Mary Elizabeth

Chandler

Mary Elizabeth "Li'l Bit" Chandler was born to George Moore and Louise

Booker Moore on November 1, 1940, All Saints Day (as she liked to remind her daughters) in Englewood, NJ. She grew up attending her family's church, Ebenezer Baptist Church.

Mary worked for many years building communication equipment for US Naval Ships, and then changed career fields to healthcare. She received her LPN license and worked as a caregiver until she retired.

Mary loved to fish and to thrift shop. She was always very excited to share what she had "coordinated" from her thrifting trips. She had a green thumb and maintained the most beautiful plants to show it. And she loved her home state of New Jersey. She has lived in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands; Savannah and Stone Mountain, Georgia; and Virginia Beach, Virginia but New Jersey always beckoned her back home.

Mary has left an indelible mark on so many with her quick wit and insightful wisdom. Those who know Mary know she always had a quip to go with any situation, and her most notable one being: "Anything beats a blank." She had an outgoing personality and knew no strangers. Even though in later years, she kept to herself, she maintained a small group of friends at the Senior Residence where she lived who kept her laughing and young at heart.

She leaves to mourn: her daughters, Ulkema Scott (Richmond, VA), Latarra Moore (Ruskin, FL) and Anisa Moore (Stone Mountain, GA); grandchildren, Mariyah Moore, Darius Jackson, Takeem Moore, Xantia Simmons, Christopher McCray, Imani McCray and Elijah Settles; great-grandchildren, Masyn Moore, Elijah Moore, Tamir Moore and Layla Jackson; her brother, Thomas Moore; her nephew, Carl Woodley and a host of family and friends.

Mary is preceded in death by her parents and sisters, Margaret McNair, Gloria Woodley and Peaches Moore.