Jeanelle C. Moore

She was responsible for the creation of the Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, which provides funding to restore and decorate the official residence, and established a chapel at the Raleigh Correctional Center for Women.

[1] In 1958, while her husband was serving as a judge on the North Carolina Superior Court, they toured the Raleigh Correctional Center for Women.

[1] She worked on his 1964 campaign, travelling around North Carolina to make public appearances and give speeches on behalf of her husband.

[1] Moore christened a B-52 bomber named The First Lady at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro and the research vessel Dan K.

[1] She also headed the state highway's beautification program and advocated for tourism of North Carolina's historic sites, particularly Tryon Palace.

[1] Moore hosted a tea on June 20, 1966, with representatives from all one-hundred North Carolinian counties in order to launch a fundraising campaign for furnishings in the mansion's public rooms.

[7] She was elected president of the Sir Walter Cabinet, a society open to spouses of North Carolina government officials, while still serving as first lady.

[1] Towards the end of her husband's administration, she appeared in the television program A Tour of the North Carolina Executive Mansion with Mrs. Dan K.

After her death, Governor Jim Hunt eulogized her, saying that "North Carolina has lost one of its strongest advocates of beauty and art.