See identity controversy, below (9/16/2021...this memorial is NOT the famous "Hattie Mo' "):
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In the 1940s & 1950s, "Lady Moore" [aka "Hattie Moore"] was probably the most widely known person (among both white and nonwhite) in the city of Sumter, S. C. I remember her from the 1940s-60s. Though this was the racially segregated South in those days, I do not remember hearing of anyone in Sumter who asked Hattie to stay off of their property. She was variously known...at least among the whites...as "Hattie Mo", "Lady Moore", and "Hattie Moore"; and Sarah White (black graduate of Lincoln High School class of 1963 and author of Primary Lessons) remembers her as "Old Lady Moore".
Amazingly, Hattie made her living going through the outside trash cans of Sumterites prior to the scheduled arrival of the neighborhood city garbage collector. It is said that she educated several children, possibly even at the college level.
I was a little boy (born 1943) between age 4 and the start of 3rd grade when Hattie lived maybe 8-10 house lots from us (she was located about where the small parking area is on West Hampton Ave at present-day Hampton Manor Apartments). She was tall and thin like one of these pictures in this memorial; and she glided along almost effortlessly and very quietly. It was amazing that she carried bags and boxes balanced maybe with one hand...if that...on top of her head. Sometimes she road a bicycle.
Her (?...see below) obituary was published in the Sumter newspaper, The Item, on Wednesday 1 May 1974. It notes no birth date but says that she was the daughter of William V. & Maggie Wilson Moore. Survivors included sisters Mary Moore Smith of Columbia and Marie (Eppie) DeLaine. Her funeral was at Mt. Pisgah AME by Rev. J. H. Gillison and burial afterward at Walker cemetery in Sumter.
As to Hattie's mother, in the Wayman Chapel cemetery, there are two Maggie Moores: Maggie (1886-1965) and Maggie (1903-1962).
A notice came to me 9/14/2016 from a Lana Odom, as follows: "My name is Lana Odom, and I am the grand niece of Lady Moore. Her name was actually Hattie Odom Carter and she died in 1970. The pictures on the Find A Grave do not match the obituary you found. The Hattie Juanita (Sode) you found is actually Lady Moore's first cousin. She was a school teacher who lived on the corner of Guignard and Liberty. She never married. Lady was married and had one son Edward Carter who died in 2006. Lady and my grandmother Lillie were sisters, and their mother's maiden name was Moore which is why I assume Lady was called Lady Moore."
14 Sept. 2021 from D. Ardis: Suggested edit: "Name: Hattie 'Lady Moore' Odom Carter
Burial: Hillside- she is buried beside her sister (my great grandmother) Lillie Odom
Parents: Thomas and Dora Odom
Contributor: D Ardis (50979631)"
This quandry will need to be solved in the the probate office in Sumter, S. C. some day.
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In the 1940s & 1950s, "Lady Moore" [aka "Hattie Moore"] was probably the most widely known person (among both white and nonwhite) in the city of Sumter, S. C. I remember her from the 1940s-60s. Though this was the racially segregated South in those days, I do not remember hearing of anyone in Sumter who asked Hattie to stay off of their property. She was variously known...at least among the whites...as "Hattie Mo", "Lady Moore", and "Hattie Moore"; and Sarah White (black graduate of Lincoln High School class of 1963 and author of Primary Lessons) remembers her as "Old Lady Moore".
Amazingly, Hattie made her living going through the outside trash cans of Sumterites prior to the scheduled arrival of the neighborhood city garbage collector. It is said that she educated several children, possibly even at the college level.
I was a little boy (born 1943) between age 4 and the start of 3rd grade when Hattie lived maybe 8-10 house lots from us (she was located about where the small parking area is on West Hampton Ave at present-day Hampton Manor Apartments). She was tall and thin like one of these pictures in this memorial; and she glided along almost effortlessly and very quietly. It was amazing that she carried bags and boxes balanced maybe with one hand...if that...on top of her head. Sometimes she road a bicycle.
Her (?...see below) obituary was published in the Sumter newspaper, The Item, on Wednesday 1 May 1974. It notes no birth date but says that she was the daughter of William V. & Maggie Wilson Moore. Survivors included sisters Mary Moore Smith of Columbia and Marie (Eppie) DeLaine. Her funeral was at Mt. Pisgah AME by Rev. J. H. Gillison and burial afterward at Walker cemetery in Sumter.
As to Hattie's mother, in the Wayman Chapel cemetery, there are two Maggie Moores: Maggie (1886-1965) and Maggie (1903-1962).
A notice came to me 9/14/2016 from a Lana Odom, as follows: "My name is Lana Odom, and I am the grand niece of Lady Moore. Her name was actually Hattie Odom Carter and she died in 1970. The pictures on the Find A Grave do not match the obituary you found. The Hattie Juanita (Sode) you found is actually Lady Moore's first cousin. She was a school teacher who lived on the corner of Guignard and Liberty. She never married. Lady was married and had one son Edward Carter who died in 2006. Lady and my grandmother Lillie were sisters, and their mother's maiden name was Moore which is why I assume Lady was called Lady Moore."
14 Sept. 2021 from D. Ardis: Suggested edit: "Name: Hattie 'Lady Moore' Odom Carter
Burial: Hillside- she is buried beside her sister (my great grandmother) Lillie Odom
Parents: Thomas and Dora Odom
Contributor: D Ardis (50979631)"
This quandry will need to be solved in the the probate office in Sumter, S. C. some day.
