Ruth Moore Page

March 30, 1927 - December 26, 2020

Ruth Moore Page, 93, died peacefully at home in Yanceyville, NC with her family on Saturday, December 26, 2020. Born on March 30, 1927 to Lloyd G. Moore and Hattie Lowe Moore in Lowgap, NC, hers was a hardscrabble life growing up after the death of her mother when Ruth was a toddler, death of her beloved older sister, Velna, when Ruth was a teenager and the deprivation of the Great Depression. Her caring teachers at Lowgap School kept her supplied with books at home which inspired a lifelong love of learning and reading. After graduating from Appalachian State University in 1950 (then Appalachian State Teachers College) majoring in English and Business Education, she taught English in Ronda and Ruffin, NC and later business subjects at Bartlett Yancey High School in Yanceyville where she taught 26 years until her retirement in June 1990. When computer use became an integral part of everyone’s life, she took pride in knowing she had taught so many to type! While teaching, she also taught a Sunday School class for many years, was active in the Delta Kappa Gamma teachers’ sorority, the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW, made many of her and her daughter’s clothes, even sewing dance costumes for her daughter and others when performing in the Ann Boyer dance recitals. Her summers were spent preserving vegetables from the gardens her husband grew and she always prepared delicious home cooked meals. During her retirement years she enjoyed maintaining a beautiful lawn, playing Scrabble and card games with family and Bridge with friends, producing the newsletter for her church, Prospect United Methodist, voracious reading and most of all, her grandchildren whom she adored. Most recently she enjoyed sitting on her porch admiring any blooming thing in sight, the company of visitors and her caregivers Terry Meares and Claudette Stephens who made every effort to engage with, humor and affirm her. And she loved her kitty, Jenny. Survivors are her daughter, Rebecca Page, and son in law Robert Foyle, of the home in Yanceyville, grandchildren, Helen (Len) Page Foyle and Edward Page Foyle, brothers, Keith Moore of Macclenny, FL and Seafus “Ted” Moore of Whittemore, MI along with numerous nieces and nephews, great and great great too. In addition to her parents and sister, she was predeceased by her husband of 59 years, Wilbur J. Page, and brothers, Everett Moore, and Earl Moore. The family especially thanks Victoria Smith, Carolyn Meeks, Terri Foster, Terry Meares, Claudette Stephens, caregivers who made it possible for Ruth to remain at home, along with Hospice of Alamance-Caswell (now Authoracare) nurse, Sarah, and CNA, Doretha. Also, special thanks to Betsy Watlington, a dear friend, who visited regularly before the pandemic. A celebration of life service will be conducted on Sunday, July 18, 2021 at 2:30 P.M. at Prospect United Methodist Church with the Reverend Allison Lancaster officiating. Interment will follow the service in the church cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Caswell Parish (P.O. Box 967, Yanceyville, NC 27379) or the Missions Fund at Prospect UMC (c/o Bobbie Brewer, P.O. Box 58, Yanceyville, NC 27379). Wrenn-Yeatts Memorial Funeral Home, Yanceyville, NC, in serving the Page family.