Marie CottenMoore

 Marie Cotten Moore, 88, of McKinney, and formerly of Greenville, died Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009, at Medical Center of McKinney. Graveside services are at 2 p.m. today at Memoryland Memorial Park under the direction of Coker-Mathews Funeral Home. Brother Jimmy Rogers and Mr. Jon Nelson are officiating.Visitation is from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.Mrs. Moore was born Sept. 26, 1920, in Quinlan; the daughter of Hubert E. and Nancy Beatrice Strickland Cotten. She was married to William Henry (Bill) Moore on Dec. 15, 1945, in Greenville.Mrs. Moore was a retired school teacher; she taught in Gooseneck for one year, Quinlan for seven and Boles Home for 29 years. She valued education; receiving a master's degree more than 60 years ago.Marie was proud that her daughter, son-in-law and all her grandchildren and their spouses were college graduates.She loved the Lord and taught her family to do the same. In her later years, she received extreme joy loving and nurturing her great-grandchildren. She was a member of High Pointe Church of Christ in McKinney.Surviving are a daughter, Sandra Nelson and husband Bill of McKinney; granddaughter, Amy Kay Denton and husband Randal of Tioga; grandsons, Jeffrey William Nelson and wife Holly of Allen and Jonathan Scott Nelson and wife Erin of Lubbock; great-grandchildren, David Randal Denton, 7; Sarah Kay Denton, 5; Brooks William Nelson, 2, and Kate Olivia Nelson, 2 months; and several nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Ralph Cotten and Curtis Cotten.Pallbearers are Michael Cotten, Mike Cotten, Pat Cotten, Randal Denton, Jeff Nelson and Jon Nelson.