See identity controversy, below (9/16/2021...this memorial is NOT the famous "Hattie Mo' "):
**************
In the 1940s & 1950s, "Lady Moore" [aka "Hattie Moore"] was probably the most widely known person (among both white and nonwhite) in the city of Sumter, S. C. I remember her from the 1940s-60s. Though this was the racially segregated South in those days, I do not remember hearing of anyone in Sumter who asked Hattie to stay off of their property. She was variously known...at least among the whites...as "Hattie Mo", "Lady Moore", and "Hattie Moore"; and Sarah White (black graduate of Lincoln High School class of 1963 and author of Primary Lessons) remembers her as "Old Lady Moore".
Amazingly, Hattie made her living going through the outside trash cans of Sumterites prior to the scheduled arrival of the neighborhood city garbage collector. It is said that she educated several children, possibly even at the college level.
I was a little boy (born 1943) between age 4 and the start of 3rd grade when Hattie lived maybe 8-10 house lots from us (she was located about where the small parking area is on West Hampton Ave at present-day Hampton Manor Apartments). She was tall and thin like one of these pictures in this memorial; and she glided along almost effortlessly and very quietly. It was amazing that she carried bags and boxes balanced maybe with one hand...if that...on top of her head. Sometimes she road a bicycle.
Her (?...see below) obituary was published in the Sumter newspaper, The Item, on Wednesday 1 May 1974. It notes no birth date but says that she was the daughter of William V. & Maggie Wilson Moore. Survivors included sisters Mary Moore Smith of Columbia and Marie (Eppie) DeLaine. Her funeral was at Mt. Pisgah AME by Rev. J. H. Gillison and burial afterward at Walker cemetery in Sumter.
As to Hattie's mother, in the Wayman Chapel cemetery, there are two Maggie Moores: Maggie (1886-1965) and Maggie (1903-1962).
A notice came to me 9/14/2016 from a Lana Odom, as follows: "My name is Lana Odom, and I am the grand niece of Lady Moore. Her name was actually Hattie Odom Carter and she died in 1970. The pictures on the Find A Grave do not match the obituary you found. The Hattie Juanita (Sode) you found is actually Lady Moore's first cousin. She was a school teacher who lived on the corner of Guignard and Liberty. She never married. Lady was married and had one son Edward Carter who died in 2006. Lady and my grandmother Lillie were sisters, and their mother's maiden name was Moore which is why I assume Lady was called Lady Moore."
14 Sept. 2021 from D. Ardis: Suggested edit: "Name: Hattie 'Lady Moore' Odom Carter
Burial: Hillside- she is buried beside her sister (my great grandmother) Lillie Odom
Parents: Thomas and Dora Odom
Contributor: D Ardis (50979631)"
This quandry will need to be solved in the the probate office in Sumter, S. C. some day.
**************
In the 1940s & 1950s, "Lady Moore" [aka "Hattie Moore"] was probably the most widely known person (among both white and nonwhite) in the city of Sumter, S. C. I remember her from the 1940s-60s. Though this was the racially segregated South in those days, I do not remember hearing of anyone in Sumter who asked Hattie to stay off of their property. She was variously known...at least among the whites...as "Hattie Mo", "Lady Moore", and "Hattie Moore"; and Sarah White (black graduate of Lincoln High School class of 1963 and author of Primary Lessons) remembers her as "Old Lady Moore".
Amazingly, Hattie made her living going through the outside trash cans of Sumterites prior to the scheduled arrival of the neighborhood city garbage collector. It is said that she educated several children, possibly even at the college level.
I was a little boy (born 1943) between age 4 and the start of 3rd grade when Hattie lived maybe 8-10 house lots from us (she was located about where the small parking area is on West Hampton Ave at present-day Hampton Manor Apartments). She was tall and thin like one of these pictures in this memorial; and she glided along almost effortlessly and very quietly. It was amazing that she carried bags and boxes balanced maybe with one hand...if that...on top of her head. Sometimes she road a bicycle.
Her (?...see below) obituary was published in the Sumter newspaper, The Item, on Wednesday 1 May 1974. It notes no birth date but says that she was the daughter of William V. & Maggie Wilson Moore. Survivors included sisters Mary Moore Smith of Columbia and Marie (Eppie) DeLaine. Her funeral was at Mt. Pisgah AME by Rev. J. H. Gillison and burial afterward at Walker cemetery in Sumter.
As to Hattie's mother, in the Wayman Chapel cemetery, there are two Maggie Moores: Maggie (1886-1965) and Maggie (1903-1962).
A notice came to me 9/14/2016 from a Lana Odom, as follows: "My name is Lana Odom, and I am the grand niece of Lady Moore. Her name was actually Hattie Odom Carter and she died in 1970. The pictures on the Find A Grave do not match the obituary you found. The Hattie Juanita (Sode) you found is actually Lady Moore's first cousin. She was a school teacher who lived on the corner of Guignard and Liberty. She never married. Lady was married and had one son Edward Carter who died in 2006. Lady and my grandmother Lillie were sisters, and their mother's maiden name was Moore which is why I assume Lady was called Lady Moore."
14 Sept. 2021 from D. Ardis: Suggested edit: "Name: Hattie 'Lady Moore' Odom Carter
Burial: Hillside- she is buried beside her sister (my great grandmother) Lillie Odom
Parents: Thomas and Dora Odom
Contributor: D Ardis (50979631)"
This quandry will need to be solved in the the probate office in Sumter, S. C. some day.
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