Lois Pettijohn

Lois Kathryn (Gaines, Moore) Pettijohn was born to Hamilton & Ethel Gaines at Proctor, Texas, April 22, 1921. She was raised in a farming family, graduated from Proctor High School in 1938 & attended Tarleton in 1956. Lois married Seth E. Moore in 1942. They farmed in the Baggett community, eventually moving to Comanche where they owned and operated 3 grocery stores. After a devastating fire, they moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1952. The first year they lived in a 20 x 20 foot one-room log cabin with a coal cook stove, oil heater & no running water. Lois worked as a bank teller & bookkeeper. During 12 years in Alaska, they founded the Hamilton Acres Baptist Church, the most northern Baptist church in America at the time. They experienced volcanic eruptions, hunted caribou and bear, panned for gold, endured temperatures of 60 degrees below zero, owned overhead door, used car, & construction businesses. Returning to Texas in 1964, they built & operated Queenie's Grocery, Brown County Brick & Truss Company & Sand Man. They were members of Southside Baptist Church. They planted 20 small pecan trees at their home in 1974 that today bear several varieties of paper shell pecans, producing hundreds of pounds of fruit annually. Lois married Jack Pettijohn, a former high school friend, December 1999, officiated by her grandson, Pastor Ronnie Ray Moore. Lois was preceded in death by Seth Moore, Jack Pettijohn, grandson Paul Gaines Moore & great-grandson Nathaniel Leggett. Lois remained in her home the past 8 years with her son Pastor Ron & daughter-in-law Bonnie Moore. She loved Cardinals and had an extensive collection of Cardinal art work. She read her Bible every night all her life. Lois is survived by: her son: Ron & Bonnie Moore of Seeley Lake, Montana 3 grandchildren: Granddaughter Cheri & Ray Leggett of West Liberty, Kentucky Granddaughter Yvonne & Brad Mauldin of Fort Worth, Texas Grandson Ronnie Ray & Andrea Moore of Friendswood, Texas. 8 grandchildren: Ashlei & Steven Greenleaf of Bar Harbor, Maine Mitchell Leggett of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin Matthew Leggett of Portland, Oregon Timothy Leggett of Seeley Lake, Montana Monty Harshfield of Missoula, Montana Cara Moore of Friendswood, Texas Caleb Moore of Friendswood, Texas Carissa Moore all of Friendswood, Texas And may I add, a host of friends.

Lois Pettijohn

April 22, 1921 - November 12, 2022