Ada Bliss Moore Kirkland, 104, died Saturday, December 27, 2014, at Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehab Center.
Bliss was born near Conetoe, NC, Edgecombe County, August 29, 1910, one of eleven children born to Julia Martha Brown Moore and David Oscar Moore. She was a member of Victory Praise and Worship Center in Scotland Neck, NC and later attended First Pentecostal Holiness church in Roanoke Rapids, NC after moving there. From an early age, God blessed her with a musical ability to play the piano, a talent which she has shared through the years at the churches she has attended.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest L. Kirkland; parents, Julia Martha Brown Moore and David Oscar Moore; six sisters, Cora Elizabeth Moore, Mable Chessie Cobourn, Martha Delphia Moore, Annie Gertrude Hale, Mary Elizabeth Moore , and Lillie Butler Bradshaw; four brothers, Posie Linwood Moore, Raymond Oscar Moore, David Raymond Moore and Joseph T. Moore.
Surviving is her sister-in-law, Josephine Harris Moore, of Roanoke Rapids, NC and numerous nieces and nephews from multiple generations.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, December 30, 2014 from 6-8 pm at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service in Roanoke Rapids, which is handling arrangements. Rev. Tony Smith will conduct a graveside service at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery in Scotland Neck, NC Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at 11:00 am.
For those not familiar with the Scotland Neck area, you are welcome to meet at the funeral home no later than 10:00 am, where a member of the funeral home staff will lead you to the cemetery.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com