Betty Moore

(From Ozark Funeral Home)

Betty June Guinn Moore, age 88 passed away Friday, August 27, 2021 surrounded by her family that loved and cherished her greatly.

Betty was born to Edgar and Viola Moore on June 8, 1933 in Topeka, Kansas. She moved with her family to Arizona, Wichita and settled in Kansas City where she attended school. 

She moved to the Neosho area in the Spring of 1950 at the age of 17 to live with her sister, that is where she would meet Jack Guinn. She married Jack that same year and they celebrated 54 years together before his passing in 2004, to this union six children were born. Donnie, Danny, Brenda, Kathy, Tammy and Craig. Baby Danny was lost shortly after birth. Their children were all raised in the Puckett area in the family home that Jack and Betty shared.

She never worked outside of the home, but was a hard-working mother, wife and was always involved in her children’s and grandchildren’s lives.

Betty married James Moore on July 7, 2007, and they have shared a wonderful and happy 14 years of marriage.

She loved her babies, her flowers, embroidering, Christmas and her family. She would spend hours rocking a baby, tending to her flowers and all year Christmas shopping for just the perfect gifts. The love for her family was one true quality that could be seen in the way she lived her life. As her grandchildren would say, the BEST Grandma anyone ever had, everyone called her “Granny Guinn”.

Preceding her in death, Donnie their oldest son, sisters Jean, Mildred, Connie and a brother Eddie.

Betty leaves behind her loving husband of 14 years, James. Three daughters, Brenda Gordon and husband Darrell of Anderson, Kathy Underwood and husband Kenny of Pineville, Tammy Clark and husband Roger of Anderson, one son Craig Guinn of Pineville. Thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. A brother Jackie Moore and wife Marilyn of Kansas City.

Funeral services are 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 3, 2021, in the Anderson Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes with Pastor Dennis Bergen officiating. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery near Longview. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Jeremy Murphy, Michael Murphy, Adam Murphy, Drew Pearcy, Cooper Underwood, Connor Underwood and Seth Guinn. The family will receive friends on Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the funeral home chapel. Memorials are being directed to the Union Cemetery Care Fund c/o the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Missouri.