Doris Marie Walton

- Doris Moore Walton of Farragut, peacefully passed away in her home of 69 years on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the age of 98. She loved her family well. Doris was born in Maynardville, the oldest child to Vaughn and Edith Ailor Moore. She grew up playing in the shadows of the Union County Court House. She graduated from Horace Maynard High School and attended L.M.U. From 1944 until 1955 she worked at the Oak Ridge Manhattan Project mostly as the secretary to the Y-12 Plant Medical Director. It was working in Oak Ridge that she met her beloved Joe and they married at the Chapel on the Hill on July 18, 1953.

In 1955, Doris and Joe moved to Concord which is now Farragut. She was a long time and faithful member of Concord United Methodist Church and active in the United Methodist Woman.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Owen Moore and her devoted husband Joe. She is survived by her brother Harold Moore (Luz) of Corryton, and her three daughters and son in laws; Jean and Paul (Mike) McGowan, Jr., D.D.S., Jill and Tom Gilbertson, Julia and Major Brian Tobler (USMC/Ret.) She was the epitome of a grandmother (Mimi) to Justin Rich (Danielle), Walton Gilbertson (Lauren), Megan Blackwell (Drew), Max Garland (Marissa), Ali Rawlins (Andy), Paul D. McGowan III (Erin), Gavin McGowan, Taylor Tobler (Natalie), Kyle Tobler and Haley Tobler. She enjoyed her 3 great grandchildren Nora Blackwell, Emma Rawlins and Mason McGowan.

The family would like to thank her caregivers Veronica and AliCia and the staff of Amedisys Hospice.

“Fine and Dandy, Sweet as Candy”, she was a treasure.

A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, April 12, 2024, at 2:00 P.M. at Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive, Knoxville, TN 37934. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to Concord United Methodist Church Building Fund.