Dollie Jacobs Moore

Dollie Jacobs Moore, 86, of Dothan, Alabama passed away on April 2, 2024, in the early hours of the morning. A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 pm on Thursday, April 4, in Sunset Funeral Home Chapel. Dr. Cecil Sanders, Jr. will officiate the memorial service. Visitation with friends and family at the funeral home will be from 1-2 pm.

Dollie was born in her home at Danley’s Crossroads in Coffee County on January 27, 1938, and grew up on a 160-acre farm. Many of her fondest memories were related to playing with her sister, Dora, making a playhouse outside with sticks, string, boards, and bricks and cutting paper dolls from the Sears Roebuck catalogue. Along with her six siblings, she learned her strong work ethic from their parents. They would work in the fields, hoeing and chopping cotton, hoeing peanuts, and helping to can fruits and vegetables. She attended Curtis School, a country school, with 4-H Club. She enjoyed attending camp at Shocco Springs and learning new songs to introduce to her church where she played piano for services and her best friend, Christine led the singing. She graduated from Elba High School where she was a cheerleader. At Troy State University, she met her future husband, Bob Moore, a three-sport letterman. She majored in business education with a minor in English.

In 1958, Dollie started her educational career in Columbus, Georgia, where she was voted “Best Dressed Female Teacher.” At the end of that school year, she and Bob were married on May 24, 1959, and moved to Deland, Florida. Her teaching career also took her to Ocoee, Florida and to Houston Academy in Dothan, Alabama. Her love for sharing stories impacted students as she served as the advisor to the yearbook and school newspaper staffs. It was rare to see her without her camera to capture special moments. Her journalism connection transitioned to serving as a reporter, columnist, and photographer for the Dothan Progress. She loved to share inspirational and uplifting stories of unsung heroes in the community. She pinned many columns, Rambling Reflections and A Bit of Now and Much of Then, in which she mixed “happenings of yesteryear with those of today.” She would frequently weave stories of the family she cherished with words of encouragement and advocacy for philanthropic endeavors.

Dollie is preceded by her parents, Salbert Ashley (Bud) and Jewel Corkins Jacobs, and her brothers, Cassady Jacobs (Madelyn); Charley Jacobs; Richard Jacobs (Frances); her sisters, Dorothy Jacobs Jones (Earl) and Dora Jacobs Colquitt (Fred). She is survived by her sister, Annie Jacobs Kribs, her son, Robert Lynn Moore, Jr. (Mitzi) of Dothan; daughter, Terri Moore Cahoon (Joe) of Vestavia Hills; grandchildren, Lynn Mitchell Moore (Kimberly) of Northport; Morgan Ashley Moore of Dothan; Chandler Cahoon Cotton (Zach) of Birmingham; Taylor Cahoon Stewart (Ben) of Madison; and Merritt Lee Cahoon of Durham, NC; great-grandchild, Violet May Moore, and many nieces and nephews.

Dollie’s legacy is one of love, laughter, and the belief that every person has a story worth telling and a potential worth realizing. In honor of her love for the rural South, the family requests memorial contributions to Landmark Park https://www.landmarkparkdothan.com/tribute-fund/.

Robert and Toni Byrd · Sunset Memorial Park

1700 Barrington Rd, Midland City AL · (334) 983-6604