IVY F. MOORE

Ivy F. Moore, 74, entered into rest on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

A private celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Ms. Moore was born on Dec. 12, 1947, and was a lifelong resident of Sumter. She was a daughter of the late Leland Ingram Moore and Doris Hatchell Gaillard. Ms. Moore received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Winthrop College. She taught school briefly and was a social worker for the state Department of Social Services and then the Department of Health and Environmental Control for many years. After her retirement, she became a features writer and later features editor of The Sumter Item. She was a founding member of the Wateree AIDS Task Force.

She was a voracious reader, a talented cook, a competitive trivia master and lifelong fan of "Jeopardy," and she loved to travel and spend time at Edisto Beach. Ms. Moore was very active in the Sumter community. During her time at the newspaper, she promoted every play, musical concert, dance performance, festival and exhibit by the Sumter Gallery of Art, the Sumter Little Theatre, Patriot Hall Cultural Arts Center, the Sumter County Museum, the Sumter Civic Dance Company and the Community Concert Band and Civic Chorale, and she also promoted Sumter Senior Services and Sumter United Ministries. She encouraged people to support the fundraising activities of each of these organizations and was a collector of music and local art.

Survivors include her sister, Cindy M. Haley (Damon) of North Augusta; her stepbrother, Samuel Porcher Gaillard III (Ann) of Charleston; two nieces, Amanda Haley Mitchell (Michael) of Evans, Georgia, and Courtney Haley Crosby (Kevin) of Lexington; and three great-nephews, Bryan Joseph Mitchell, Jackson Andrew Crosby and Carson Alexander Crosby.

Memorials may be made to Sumter Senior Services, P.O. Box 832, Sumter, SC 29151 or the Sumter Little Theatre, P.O. Box 1667, Sumter, SC 29151 or to the charity of one's choice.

Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta is in charge of arrangements, (803) 278-1181. Visit the registry at www.PoseyCares.com.