Mrs. Ethel May Moore Emmons, 94, died on Thursday, July 19, at Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco, Texas.
She was born Ethel May Moore on March 4, 1918, to Luther Carter Moore and Ida Wallace Moore of Minden, Louisiana.
She attended Louisiana College in Pineville and was active in choir and debate. She graduated with a degree in Latin and English and was salutatorian of her class. She taught at Sikes (La.) High School and there met Winfred S. Emmons, Jr. They were married in 1942 in San Diego, Calif., where Winfred was stationed during the war. They subsequently lived in Baton Rouge, Charlottesville, Va., and Arkadelphia, Ark. before settling in Beaumont, where Winfred was employed on the English faculty of Lamar University.
Mrs. Emmons taught Latin at South Park, Forest Park, Central and West Brook high schools. She was well-loved and highly respected as a teacher (magistra) of what to her was a living language. Her Latin club activities were legendary, including Roman banquets and annual trips to both state and national Junior Classical League conventions, where her students routinely won awards for achievement in grammar, derivatives, oratory, mythology, and other subjects. She was honored as PTA Teacher of the Year at West Brook High School in 1987 and was given the Beaumont A&M Club's Outstanding Teacher award in 1988.
Mrs. Emmons was an active and faithful member of Calder Baptist Church, serving as an adult Sunday School teacher, Girls Auxiliary director, and choir member. She was also a longtime member of the Beaumont Civic Opera and the Interfaith Choir. After 35 years of teaching, she retired in 1988 at the age of 70. In 2009 she moved to Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco, Texas, where she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, reading a book a day, and following politics and the Houston Rockets.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Mary Olive Moore Hebert.
She is survived by a brother, Luther William Moore; a son, Winfred Emmons III and his wife Bonnie; a daughter, Jeanne Emmons her husband Adam Frisch; and a son, Don Emmons and his wife Margo; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Texas
Claybar Funeral Home, Beaumont, Texas
NOTE: Parent links submitted by FAG contributor, W S E..."Thank You".
She was born Ethel May Moore on March 4, 1918, to Luther Carter Moore and Ida Wallace Moore of Minden, Louisiana.
She attended Louisiana College in Pineville and was active in choir and debate. She graduated with a degree in Latin and English and was salutatorian of her class. She taught at Sikes (La.) High School and there met Winfred S. Emmons, Jr. They were married in 1942 in San Diego, Calif., where Winfred was stationed during the war. They subsequently lived in Baton Rouge, Charlottesville, Va., and Arkadelphia, Ark. before settling in Beaumont, where Winfred was employed on the English faculty of Lamar University.
Mrs. Emmons taught Latin at South Park, Forest Park, Central and West Brook high schools. She was well-loved and highly respected as a teacher (magistra) of what to her was a living language. Her Latin club activities were legendary, including Roman banquets and annual trips to both state and national Junior Classical League conventions, where her students routinely won awards for achievement in grammar, derivatives, oratory, mythology, and other subjects. She was honored as PTA Teacher of the Year at West Brook High School in 1987 and was given the Beaumont A&M Club's Outstanding Teacher award in 1988.
Mrs. Emmons was an active and faithful member of Calder Baptist Church, serving as an adult Sunday School teacher, Girls Auxiliary director, and choir member. She was also a longtime member of the Beaumont Civic Opera and the Interfaith Choir. After 35 years of teaching, she retired in 1988 at the age of 70. In 2009 she moved to Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco, Texas, where she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, reading a book a day, and following politics and the Houston Rockets.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Mary Olive Moore Hebert.
She is survived by a brother, Luther William Moore; a son, Winfred Emmons III and his wife Bonnie; a daughter, Jeanne Emmons her husband Adam Frisch; and a son, Don Emmons and his wife Margo; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Texas
Claybar Funeral Home, Beaumont, Texas
NOTE: Parent links submitted by FAG contributor, W S E..."Thank You".
