Moore's twelve-year tenure was the longest of any first lady in West Virginia's history.
[3] While earning a degree in education at West Virginia University, she met Arch A. Moore Jr., whom she married in 1949.
After serving for a dozen years in the United States House of Representatives, Arch Moore was elected Governor.
As First Lady, she gave speeches throughout West Virginia and appeared at college campuses, vocational facilities, library dedication ceremonies, and before civic and religious groups.
[4] Moore died, aged 88, on September 13, 2014, at the Arthur B. Hodges Center in Charleston, West Virginia.