Evelyn Hanes Moore Horton Rickert
Winston-Salem ~ Evelyn Hanes Moore Horton Rickert, was born November 4, 1937, the second child of Rosalie Hazen Hanes and Thomas Owen Moore, Sr. Begat by a Force of Nature, it was inevitable that Evelyn became one herself. Signs of this were in evidence early. At age 12, Evelyn staged a flawless rendition of the musical Annie Get Your Gun to great acclaim at 345 Arbor Road with her best friend and future stepsister Tish Rice. Sixty years later, they could remount the show at a moment's notice. She married Hamilton Cowles Horton, Jr in February 1963 - after asking and receiving her mother's approval - and they shared 43 years of marital bliss. He often said "Like the Doge's palace in St. Mark's Square, your mother is a blend of Romanesque, Gothic and Byzantine elements." She begat her daughter Rosalie in January 1964 after a torrid Haitian honeymoon. Evelyn enjoyed a childhood of perfect summers at Camp Merrie-Woode and down at Morehead, finished Summit under Miss Futrell and graduated from St. Timothy's in Maryland ; thence on to Sweetbriar and Chapel Hill, after which she began her love affair with France, studying at Middlebury, McGill, the Sorbonne, then UVA where she received her Masters in 1962 having written her thesis on Andre Gide. She taught French at Fairfax Hall in Charlottesville then at Reynolds High School here and for the rest of her life was stopped by her former students and told what a wonderful teacher she had been and how she had inspired them with her enthusiasm. She didn't need a decorator because she had exquisite taste and could easily transform any room into one that exuded casual elegance. As a consummate hostess and capital L Lady, she always put everyone else first, and was in her element in the receiving line. Her beautifully expressed thank you notes and macaroni and cheese were legendary, and it never bothered her a bit that the family dogs slept on or the family cats shredded her fancy fabrics. She embodied kindness, generosity, elegance and good manners at all times and never had a short fuse - even under physical or emotional duress, her poise remained intact and her empathy engaged. Patience was her most natural virtue and state of being, and she never sought accolades or leadership for their own sake but freely gave her time, boundless energy, and prodigious organizational skills to her most cherished causes, whether teaching juvenile offenders how to read after she received a second Masters degree in Learning Disabilities, or to the Dumbarton House Board of Directors or to shut-ins receiving home Communion. She gave love freely and constantly such that she received love once again after Ham died when she fell in love with the charming Bob Rickert with whom she shared a profoundly deep symbiosis and 5 wonderful years. She was the perfect family matriarch and is proudly survived by her her husband Bob, her daughter Rosalie, her granddogs Taco and Gracie, her stepsister Tish Rice Wilkinson, her sister in law Millie Moore Henning, her niece Lee Moore Crawford (David) and grand niece Lydia, her nephews Rob (Angel) and Tom (Constance) Moore, their children David, Elizabeth, Tom IV, and George, as well as by Bob's daughters MaryAnn Rickert Lennon and Beth (Gigi) Rickert, their children Duncan, Alex and Molly Lennon and Mary Byrd and Annie Ewell, and by her Horton nieces and nephews Ginger, Reid, Eric and Candice Hoke. Her much adored, supremely handsome brother Tommy, who always claimed Evelyn was the smartest one in the family, predeceased her in 2001. On her omnibus address book which she copied over and amended every year, she had this quote taped on her 2015 cover : "The Body heals with play, the Mind heals with laughter and the Spirit heals with joy." Evelyn was the essence of joy in thought, word and deed. She was the best mother a child could possibly have because her love was enveloping, constant and unconditional. Lady Evelyn's vivacity, determination, hospitality and grace personified southern sprezzatura and will live forever and continue to inspire those who were left behind when she boarded her monogrammed rocket to Heaven. Verit‚ sans peur. A Memorial service will be held at Calvary Moravian Church Wednesday May 20 at 2 o'clock with a reception following for friends and family at the home afterwards. Memorials should be sent to Calvary Moravian Church 600 Holly Avenue NW, 27101 and to NSCDA-NC, 224 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 - the Museum Houses Trust Fund. Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite variety.
