Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Rene Moore will be held at Brookhaven Funeral Home on Friday, May 22, 2026, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, with an evening of visitation also at the funeral home on Thursday from 5 o’clock until 8 o’clock. Graveside services will be held on Friday following the funeral in Stewart Cemetery (Bogue Chitto, MS).

Mrs. Dorothy Rene Moore, 79, of Bogue Chitto, MS passed away on Monday, May 18, 2026. She was born in Sicily Island, Louisiana, on August 12, 1946, to Everett and Mabel Posey Jackson.

Dorothy loved her family; of course she loved her children and grands, but her brothers and sisters also maintained a special bond that she always cherished. She had zest for life and enjoyed traveling and being active, whether she was cooking, sewing, quilting, gardening, or fishing.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and by her husbands, Solon B. Moore and Ben Wilkinson; as well as six brothers, Robert Jackson, Earl K. Jackson, Edgar and Edward Jackson, Henry Jackson; three sisters, Betty Carroll, Rachael Rippy, and Mary Jane Furr; and her daughter-in-law, Bonita Moore.

Those left to cherish her memory include her children, Tony Moore, Patricia Bailey (Roger), and Maybelle Townsend (Bubba); grandchildren, Hannah Moore, Summer Moore, Tara Blackwell (Jimmy), Robert Bailey, William Townsend (Alyssa), and Bryar Townsend (Christian); great-grandchildren, Britt, Maddex, J.C., Layton, Beaux, Molly (Blake), Tucker (Alaina), Tana (Kenny), Solon, Ryleigh, Evelyn, and Westley; one expected great-grandchild, Maverick; two great-great grandchildren, Kingston and Grayson; and her brother, Clifton Jackson.