band during their elderly years, she freely and lovingly cared for the elders of her church. She cooked meals for them and treated them like family. After Tom's passing in 1995, Nila lived with her daughter, Doris, and family and helped raise grandchildren while Doris was working. She was very close to all of her grandchildren and she cared for them very much. She was their caregiver, cook, advisor, and friend and will be remembered by all. Nila is preceded in death by her parents, Ralph Moore and Lou Reva Goode Moore, her loving husband, Tom, her daughter, Virginia McDonough, and her brothers, Ernest, Leslie, and Vernon. She is survived by her daughter, Rhonda S Balli (Ricardo Sr.) of Donna and Doris Dudley (Mark) of Edcouch, grandchildren, Reva M. Guerra (Gabriel), Ricardo Balli Jr. (Erica), Brittany L. Dudley, Chis R. Dudley, Tyler Dudley, Walker Dudley, and Ginger Dudley, great-grandchildren, Trey Balli, Maddy Balli, Celeste Guerra, Megan Guerra, and numerous nephews and nieces.