Lola Christine Moore

Lola Christine Moore was born to the late Louis and Lola Rogers on April 28, 1928 in Locustville, Virginia. Lola attended Saint Augustine College in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1945 to 1948. From 1949 to 1951, she attended Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland where she completed certification in Occupational Home Economics Education. From 1956 to 1963, she managed Mattie’s Beauty Shop and served as a part-time instructor at Angelo Beauty Academy. On December 5, 1964, she opened Lola’s Beauty Salon, which she operated until retirement in 1993.Lola was faithful, loyal and an active lifetime member of the NAACP, National Urban League, National Council of Negro Women, Southern Poverty Law Center, People for the American Way, American association of Retired Persons, American Civil Liberties Union, League of Women Voters of the United States and Disabled American Veterans.In 1999, Lola decided to assist others and generously funded African-American scholarship programs at Flint Hill School, Barnesville School and St. James School. Lola was named a honorary board member of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women recognizing her financial contributions to the development of necessary academic and life skills projects for African American middle and high school students that focused on educational, cultural, economic and health components.Her husband, Bennie F. Moore; and three brothers, Louis, Leroy and Norman Rogers, preceded Lola in death. Lola loved cooking and was an avid plant enthusiast.On Thursday, April 3, 2003, in the comforts of her home, Lola heard the voice of her Lord and Savior calling her to her heavenly rest. She leaves to mourn: her son, M. Tafari Tamrat of Lake Manassas, Virginia; two grandchildren, Makonnen and his wife, Esme of Mossel Bay, South Africa and Amir and his wife, Teresa of of Colchester, England; two great grandchildren, Menkir and Tafari; one sister, Betty Parker and her husband, Roy of Philadelphia; two brothers, John and Milton Rogers, both of Parksley. Virginia; a longtime devoted friend, Lorraine White and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

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Lola Christine Moore

April 28, 1928 - April 3, 2003