Grace Moorehouse
November 28, 1915 — August 11, 2011
Grace Moorehouse
Grace Moorehouse, 95, of Kingsport, TN, passed away on Thursday morning August 11, 2011. She is survived by her son, Robert E. Moorehouse II; daughter-in-law, Marsha Whitlock Moorehouse; grandson and wife, John Moorehouse and Sandi Larkins Moorehouse; special nephew, Bill Moorehouse, who visited her at least once a week for more than a decade; and a host of nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Moorehouse; father, Reverend Charles L. Poulston and mother, Margaret Click Poulston.
Born Vola Grace Poulston on Nov. 28, 1915 in Clicktown in Hawkins County, she was raised in various communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia while her father served as a Methodist preacher. She graduated from Thomas Walker High School, then attended various institutions of higher learning, eventually achieving a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. During her time at Winthrop, she was instructed by Edwin Hughes, whose own teacher studied with Carl Czerny, who was a protégé of Beethoven.
Grace was a member of various organizations, including the Kingsport Music Club, Tennessee Music Teachers Association, Tennessee Music Educators Association and Virginia Music Educators Association. She was also initiated in 1963 to the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority.
Grace taught chorus and art at Gate City High School from 1956 to 1964, and also worked as a private piano instructor from her teen years well into her 80s. Her piano students included several members of the Carter family, including June Carter. They would take the train down from Endota to Hiltons, have their lesson, spend the night and then take the train home the next morning. Also active in her church, Grace served as choir director and organist at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church for nearly a quarter century.
Visitation for friends and family will be held at 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home in Kingsport. Funeral services will take place immediately thereafter, followed by a graveside service at Holston View Cemetery in Weber City, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to Amedisys Hospice, at 200 Professional Park Blvd, Kingsport, Tenn., 37663.
Born Vola Grace Poulston on Nov. 28, 1915 in Clicktown in Hawkins County, she was raised in various communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia while her father served as a Methodist preacher. She graduated from Thomas Walker High School, then attended various institutions of higher learning, eventually achieving a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. During her time at Winthrop, she was instructed by Edwin Hughes, whose own teacher studied with Carl Czerny, who was a protégé of Beethoven.
Grace was a member of various organizations, including the Kingsport Music Club, Tennessee Music Teachers Association, Tennessee Music Educators Association and Virginia Music Educators Association. She was also initiated in 1963 to the Delta Kappa Gamma sorority.
Grace taught chorus and art at Gate City High School from 1956 to 1964, and also worked as a private piano instructor from her teen years well into her 80s. Her piano students included several members of the Carter family, including June Carter. They would take the train down from Endota to Hiltons, have their lesson, spend the night and then take the train home the next morning. Also active in her church, Grace served as choir director and organist at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church for nearly a quarter century.
Visitation for friends and family will be held at 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home in Kingsport. Funeral services will take place immediately thereafter, followed by a graveside service at Holston View Cemetery in Weber City, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to Amedisys Hospice, at 200 Professional Park Blvd, Kingsport, Tenn., 37663.
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