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f if’?; i FRIENDS FOR >ERATION JOURNAL May, 1952 The picture above shows Mrs. Cottie S. Moore and Mrs. Annie Day Shepard as they may have been seen together many times during the years of their beautiful friend ship which began in their early years and lasted until they were separated by death. This chaiacter- istic portrayal reflects something of their lovely personalities and their close friendship which were mani fested at local club meetings, in their social contacts, and in the State Federation in which they were both pioneers. Many of our readers will recall with delight Mrs. Shepard’s very tielpful column in the Federation Journal entitled “A Moment for Meditation” for which she selected rich poems and choice quotations that she had garnered through the years. Although seriously ill at the time of her last contribution, Mrs. Shepard copied with her own hand the selections which she submitted to the Federation Joui'nal. While this column has been a very val uable contribution to the sum-total of loveliness and beauty, joy and inspiration in the world, it is an almost negligible quantity as compared with other fields of service from which Mrs. Shepard is now so sadly missed. Beginning in her home as companion able, loving mother, as faithful and sym pathetic wife, interested in every activity that engaged the attention of her distin guished husband. Dr. James E. Shepard, and her devoted children, and stretching out to the college in whose humble be ginnings and subsequent development, her vision, her tireless service, her prayers always played so vital a part, and then extending to the community where in various clubs and church organizations she let her light shine—in all these she will be missed. Lovely friend she was to those who were blessed to enter the inner circle of her heart; jolly conru-ade she was to those who journeyed with her day by day en joying her good humor, her laughter, her faith, the richness of her varied conver sation about people she had met, about books she had read, about the Federation, about extraordinary answers to her pray ers, about all the rich experiences around which her lovely life centered. Beautiful Christian she was to all who knew her. Member of the Executive Board of our Federation for many years—how sadly vje miss her! For many years Mrs. Cottie S. Moore was one of the brightest lights of the North Carolina Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs. Her passing on July 26 1950, brought to a beautiful close the love ly life of a consecrated servant of our Master. like Dr. Moore, firmly believed in the aspec humanistic ity whichqy^.^j in, ,communit’‘ ^ fglloWm§5'«t iractical Christian- itly demonstrated She .loved her .giving purees j-ough L; f*■ i. •V MRS. COTTIE S. MOORE and MRS. ANNIE DAY SHEPARD Mrs. Moore was the widow of the late Dr. Aaron McDuffie Moore, one of the founders of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Her husband was also the companj^'s fii-st medical di rector and second president. He was Dur ham s first Negro physician and founder of the Lincoln Hospital. It was in 1889 that Dr. Moore was united ■n Marriage to Miss Cottie S. D.^ncy of Tarboro. Miss Dancy was bom there on August 6, 1866. She was educated in the public schools of her native city and at St. Augustine's College in Raleigh. Short ly after leaving St. Augustine’s College, Miss Dancy taught briefly in the Episcopal cchool in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her marriage united two of the most promis- ing of the state s young people whose practical Christianity was demonstrated in a wide range of community activities. Her marriage was prophetic of the pro found influence that it would have upon the Negi'oes of Noi"th Carolina. Ml'S. Moore’s life is reflected in the re ^^^rkable growth of the Durham Negro community over the past half centurv. She and Dr. Moore were integral parts of ^at life. Until her late husband’s death in 1923, Mrs. Moore’s own activit'es were somewhat restricted by family responsi bilities. With the passing of Dr. Moore, however, Mrs. Moore succeeded valiantlv in continuing the Christian service to the state and local community which Dr. Moore had been practicing since coming to Durham after finishing the Leonard Medical School at Shaw Universitv in Raleigh. Church work claimed a considerable which^^Ss^'l^li^y president for many tound additional avenue for her.^l^an^ thiopic activities. In church wofl^^’ served as assistant superintendent of White Rock Baptist Church Sunday"^ -. School for a number of years. She was \ also a long-time member of the Com munion Committee and cherished this responsibility highly. Lincoln Hospital, the Stanford L. War ren Public Library, the Harriet Tubman Branch of the Durham YWCA, and the State Federation of Negro Women’s Clubs are among the organizations which bene fited from her wise counsel and guidance. In the early days of these organizations. Mis. Moore was a forceful figure who constantly encouraged members to broad en their vision and to develop outstand ing organizations of community service. Shortly after Lincoln Hospital was start ed, she became a key figure in the Lady Board, an organization that served as an auxiliary to the management and trustees in equipping the institution. Her contri butions and services were forceful and effective wherever she lent her hand. Un til shortly before her death, she was ac tively interested in the library, the YWCA, and the Negro Women’s Clubs. Her consistent efforts for a state-support ed home for delinquent girls cannot be overlooked. In all her activities. Mrs. Moore brought a modesty and humility and a passionate love of justice which will make her ever an honored and loved figure in this com munity which she and Dr. Moore gave so unstintingly of themselves to help build to its present position of leadership and eminence in civic and community activi ties. Collect of Cljih omen of America Keep us, O God. from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in wood, in deed. Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away all pretense and meet each other face to face without self-pity and without prejudice. May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous. Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightfoi-ward and unafraid. Let us take time for all things; make us grow calm, serene and gentle. Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences; that in the big things we are as one. amount of Mrs. Moore’s time.'He'r"ch;ri: thf grertTommon wol^rh'laT^^^^^^^ h. .k T O Lord God let us not Wet to be luch organizations alone, for she. j kind.—Miss Mary Stewart, Colorado. TO THIS gin, wnom
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