| 1. |  Alice Borden Moore was born 10 Oct 1918, Wilmington North Carolina; died 31 Jul 2004, Wilmington North Carolina; was buried , Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Notes:
Star-News (Wilmington, NC) - Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Alice Borden Moore Sisson, 85, of Wrightsville Beach, died Saturday, July 31, 2004, in Lower Cape Fear Hospice & Life Care Center after a brief illness.
She was born in Wilmington, October 10, 1918, the daughter of the late Roger and Alice Wallace Moore. She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Sisson Sr. and her brothers, Roger Moore Jr. and Edwin Moore.
Alice was a faithful member of St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church for 74 years, where she served as an Elder and Sunday School Teacher. She received her Masters degree in Social Work from UNC Chapel Hill in 1972 and served as an inspiring family therapist and clinical social worker with Family Services of the Lower Cape Fear for 32 years.
Alice's loving contributions to the well-being of our community are legend: she served as President of the Wilmington Chapter of the Junior League, founding member of Food Bank of the Lower Cape Fear, founding board member of Southeastern Mental Health Center, founding board member of Family Services of the Lower Cape Fear, founding member of New Hanover Sheltered Workshop, founding member of YWCA's Legal Access for women, and founding member of Domestic Violence Task Force. She received wide recognition for her many contributions: honorary member of Wilmington Rotary Club, NC Social Worker of the Year Award (1989), honoree of Elderhaus (2001), and YWCA's Woman of Achievement Award.
Alice's family, colleagues, and friends describe her as Christian, unconditionally loving, progressive, compassionate, witty, bright, steadfast, stubborn, and a consummate lady.
She is survived by her son, William Sisson Jr. (Joy Miller) of Wilmington, her daughters, Penny Rushmore (Dean) of Marysville, OH, and Fran Gibson of Oakland, CA; seven grandchildren, Wendy Owen (Nadav Savio), Ethan Owen (Kristen), Philip Rushmore, Lindsey Rushmore, Misha Miller-Sisson, John Rushmore, Ari Miller-Sisson; and two great-grandchildren, Zellie and Reese Owen.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 7, 2004, in St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church by Rev. Rob Lapp. Interment will follow in Oakdale Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Ethan Owen, Philip Rushmore, John Rushmore, Misha Miller-Sisson, Ari Miller-Sisson, Charles Jennings, Larry Lee and James Lee. Honorary pallbearers will be: Emerson Surles, Sid Bradsher, Richard Gibson and Bill Henderson.
The family will receive friends Saturday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church, prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1416 Market St., Wilmington, NC 28401 or to Family Services of the Lower Cape Fear, 1506-C Market St., Wilmington, NC, 28401.
Alice married William Eliason Sisson 3 Jan 1946, Wilmington, North Carolina. William (son of William Eliason Sisson and Mary Cecil 'Daisy' Durrett/Durrette) was born 16 Mar 1910, Alexandria Virginia; died 9 Oct 1997, Wrightsville Beach North Carolina; was buried , Oakdale Cemetery Wilmington NC. [Group Sheet]
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1918 - 2004 (85 years)