Winston-Salem Journal, Monday, May 18, 2015
Winston-Salem ~ Evelyn Hanes Moore Horton Rickert, was born November 4, 1937, the second child of Rosalie Hazen Hanes and Thomas Owen Moore, Sr. Begat by a Force of Nature, it was inevitable that Evelyn became one herself. Signs of this were in evidence early. At age 12, Evelyn staged a flawless rendition of the musical Annie Get Your Gun to great acclaim at 345 Arbor Road with her best friend and future stepsister Tish Rice. Sixty years later, they could remount the show at a moment's notice. She married Hamilton Cowles Horton, Jr in February 1963 - after asking and receiving her mother's approval - and they shared 43 years of marital bliss. He often said "Like the Doge's palace in St. Mark's Square, your mother is a blend of Romanesque, Gothic and Byzantine elements." She begat her daughter Rosalie in January 1964 after a torrid Haitian honeymoon. Evelyn enjoyed a childhood of perfect summers at Camp Merrie-Woode and down at Morehead, finished Summit under Miss Futrell and graduated from St. Timothy's in Maryland ; thence on to Sweetbriar and Chapel Hill, after which she began her love affair with France, studying at Middlebury, McGill, the Sorbonne, then UVA where she received her Masters in 1962 having written her thesis on Andre Gide. She taught French at Fairfax Hall in Charlottesville then at Reynolds High School here and for the rest of her life was stopped by her former students and told what a wonderful teacher she had been and how she had inspired them with her enthusiasm. She didn't need a decorator because she had exquisite taste and could easily transform any room into one that exuded casual elegance. As a consummate hostess and capital L Lady, she always put everyone else first, and was in her element in the receiving line. Her beautifully expressed thank you notes and macaroni and cheese were legendary, and it never bothered her a bit that the family dogs slept on or the family cats shredded her fancy fabrics. She embodied kindness, generosity, elegance and good manners at all times and never had a short fuse - even under physical or emotional duress, her poise remained intact and her empathy engaged. Patience was her most natural virtue and state of being, and she never sought accolades or leadership for their own sake but freely gave her time, boundless energy, and prodigious organizational skills to her most cherished causes, whether teaching juvenile offenders how to read after she received a second Masters degree in Learning Disabilities, or to the Dumbarton House Board of Directors or to shut-ins receiving home Communion. She gave love freely and constantly such that she received love once again after Ham died when she fell in love with the charming Bob Rickert with whom she shared a profoundly deep symbiosis and 5 wonderful years. She was the perfect family matriarch and is proudly survived by her her husband Bob, her daughter Rosalie, her granddogs Taco and Gracie, her stepsister Tish Rice Wilkinson, her sister in law Millie Moore Henning, her niece Lee Moore Crawford (David) and grand niece Lydia, her nephews Rob (Angel) and Tom (Constance) Moore, their children David, Elizabeth, Tom IV, and George, as well as by Bob's daughters MaryAnn Rickert Lennon and Beth (Gigi) Rickert, their children Duncan, Alex and Molly Lennon and Mary Byrd and Annie Ewell, and by her Horton nieces and nephews Ginger, Reid, Eric and Candice Hoke. Her much adored, supremely handsome brother Tommy, who always claimed Evelyn was the smartest one in the family, predeceased her in 2001. On her omnibus address book which she copied over and amended every year, she had this quote taped on her 2015 cover : "The Body heals with play, the Mind heals with laughter and the Spirit heals with joy." Evelyn was the essence of joy in thought, word and deed. She was the best mother a child could possibly have because her love was enveloping, constant and unconditional. Lady Evelyn's vivacity, determination, hospitality and grace personified southern sprezzatura and will live forever and continue to inspire those who were left behind when she boarded her monogrammed rocket to Heaven. Verit‚ sans peur. A Memorial service will be held at Calvary Moravian Church Wednesday May 20 at 2 o'clock with a reception following for friends and family at the home afterwards. Memorials should be sent to Calvary Moravian Church 600 Holly Avenue NW, 27101 and to NSCDA-NC, 224 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 - the Museum Houses Trust Fund. Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite variety.
