Even though they can no longer attend worship, these
individuals are still members of the church and look forward to cards and
visits from the congregation.
Making a house call may feel intimidating, but it doesn’t require any
special skills. Call, make a date
and just be present, for there is nothing like sharing the gift of our time
with another person.
Jerry Cochran Moore
Jerry Moore was born in Trinity, Texas, a small town north
of Huntsville where her grandmother owned a local motel and Dr. Pepper bottling
plant. She attended the University
of Texas from 1944-1948 and was listed as Who’s Who at UT along with classmate
Rooster Andrews. While at UT, Jerry
lived at Scottish Rite Dormitory and in 1944, helped organize the “Reinstate
President Rainey” march on the capitol. She tells stories of owning a 1939 Ford while in school
and pooling gas “tickets” and money to fill it for trips to Barton Springs with
girl friends.
In 1948, Jerry married Joe Moore, whom she’d met two years
earlier at UBC. After marriage and
working various jobs, she completed her degree in Home Economics in 1957. If you visit her, ask about the green
jacket project that solidified her hatred for sewing. Jerry was employed as the
first ever, career placement director for the business school at UT in 1960. In 1966 when Charles Whitman was
shooting from the UT tower, she remembers crawling out of her office and down
the hall as windows of her building were being shot out by crossfire.
Jerry’s favorite activities now, are watching classic movies
and drinking Dr. Pepper. Even
though dementia has shaped the way she sees the world, Jerry still has plenty
of stories to share and loves to chat.
If you’d like to visit with Jerry and hear more about her fascinating
life, call her son Joe at 512-736-9222.
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