Date of birth: 08 Dec 1891
Date of death: 21 Jun 1986

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Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0341-01
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US ARMY
Rank: SGT - Sergeant
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR I

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Notes

Birth: 08 Dec 1891 - Fulton, Itawamba Co., MS
Death: 21 Jun 1986 - Cleveland, Bolivar Co., MS

Obituary
Richard C. Moore
Richard Curtis Moore, 94, of Cleveland died June 21 at Bolivar County Hospital. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday from First United Methodist Church in Lexington with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery. Fletcher Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

A native of Fulton, he was a retired rural letter carrier with the United States Postal Service. He was a veteran of World War I, having served in the U.S. Army in France. A graduate of Mississippi Southern College, now the University of Southern Mississippi, he was a teacher in Itawamba, Lamar and Holmes Counties.

Mr. Moore was a Sunday school superintendent at Acona Methodist Church and at Lexington Methodist Church for 29 years, as well as being a lay speaker for the Methodist Church and a lifetime member of the Lexington Methodist Men’s Club. He and his wife — Lota Lee McRae Moore, who preceded him in death in 1980 — moved to Cleveland in 1973.

He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Brady (Rosalie) Cole of Boyle; son, Richard Curtis Moore, Jr. of Boyle; sisters, Mrs. Vela Gray of Tupelo and Mrs. Doyle Brown of Fulton; brother, Lloyd C. Moore of Fulton; and five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The Holmes County Herald – Page 3
Lexington, MS
June 26, 1986

Military Inscription
Sgt US Army
World War I

Family Members

Parents
Clemmon C. Moore
Mary Lillie Harden Moore

Siblings
William James Moore
Ella Jane Moore Pierce
Mittie Ethel Moore Spencer
Anselm Yancy Moore
Birdie L. Moore Burch
Theophilus O. Moore
Mary Vela Moore Gray
Evan Paul Moore
Mazie Moore Brown
Thomas Elmer Moore
Dovie Moore Brown
Raymond Gerdie Moore
Lloyd Clifton Moore
Floyd Lemuel Moore
Edwin Earl Moore

Spouse
Lotta Lee McRae Moore
1897-1980

Children Richard Curtis Moore, Jr.
Rosalie Moore Cole
1923-2020

More information, family relationships, and images may be found by CLICKING HERE (external link)

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