[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 185 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           HONORING MARY ANN GOSSETT MOORE'S LIFE AND LEGACY

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                          HON. MARC A. VEASEY

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 8, 2023

  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life of Mary 
Ann Gossett Moore of Tyler, Texas. Mary Ann was born on March 26, 1926, 
in Troup, Texas and was later baptized and joined Big Springs Baptist 
Church in Blackjack, Texas. From an early age, Mary Ann had a quest for 
education and graduated from Troup High School, in Troup, Texas, and 
later was the second of her ten siblings to pursue a higher education 
degree.
  Mary Ann would go on to spend two years at Texas College in Tyler, 
Texas, where she majored in Home Economics. Prior to college, Mary Ann 
worked alongside her siblings and parents in the cotton fields, where 
her grandfather owned several hundred acres of farmland.
  Mary Ann would go on to marry Robert Moore Jr. for 50 years and have 
two children, Edward Don, and Della Marie. Mary Ann and her husband 
lived in North Tyler and were active members of True Light Missionary 
Baptist Church, Tyler, Texas, where she served as president of the 
senior choir and the deaconess auxiliary, and was a trusted member of 
the Pastor's Aide Committee for over 35 years. She also dutifully 
worked for Trane Technologies (formerly General Electric) for 26 years, 
where she later retired.
  As the Matriarch of the Moore family, Mary Ann, was a devoted wife, 
mother, grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She served her family 
with a steadfast commitment to her deep-rooted values of respect, hard 
work, and kindness. Mary Ann was also an avid baker and had a deep love 
for her church, serving as Church Mother until she departed this life.
  I extend my prayers to all Mary Ann's loved ones during this time. 
May her memory be a blessing.

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