Virginia Moore

MOORE, Virginia Ryder, 90, of Colonial Heights, died Friday December 11, 2009 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Ralph Clinton and Agness Fesenmaier Ryder and the widow of James Thomas Moore. Virginia was a member of American Legion Post 284 Ladies Auxiliary, Colonial Heights Senior Citizens Club, and St. Ann Catholic Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by her children, Barbara Moore Doran and husband, Michael Sale Doran, of Colonial Heights, James Clinton Moore and wife, Sandra H. Moore, of Colonial Heights, Mary Moore Patterson of Chesterfield, Thomas Richard Moore and wife, Kathy H. Moore, of Marietta, Georgia, Ralph David Moore and wife, Marion S. Moore, of Prince George, Melanie Ann Moore of Colonial Heights, Linwood Andrews Moore and wife, Rose B. Moore, of Colonial Heights, Charles Wayne Moore and wife, Patty J. Moore, of Prince George; 15 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; twin sister, Elizabeth Ryder McCarthy and husband, William McCarthy, of Bristol, Rhode Island; sister in-law, and Iris B. Ryder of Chesterfield. A funeral mass will be held 11 a.m. Monday, December 14, 2009 at St. Ann Catholic Church, 17111 Jeff Davis Highway, Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834. Interment will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Petersburg, Virginia. The family will receive friends Sunday December 13, 2009 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory 2033 Boulevard. Flowers are welcomed or contributions may be made to American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Affiliate Memorials and Tributes Processing Center P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, Virginia 23058. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.



This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.