Pearl Brigance Moore, 92, died July 8, 2009 in Sacramento, Calif.

Members of her immediate family made graveside tributes July 18, 2009. Interment was under the direction of Ramage Funeral Directors.

She was a long-time resident of Olton and West Texas.

Born Dec. 2, 1916, in Big Spring, she was the daughter of Albert C. and Eula Brigance. The family moved to Plainview, and then to Olton in 1927. She was an Olton High School graduate and a Texas Tech University graduate. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Olton.

She married Elmer J. Moore on June 6,1937. They started a family in 1940, and spent the war years in Levelland and Flagstaff, Ariz. In 1946, they moved to Shamrock, where her husband was the superintendent of schools and she was his administrative assistant. In 1956, they moved back to Olton, where they were engaged in farming and school teaching. She had 27 years of service in Texas public schools. They were married 65 years.

After her husband's death in August 2002, she sold her home in Olton and moved to Sacramento in 2003 to live near her two children and three of her grandchildren.

She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, teacher and friend throughout her life. She was selected as Sandhills Celebration Queen in 1994, the same year her husband served as grand marshal of the Sandhills Celebration Parade. They were proud to be honored by her friends and neighbors.

Her parents and her husband preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were three sisters, Pauline Todd, Dorothy Russell and Ruth Cornelius; and a brother, Merrill Brigance.

She is survived by her son, Jerry Moore and his wife, Sue, of Los Angeles, Calif.; her daughter, Judy Moore, of Sacramento; four grandchildren, Schell, Scott, Melinda and Kim; three great-grandsons, Jason, Preston and Riley; a sister, LaNeile Ford; a sister-in-law, DeMetris Brigance; a brother-in-law, GW Moore, and many nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorials to Olton Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 1055, Olton, TX 79064.