Darla Moore Grohne

1965 - 2025

Darla Donetta Moore Grohne

December 31st, 1965 - November 27th, 2025

The Moore Family of Hoschton, GA and the Grohne Family of Vancouver, BC are now lost without their beautiful, artistic, funny, big hearted, fun-loving daughter, wife, sister, cousin & Aunty Dolly.

Darla grew up in Lawrenceville with her sister Deanna, her father Gordon and her mother Sandra.

She attended Central Gwinnett High School graduating in 1984. She was known for her fashion forward sense and her Datsun 280z. She loved cars, just like her father.

She attended Southern Adventist University for 2 years. Gifted with a natural eye for design, something her mother passed down to her, she attended Brenau University where she graduated with a degree in Interior Design.

From 1991-2002, Darla built her career designing private homes. Her designs were also showcased in the prestigious Street of Dreams from 1996-2001, where she met her soon to be Canadian husband Raef while he was photographing her interior design creations.

After a couple of years of both travelling back and forth in pursuit of love, Darla decided to expand her horizons. She sold her home and moved to Vancouver.

On July 26, 2003, she married Raef on Bowen Island. Raef was and forever will be overwhelmed by this incredible show of selfless love, which he tried to return to Darla every day for the past 22 years.

She expanded her design business in Vancouver, bringing her client's a refined Southern French Flair to contrast the West Coast design style.

Beyond Darla's incredible sense for shaping spaces and blending fabrics, textures, and colours often with a candy-like playfulness, her creativity carried seamlessly into the kitchen. She loved creating and sharing beautiful culinary treats with others, just like her mother. The kitchen was one of her happiest places, always filled with friends, family, and every style of music drifting in the background.

Darla explored Thailand, Germany, England and Spain with Raef. They eventually moved from the city to the Grohne Family Home on Bowen Island. Surrounded by a quiet forest, rolling meadows, grape vines, apple trees and a friendly family of deer all while enjoying the friendships that living in a small island town creates.

In 2012, with her parents growing older, Darla decided that it was time to be closer to them. Two years later, while exploring a nearby town, she recognized an opportunity to pursue her dream of owning a trendy, chic, modern women's boutique to life. From that moment, Naked South Boutique in Braselton was born.

Darla was so thankful of her decision to move back to Georgia because in 2015 her mother passed away suddenly.

She continued running her beautiful boutique, which she truly loved and thrived in, while helping her father with his business and enjoyed summers on Bowen Island.

For the past year Darla was quietly battling Cancer. She spent months in Vancouver receiving treatment. She was so incredibly strong and brave throughout. Hardly complaining and always beating away the obstacles she faced. She thought she had won.

Retuning to Hoschton in July to be Aunty Dolly to nephews Colton (7yrs), Colson (3yrs), Cason (1.5yrs), Asa (6 Months) & niece Stevie (1 Month). She loved them so much. They were the sun in her life, the source of her energy and joy, illuminating her face with warmth and sparking her biggest smiles and softest kisses. She was in heaven.

Darla was a daughter to Gordon & Sandra (2015), wife to Raef, bonus Mum to Raef's son Joshua (Haley & Logan), sister to Deanna, (Gerry Davis, Tim, Carrie, Morgan & Olivia), Aunty and second Mom to Torie (Daniel Crumbley, Colson & Cason), Taylor (Rachel & Asa), Zachery (Paula, Colton, Stevie), Uncles and Aunts of the Moore, King, Gaston and Brendle families and beloved family member to many Cousins.

Her Canadian family was Jurgen (2004), Patricia (2010), Katherina (Kevin, Alexander, Courtney (Kevin, Isaiah & Chloe), Gordon (2024), Michael (Kasandra, Alannah, Elissa (Erich), Alexandra (Torie), Joff, Patricia, Tim (Kathryn), Hanno (Esther) & Krischan (Tea, Tilo & Sky).

At home on Thanksgiving Day, November 27th with her family by her side, she said goodbye.

Visitation: Sunday, December 7th, 12:00–2:00 pm, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road SW, Lawrenceville, GA

Funeral Service: Sunday, December 7th, 2:00-3:00 pm, Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road SW, Lawrenceville, GA

Burial : Sunday, December 7th. 3:00 pm, Gwinnett Memorial Park, 925 U.S. Highway 29 South, Lawrenceville, GA