Winston-Salem Journal, Monday, May 18, 2015
Evelyn Hanes Moore Horton Rickert
Winston-Salem ~ Evelyn Hanes Moore Horton Rickert, was born November 4, 1937, the second child of Rosalie Hazen Hanes and Thomas Owen Moore, Sr. Begat by a Force of Nature, it was inevitable that Evelyn became one herself. Signs of this were in evidence early. At age 12, Evelyn staged a flawless rendition of the musical Annie Get Your Gun to great acclaim at 345 Arbor Road with her best friend and future stepsister Tish Rice. Sixty years later, they could remount the show at a moment's notice. She married Hamilton Cowles Horton, Jr in February 1963 - after asking and receiving her mother's approval - and they shared 43 years of marital bliss. He often said "Like the Doge's palace in St. Mark's Square, your mother is a blend of Romanesque, Gothic and Byzantine elements." She begat her daughter Rosalie in January 1964 after a torrid Haitian honeymoon. Evelyn enjoyed a childhood of perfect summers at Camp Merrie-Woode and down at Morehead, finished Summit under Miss Futrell and graduated from St. Timothy's in Maryland ; thence on to Sweetbriar and Chapel Hill, after which she began her love affair with France, studying at Middlebury, McGill, the Sorbonne, then UVA where she received her Masters in 1962 having written her thesis on Andre Gide. She taught French at Fairfax Hall in Charlottesville then at Reynolds High School here and for the rest of her life was stopped by her former students and told what a wonderful teacher she had been and how she had inspired them with her enthusiasm. She didn't need a decorator because she had exquisite taste and could easily transform any room into one that exuded casual elegance. As a consummate hostess and capital L Lady, she always put everyone else first, and was in her element in the receiving line. Her beautifully expressed thank you notes and macaroni and cheese were legendary, and it never bothered her a bit that the family dogs slept on or the family cats shredded her fancy fabrics. She embodied kindness, generosity, elegance and good manners at all times and never had a short fuse - even under physical or emotional duress, her poise remained intact and her empathy engaged. Patience was her most natural virtue and state of being, and she never sought accolades or leadership for their own sake but freely gave her time, boundless energy, and prodigious organizational skills to her most cherished causes, whether teaching juvenile offenders how to read after she received a second Masters degree in Learning Disabilities, or to the Dumbarton House Board of Directors or to shut-ins receiving home Communion. She gave love freely and constantly such that she received love once again after Ham died when she fell in love with the charming Bob Rickert with whom she shared a profoundly deep symbiosis and 5 wonderful years. She was the perfect family matriarch and is proudly survived by her her husband Bob, her daughter Rosalie, her granddogs Taco and Gracie, her stepsister Tish Rice Wilkinson, her sister in law Millie Moore Henning, her niece Lee Moore Crawford (David) and grand niece Lydia, her nephews Rob (Angel) and Tom (Constance) Moore, their children David, Elizabeth, Tom IV, and George, as well as by Bob's daughters MaryAnn Rickert Lennon and Beth (Gigi) Rickert, their children Duncan, Alex and Molly Lennon and Mary Byrd and Annie Ewell, and by her Horton nieces and nephews Ginger, Reid, Eric and Candice Hoke. Her much adored, supremely handsome brother Tommy, who always claimed Evelyn was the smartest one in the family, predeceased her in 2001. On her omnibus address book which she copied over and amended every year, she had this quote taped on her 2015 cover : "The Body heals with play, the Mind heals with laughter and the Spirit heals with joy." Evelyn was the essence of joy in thought, word and deed. She was the best mother a child could possibly have because her love was enveloping, constant and unconditional. Lady Evelyn's vivacity, determination, hospitality and grace personified southern sprezzatura and will live forever and continue to inspire those who were left behind when she boarded her monogrammed rocket to Heaven. Verit‚ sans peur. A Memorial service will be held at Calvary Moravian Church Wednesday May 20 at 2 o'clock with a reception following for friends and family at the home afterwards. Memorials should be sent to Calvary Moravian Church 600 Holly Avenue NW, 27101 and to NSCDA-NC, 224 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 - the Museum Houses Trust Fund. Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite variety.
