rev. Greg Stevens officiating. Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.