| Emma M. Moran Member of St. Stephens Emma M. Moran, 83, of Oak Ridge, died Friday, Sept. 17, 2004, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Born July 28, 1921, in Atlanta, Ga., she was the daughter of Daisy Caldwell and Stewart McGinty. Mrs. McGinty graduated from East Rivers Elementary School in Atlanta, Ga. and then from North Fulton High School in 1938. In 1942, she graduated from Randolph-Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Va. with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and later earned her master's degree in education from Elmira College in Elmira, N.Y. On Aug. 17, 1946, she married William Bailey Moran Jr. of Philadelphia, Pa. She taught chemistry at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga. from 1943 to 1946 and at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. from 1946 to 1950. She resumed teaching chemistry in 1968 at East High School in Corning, N.Y. until she retired in 1981. While at East High School she was faculty adviser for LOGOS and had the yearbook dedicated to her. She also devoted time being a faculty adviser to East's chapter of the National Honor Society and coached the high school chemistry students who took part in the CHEM BOWL. While living in Corning and Painted Post, N.Y., from 1950 to 1991, she was active as a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Corning, taking her turn being in charge of the pre-kindergarten Sunday School and later as Sunday School superintendent. She was on the Rochester, N.Y. Episcopal Diocesan Board. Outside of the church, she was a member of the Corning Clionian Society, Corning-Painted Post Historical Society, Corning Meals on Wheels, Corning Hospital Chapter A, Delta Kappa Gamma, Corning-Painted Post Retired Teacher's Association, Pack 1, Painted Post Cub Scout Den Mother, a Red Cross Volunteer, and an active member of the PTA. She and her husband moved to Oak Ridge from Painted Post, in October 1991. She became a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church and took part in Saint Theresa's Guild, Foyer Group, Evangelism and Renewal Committee, Bread Ministry to Visitors, Food Distribution at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, worked at the Ecumenical Storehouse, and was an usher. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Bailey Moran, Jr., who died in 1997; a sister, Eleanor M. Bickel; and three brothers, A. Stewart McGinty, W. Wadsworth McGinty, and Dr. A. Park McGinty. She is survived by two sons: Douglas B. Moran, of Palo Alto, Ca., and Bruce W. Moran and his wife, Barbara, of Brookeville, Md.; one grandson, Christopher W. Moran; one granddaughter, Erin G. Moran, both of Brookeville, Md.; one sister, Laura M. Overstreet, of Biloxi, Miss.; 10 nieces and nephews, 20 great-nieces and nephews; and by five great-great nieces and nephews. A memorial service was to be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Oak Ridge with the Rev. Craig Kallio officiating the service. Burial will be in St. Stephen's Memorial Garden following the service on Monday. The family requests that any memorials be in the form of donations to St. Stephen's Memorial Fund, 212 N. Tulane Ave., Oak Ridge, TN 37830 or to the charity of the donor's choice. The flowers in the church will be provided for the altar by the immediate family. An online guestbook may be signed at http://www.martinoakridgefuneralhome.com/.
|