Winston-Salem Journal, Monday, May 18, 2015
Winston-Salem ~ Evelyn Hanes Moore Horton Rickert, was born November 4, 1937, the second child of Rosalie Hazen Hanes and Thomas Owen Moore, Sr. Begat by a Force of Nature, it was inevitable that Evelyn became one herself. Signs of this were in evidence early. At age 12, Evelyn staged a flawless rendition of the musical Annie Get Your Gun to great acclaim at 345 Arbor Road with her best friend and future stepsister Tish Rice. Sixty years later, they could remount the show at a moment's notice. She married Hamilton Cowles Horton, Jr in February 1963 - after asking and receiving her mother's approval - and they shared 43 years of marital bliss. He often said "Like the Doge's palace in St. Mark's Square, your mother is a blend of Romanesque, Gothic and Byzantine elements." She begat her daughter Rosalie in January 1964 after a torrid Haitian honeymoon. Evelyn enjoyed a childhood of perfect summers at Camp Merrie-Woode and down at Morehead, finished Summit under Miss Futrell and graduated from St. Timothy's in Maryland ; thence on to Sweetbriar and Chapel Hill, after which she began her love affair with France, studying at Middlebury, McGill, the Sorbonne, then UVA where she received her Masters in 1962 having written her thesis on Andre Gide. She taught French at Fairfax Hall in Charlottesville then at Reynolds High School here and for the rest of her life was stopped by her former students and told what a wonderful teacher she had been and how she had inspired them with her enthusiasm. She didn't need a decorator because she had exquisite taste and could easily transform any room into one that exuded casual elegance. As a consummate hostess and capital L Lady, she always put everyone else first, and was in her element in the receiving line. Her beautifully expressed thank you notes and macaroni and cheese were legendary, and it never bothered her a bit that the family dogs slept on or the family cats shredded her fancy fabrics. She embodied kindness, generosity, elegance and good manners at all times and never had a short fuse - even under physical or emotional duress, her poise remained intact and her empathy engaged. Patience was her most natural virtue and state of being, and she never sought accolades or leadership for their own sake but freely gave her time, boundless energy, and prodigious organizational skills to her most cherished causes, whether teaching juvenile offenders how to read after she received a second Masters degree in Learning Disabilities, or to the Dumbarton House Board of Directors or to shut-ins receiving home Communion. She gave love freely and constantly such that she received love once again after Ham died when she fell in love with the charming Bob Rickert with whom she shared a profoundly deep symbiosis and 5 wonderful years. She was the perfect family matriarch and is proudly survived by her her husband Bob, her daughter Rosalie, her granddogs Taco and Gracie, her stepsister Tish Rice Wilkinson, her sister in law Millie Moore Henning, her niece Lee Moore Crawford (David) and grand niece Lydia, her nephews Rob (Angel) and Tom (Constance) Moore, their children David, Elizabeth, Tom IV, and George, as well as by Bob's daughters MaryAnn Rickert Lennon and Beth (Gigi) Rickert, their children Duncan, Alex and Molly Lennon and Mary Byrd and Annie Ewell, and by her Horton nieces and nephews Ginger, Reid, Eric and Candice Hoke. Her much adored, supremely handsome brother Tommy, who always claimed Evelyn was the smartest one in the family, predeceased her in 2001. On her omnibus address book which she copied over and amended every year, she had this quote taped on her 2015 cover : "The Body heals with play, the Mind heals with laughter and the Spirit heals with joy." Evelyn was the essence of joy in thought, word and deed. She was the best mother a child could possibly have because her love was enveloping, constant and unconditional. Lady Evelyn's vivacity, determination, hospitality and grace personified southern sprezzatura and will live forever and continue to inspire those who were left behind when she boarded her monogrammed rocket to Heaven. Verit‚ sans peur. A Memorial service will be held at Calvary Moravian Church Wednesday May 20 at 2 o'clock with a reception following for friends and family at the home afterwards. Memorials should be sent to Calvary Moravian Church 600 Holly Avenue NW, 27101 and to NSCDA-NC, 224 Market Street Wilmington, NC 28401 - the Museum Houses Trust Fund. Age could not wither nor custom stale her infinite variety.
Winston-Salem Journal, Monday, May 18, 2015
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