Joanne Cullom Moore of Corona, Tennessee, passed away April 14, 2025 at her daughter's residence among the company of her loving family. She was the widow of Samuel Stockley Moore of Corona.

Mrs. Moore was born January 3, 1935 in her grandparents' home at her family's place near Wilson, Mississippi County Arkansas. Her parents were the late Joseph Ransom Cullom, Jr., and his wife, Katherine Virginia Jones Cullom. Her grandparents were Joseph R. Cullom Sr. and his wife, Caroline Thurman Cullom, and John George Jones and his wife, Betty Nelle Cox Jones.

She leaves her daughter, Katherine Melissa Moore Faber, her son-in-law Richard Denis Faber of Memphis, and three grandchildren, Madeline Stockley Faber, Emily Katherine Faber, and Samuel Aaron Faber. She also leaves her brother and his wife, Joseph Ransom "Ranny" Cullom III and Charmayne Kimball Cullom of Colorado and Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Mrs. Moore attended elementary school in Wilson, St. Agnes Academy in Memphis, and graduated from the High School Department of Gulf Park College for Women in Gulfport, Mississippi. She graduated from Vanderbilt University, cum laude. After graduating, she worked in the Market Research Department of Proctor and Gamble.

She was keenly interested in history and genealogy. She was first appointed to the Tennessee Historical Commission in 1987 and served for 31 years in that position, serving under five different governors and playing an integral role in the Historical Markers Program and the Tennessee Wars Commission. In 2022, the Tennessee Legislature voted a Resolution of Recognition of thanks for her 31 years of service.

Through her extensive genealogical research, she documented 57 ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War and 26 who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. She was the first woman president of the West Tennessee Historical Society, which had its origins in 1854. She chartered the Cleburne-Forrest Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and she was an Honorary President of the Arkansas Division, UDC, serving as Chairman of the UDC Room in the Old State House in Little Rock. Later, she was a member of General Forrest Chapter UDC in Memphis. In recognition for her service and achievements in the UDC, she was awarded the Winnie Davis medal and the Jefferson Davis Gold Medal.

She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Watauga Chapter. She was a member and Governor of the Tennessee Company of the Jamestowne Society, and in that capacity, represented Tennessee at the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Jamestowne. She was a Life Member of the Descendants of Ancient Planters and a Life Member of the American Friends of Lafayette. She was a member of the Daughters of the Cincinnati. Mrs. Moore also belonged to the Friends of St. George's and the Descendants of the Knights of Garter. She was a Life Member of the Huguenot Society, Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia, in which she served as President of the Captain Nicholas Martiau Chapter, Memphis and also as the National Chaplain.

Other memberships include the Society of 1812; the Daughters of American Colonists; the National Society of the Colonial Dames in Arkansas; the Memphis Town Committee NSCDA, TN; the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne; the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty; the Magna Charta Society; the Colonial Dames of America Chapter VII; Life Member of the Huguenot Society in Great Britain and Ireland; Charter member of the Carter Society; Charter Member of First Families of Tennessee; the Tennessee Historical Society; the East Tennessee Historical Society; the Williamson County Tennessee Historical Society; the Tennessee Genealogical Society; the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society; and she was a Charter Member of the Mississippi County Arkansas Historical Society. She was a former member of the Economics Club of Memphis, and she is a member of the English Speaking Union of Memphis. She served on the Tennessee State Records Advisory Board and the Tipton County Tennessee Planning Board. She is a member of the Descendants of Early Settlers of Shelby County, of which she was a member.

Mrs. Moore wrote Some History of the Jouett Family, as well as Some History of the Wilson, Arkansas Methodist Church. This church was established by her great grandfather, John Charles Cullom, and R.E.Lee and Elizabeth Beall Wilson. She penned ten entries for the two history books published by the Descendants of Shelby and Adjoining Counties. She wrote 22 historical and genealogical articles and essays for the "Confederate Veteran" magazine; the "Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Magazine"; the Delta Review; the West Tennessee Historical Society Papers; the Williamson County Tennessee Historical Society Journal; and she had articles in history books on Rutherford, Montgomery, Fayette, Obion, and Haywood Counties in Tennessee.

A memorial service honoring Mrs. Moore will be held on Monday, April 21, 4:30 pm, at Temple Israel, 1376 East Massey Road, Memphis, TN 38120.

Donations may be made to any of the organizations listed above or to Temple Israel.