Ira Lee (Davenport) Moore was born on June 28, 1938 in Cumberland, Virginia to the late Perry Davenport and Lucy (Johnson) Davenport. Ira Lee Moore was a woman of God and of great faith. As a child, her Christian walk began at an early age accepting Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior having been baptized in Cumberland, Virginia. Ira attended school in Cumberland before her family moved back to New Jersey, where she completed her studies. When the family relocated from Virginia to New Jersey, she joined Christ Temple Baptist Church of Paterson, New Jersey, where she continued to grow in her faith. Ira's parents raised her and her 8 siblings on the values of faith, love, caring and sharing.

Stanley and Ira met in 1956 through mutual friends. She met the love of her life and they were united in Holy Matrimony on October 18, 1956. Stanley affectionately remembers and admires his wife with her long, flowing hair. Through this union, God blessed Stanley and Ira with two children, Lawrence Curtis Moore and Deborah Gail Moore. Later in life they welcomed two more daughters April and Schina Moore into their family. Stanley and Ira believed in family and frequently spent quality time fishing, cooking, and doing extra-curricular activities together, strengthening the family bond. Laughter was often heard in the home as the family played games of Rummy and Pictionary. Ira was a great cook and baker and her family delighted in her meals and desserts. Stanley was an avid fisherman and Ira often fried fish with the fixings for the family. Stanley and Ira continued to instill these strong family values, including hard work, pursuing an education and investing in the future, in their children, grandchildren and all those that their lives touched.

Ira was devoted to service in the church. In Norwalk, she continued her fellowship, at Calvary Baptist Church for over 25 years. Ira served the Lord with gladness, including as Sunday School Superintendent, Teacher, Usher and Senior Choir Member. Ira shared her faith with her family, raising her children in the church and imparting Christian wisdom and values in the lives of her grandchildren and extended family. She believed in the power of prayer and that the fervent effectual prayers of the righteous availeth much. She will be remembered as a person who truly loved the Lord with all her heart, demonstrated in word and deed.

Ira was employed by the United States Postal Service for almost 40 years until her retirement in 2001 at which time Ira and Stanley, after years of hard work and planning, relocated to Mineral, Virginia to enjoy their retirement and golden years, raising their daughters April and Schina. This brought her such joy. In Virginia, Ira worshipped at First Baptist Church also serving faithfully as Superintendent, Teacher, Senior Choir Member and Missionary. In her spare time, she loved to sit on her veranda and enjoy the landscaping, flowers and nature on her and Stanley's property. She affectionately loved her TV shows, such as Matlock, Texas Ranger and Blue Bloods, along with her infamous Pepsi.

Ira Lee (Davenport) Moore entered eternal rest on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the age of 79. Ira was the beloved wife of Stanley Moore for over 61 years. Ira was predeceased by her parents Perry and Lucy Davenport, her sister Colene Mayo, her brother Perry (Junie) Davenport, her brothers-in-law, James Wilson Mayo, Jasper Lowery, Benjamin Miller Sr., Rev. Dr. Richard Wood, Leo Moore, Rodney Moore and her nephew Benjamin Miller, Jr. She leaves to mourn, husband Stanley Moore, children Lawrence Moore, Deborah (Moore) McCray of MD, April Moore and Schina Moore of VA, grandchildren Melissa McCaw (Pastor Willis McCaw) of CT, Le'on McCray Jr and Uriah McCray of MD, great-grandchildren Isaiah McCray, Royal McCray, Kahmia McCray, Jordan McCaw, Grace McCaw, Gabrielle McCaw, Zah'Niyah Moore, sisters, Marian Wood of GA, Vera West Miller, Sally Burns, Lucy Lowery, Shirley Davenport and Carrie Davenport of NJ.

Ira is also survived by brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Henry Burns, Frederick DeValda, Arnold DeValda, Lillian (DeValda) Richardson, Mildred Winfrey-Moore, George Moore, John Moore and Marva Benjamin. Special mention for her dear friends, Vernell Walker-Brandon and Deacon Ceola Wright, and a host of nieces, nephews, dear relatives and friends.

We will miss her as wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and friend, but we hold fast to the precious memories that will live on in our hearts. Ira is gone from our presence, but not forgotten, for to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. She leaves us with a strong legacy to carry on: faith in God, family, love and sacrifice. Today we honor our beloved Ira Lee Moore and may her soul and sweet spirit rest in eternal peace.

May the works she has done, the life she lived, the service she gave, the people she touched, the family she loved….speak for her.

A Homegoing Service will be held on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at First Baptist Church, 102 Meadow Avenue, Louisa, VA with Pastor Bruce Jones officiating. Final viewing will be at 11am, followed by service at 12 noon. Interment will follow in the First Baptist Church Cemetery.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." 2 Timothy 4:7-8