Mrs. Ethel May Moore Emmons, 94, died on Thursday, July 19, at Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco, Texas.
She was born Ethel May Moore on March 4, 1918, to Luther Carter Moore and Ida Wallace Moore of Minden, Louisiana.
She attended Louisiana College in Pineville and was active in choir and debate. She graduated with a degree in Latin and English and was salutatorian of her class. She taught at Sikes (La.) High School and there met Winfred S. Emmons, Jr. They were married in 1942 in San Diego, Calif., where Winfred was stationed during the war. They subsequently lived in Baton Rouge, Charlottesville, Va., and Arkadelphia, Ark. before settling in Beaumont, where Winfred was employed on the English faculty of Lamar University.
Mrs. Emmons taught Latin at South Park, Forest Park, Central and West Brook high schools. She was well-loved and highly respected as a teacher (magistra) of what to her was a living language. Her Latin club activities were legendary, including Roman banquets and annual trips to both state and national Junior Classical League conventions, where her students routinely won awards for achievement in grammar, derivatives, oratory, mythology, and other subjects. She was honored as PTA Teacher of the Year at West Brook High School in 1987 and was given the Beaumont A&M Club's Outstanding Teacher award in 1988.
Mrs. Emmons was an active and faithful member of Calder Baptist Church, serving as an adult Sunday School teacher, Girls Auxiliary director, and choir member. She was also a longtime member of the Beaumont Civic Opera and the Interfaith Choir. After 35 years of teaching, she retired in 1988 at the age of 70. In 2009 she moved to Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco, Texas, where she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, reading a book a day, and following politics and the Houston Rockets.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Mary Olive Moore Hebert.
She is survived by a brother, Luther William Moore; a son, Winfred Emmons III and his wife Bonnie; a daughter, Jeanne Emmons her husband Adam Frisch; and a son, Don Emmons and his wife Margo; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Texas
Claybar Funeral Home, Beaumont, Texas
NOTE: Parent links submitted by FAG contributor, W S E..."Thank You".
She was born Ethel May Moore on March 4, 1918, to Luther Carter Moore and Ida Wallace Moore of Minden, Louisiana.
She attended Louisiana College in Pineville and was active in choir and debate. She graduated with a degree in Latin and English and was salutatorian of her class. She taught at Sikes (La.) High School and there met Winfred S. Emmons, Jr. They were married in 1942 in San Diego, Calif., where Winfred was stationed during the war. They subsequently lived in Baton Rouge, Charlottesville, Va., and Arkadelphia, Ark. before settling in Beaumont, where Winfred was employed on the English faculty of Lamar University.
Mrs. Emmons taught Latin at South Park, Forest Park, Central and West Brook high schools. She was well-loved and highly respected as a teacher (magistra) of what to her was a living language. Her Latin club activities were legendary, including Roman banquets and annual trips to both state and national Junior Classical League conventions, where her students routinely won awards for achievement in grammar, derivatives, oratory, mythology, and other subjects. She was honored as PTA Teacher of the Year at West Brook High School in 1987 and was given the Beaumont A&M Club's Outstanding Teacher award in 1988.
Mrs. Emmons was an active and faithful member of Calder Baptist Church, serving as an adult Sunday School teacher, Girls Auxiliary director, and choir member. She was also a longtime member of the Beaumont Civic Opera and the Interfaith Choir. After 35 years of teaching, she retired in 1988 at the age of 70. In 2009 she moved to Ridgecrest Retirement Center in Waco, Texas, where she enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, reading a book a day, and following politics and the Houston Rockets.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Mary Olive Moore Hebert.
She is survived by a brother, Luther William Moore; a son, Winfred Emmons III and his wife Bonnie; a daughter, Jeanne Emmons her husband Adam Frisch; and a son, Don Emmons and his wife Margo; six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Burial: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Beaumont, Texas
Claybar Funeral Home, Beaumont, Texas
NOTE: Parent links submitted by FAG contributor, W S E..."Thank You".
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