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Data source is Mary Moomau Clark - Deceased
June 11, 1998
The Pocahontas Times, Marlinton, Pocahontas County, WV
Lucille O. Moomau, age 96, died Monday, June 8, 1998, at the Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she had been a resident since June of 1986. She was born March 7, 1902, in Cass, and was the daughter of the late James W. and Annie Gum Oliver. She graduated from Green Bank High School in the class of 1920 and then attended West Virginia University and Marshall College. She taught school in Cass, Durbin, and Dunmore, and then served Pocahontas County as Assessor. On August 22, 1923, she married Frederick William Moomau, who preceded her in death on June 7, 1955. Following her husband's death, she moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland, where she served as a librarian on a bookmobile. She attended George Washington University and took classes in children's literature, during which time she compiled an Anthology of Poetry for Children. Following her retirement she moved to Petersburg. Mrs. Moomau was a member of Liberty Presbyterian Church in Green Bank and then the Petersburg Presbyterian Church, where she was the church's oldest living member. She was a 50-year member of the Order of the Eastern Star and a charter member of the Huntersville Chapter, where she served as Worthy Matron. She was also a member of Petersburg Chapter, twice served as Worthy Matron and represented the Grand Jurisdiction of West Virginia as a Grand Representative to the District of Columbia. Memorial services will be conducted 11 a. m. Saturday, June 13, at the Petersburg Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow at 3 p. m. in the Arbovale Cemetery in Arbovale. Memorial donations may be made to Sunnyside Retirement Community,100 Sunnyside Drive, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22801, or to a charity of choice.