Barbara L. Moore

Barbara Lynch Moore passed away during the early morning hours of April 20, 2026.  She was 90 years old. Barbara was born on February 18, 1936, at Fifer Hospital in Ridgely, Maryland to William Grant Lynch and Nettie White Lynch.

      Barbara grew up on the farm near Queen Anne and has been a Devout Catholic all her life.  In her senior year of school her family moved to town. She graduated from Centreville High School in 1954. After high school graduation she began working in the office at the Eskay chicken plant in Cordova. In 1955 she married her high school sweetheart, W. Franklin Moore. They started their life together, on their dairy farm, outside of Centreville. They were married 65 years until Franklin’s death in 2020. Barbara lived on the farm for the rest of her life. During these years she raised her family, maintained the farm books and kept an immaculate home. She was active in her church, 4-H, 4-H All-Stars, Farm Bureau, Homemakers, Queen Anne’s County Cooperative Women’s Committee, and Party Politics. She started the Damsel-R 4-H Club in Ruthsburg. She enjoyed working the church dinners and the annual Lawn Fete at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church. She and Franklin enjoyed square dancing while in 4-H, as a young couple in Centreville, and later with several square dance clubs in Delaware. Barbara was secretary of the Queen Anne’s County Farm Bureau for over 20 years. When she was 58 years old, she started working at Queen Anne’s County Geriatric and Evaluation Services, retiring at 72. She was very close to her work family, and they often visited after she retired.    

       Barbara and Franklin had two children: Jeff (Cindy) of Cordova and Lisa (Matt) of Centreville; five grandchildren: Ben (Kate) Yoash of Stevensville, Laurel Moore Theurer (Nick) of Polk, Ohio, Logan Moore Harris (Austin) of Federalsburg, Natilie Yoash (Eric) of Reisterstown, and Leslie Moore of Cordova. She has five great-grandchildren: Remy and Camden Moore Yoash, Abigail and Jennifer Theurer, and Emma Kessler. Two sisters-in-law: Ola (Ronnie) Smith of Sudlersville and Ethel (James) Boyle of Wye Mills. One bother-in-Law, Lee (Dottie) Moore of Centreville. Many nieces and nephews who called and visited often. She is preceded in death by her husband W. Franklin Moore; daughter Lisa Moore Yoash; brothers: William G. (Sonny) Lynch and his wife Florence and Thomas Lynch; sister Betty Walls and her husband Edward; brother and sister-in-law Bradford and Margaret Moore.  

             There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church, 301 Homewood Ave. Centreville, MD, at 11:00 AM on Monday, April 27, 2026. Visitation will be from 10:00 to 10:45 at the church. Committal to her final place of resting is at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville.  A fellowship luncheon will follow at Corbaley Hall, Centreville.   Donations can be made to Our Mother Of Sorrows Catholic Church 303 Chesterfield Ave. Centreville, MD or Compass Hospice 160 Coursevall Dr., Centreville, MD.

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