Joe Ann Wood Moore

Joe Ann Wood Moore, 89, of Manhattan, Kansas, passed away on September 5, 2025, of natural causes.

Joe Ann was born and raised in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. She attended Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee after high school. She married Chaplain Willard P. Moore in 1959 and joined him during service deployments to France, Germany, and Southeast Asia. She loved traveling, sightseeing, immersing herself in other cultures, foods, language and meeting new friends.   

She was a member of the local Trinity Presbyterian Church for many years. She was an avid genealogist with many trips to Salt Lake City researching family relative histories. Her smile was contagious, and she was always looking to share in conversation on any topic.

Preceded in death by parents Tom and Ruth Wood; husband Chaplain Willard P. Moore; sister, Myrtle Agnes Wood Lee; and survived by bother Claude Wood, many nephew, nieces, and great-nephews and nieces. Joe Ann will be buried next to her husband Willard at Forest Hills Memorial Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Lee Family Cemetery in Melville, Tennessee. Contributions may be sent in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.

Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website at www.ymlfuneralhome.com.