GUY MOORE, JR., son of George Guy Moore, Sr., and Lois Tart Moore, was born March 9, 1927, in Duck Hill, Mississippi, and departed this life February 11, 2013, in Osage Beach, Missouri, at the age of eighty-five years.
On June 7, 1957, Guy was united in marriage with Patsy Pleasant and to this union was born four sons, all surviving. Prior to Patsy's passing on January 28, 2005, they had celebrated forty-seven years of love and laughter together.
Guy joined the United States Army in 1945. He was involved in Co "A" 16th Infantry, and 1st Infantry Division in Germany, Co "C" 13th Engineer "Combat" Battalion, 7th Infantry Division in Korea, "A" Troup, 2nd Squad, 9th Calvary, 24th Infantry Division in Germany, as well as Co "A", 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Co "A," 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, and Retired from the Army in Fort Jackson, SC 1969 with HHC Committee Group, 3rd Army.
While in the service, Guy received the following medals and awards; Combat Infantry Badge "CIB" 2nd Award, Expert Infantry Badge, Army of Occupation Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Korean Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with "V" Device, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device 60, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation Badge. Serving our country was very important to Guy. He took pride in his accomplishments and remained dedicated to the future successes of our country.
After retiring from the Army, Guy became a "sports junkie." He was an avid Yankee fan. He also enjoyed University of Kentucky basketball and Dallas Cowboy football. However, his most treasured moments were those spent with his family. They were most important to him.
Guy is survived by four sons, Billy Paul and his wife Donna of Buffalo, MO, Robert Joe, also of Buffalo, MO, Ernie Dean and his wife Loridean of Lebanon, MO and Danny Earl Moore and his wife Lisa of Nixa, MO; one sister, Mary Alma Franklin of Magee, MS; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Elbert Henry Moore, and Arnold Lee Moore; and one sister, Emma Bell McKenzie.
Guy was a wonderful father, grandfather, brother and friend. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all whose lives he touched.
Funeral services for Guy Moore, Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery in Springfield, under the direction of Shadel's Colonial Chapel of Lebanon.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until service time at 11 a.m. at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
On June 7, 1957, Guy was united in marriage with Patsy Pleasant and to this union was born four sons, all surviving. Prior to Patsy's passing on January 28, 2005, they had celebrated forty-seven years of love and laughter together.
Guy joined the United States Army in 1945. He was involved in Co "A" 16th Infantry, and 1st Infantry Division in Germany, Co "C" 13th Engineer "Combat" Battalion, 7th Infantry Division in Korea, "A" Troup, 2nd Squad, 9th Calvary, 24th Infantry Division in Germany, as well as Co "A", 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Co "A," 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, and Retired from the Army in Fort Jackson, SC 1969 with HHC Committee Group, 3rd Army.
While in the service, Guy received the following medals and awards; Combat Infantry Badge "CIB" 2nd Award, Expert Infantry Badge, Army of Occupation Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Korean Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with "V" Device, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device 60, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation Badge. Serving our country was very important to Guy. He took pride in his accomplishments and remained dedicated to the future successes of our country.
After retiring from the Army, Guy became a "sports junkie." He was an avid Yankee fan. He also enjoyed University of Kentucky basketball and Dallas Cowboy football. However, his most treasured moments were those spent with his family. They were most important to him.
Guy is survived by four sons, Billy Paul and his wife Donna of Buffalo, MO, Robert Joe, also of Buffalo, MO, Ernie Dean and his wife Loridean of Lebanon, MO and Danny Earl Moore and his wife Lisa of Nixa, MO; one sister, Mary Alma Franklin of Magee, MS; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Elbert Henry Moore, and Arnold Lee Moore; and one sister, Emma Bell McKenzie.
Guy was a wonderful father, grandfather, brother and friend. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all whose lives he touched.
Funeral services for Guy Moore, Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery in Springfield, under the direction of Shadel's Colonial Chapel of Lebanon.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until service time at 11 a.m. at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
GUY MOORE, JR., son of George Guy Moore, Sr., and Lois Tart Moore, was born March 9, 1927, in Duck Hill, Mississippi, and departed this life February 11, 2013, in Osage Beach, Missouri, at the age of eighty-five years.
On June 7, 1957, Guy was united in marriage with Patsy Pleasant and to this union was born four sons, all surviving. Prior to Patsy's passing on January 28, 2005, they had celebrated forty-seven years of love and laughter together.
Guy joined the United States Army in 1945. He was involved in Co "A" 16th Infantry, and 1st Infantry Division in Germany, Co "C" 13th Engineer "Combat" Battalion, 7th Infantry Division in Korea, "A" Troup, 2nd Squad, 9th Calvary, 24th Infantry Division in Germany, as well as Co "A", 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Co "A," 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, and Retired from the Army in Fort Jackson, SC 1969 with HHC Committee Group, 3rd Army.
While in the service, Guy received the following medals and awards; Combat Infantry Badge "CIB" 2nd Award, Expert Infantry Badge, Army of Occupation Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Korean Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with "V" Device, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device 60, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation Badge. Serving our country was very important to Guy. He took pride in his accomplishments and remained dedicated to the future successes of our country.
After retiring from the Army, Guy became a "sports junkie." He was an avid Yankee fan. He also enjoyed University of Kentucky basketball and Dallas Cowboy football. However, his most treasured moments were those spent with his family. They were most important to him.
Guy is survived by four sons, Billy Paul and his wife Donna of Buffalo, MO, Robert Joe, also of Buffalo, MO, Ernie Dean and his wife Loridean of Lebanon, MO and Danny Earl Moore and his wife Lisa of Nixa, MO; one sister, Mary Alma Franklin of Magee, MS; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Elbert Henry Moore, and Arnold Lee Moore; and one sister, Emma Bell McKenzie.
Guy was a wonderful father, grandfather, brother and friend. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all whose lives he touched.
Funeral services for Guy Moore, Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery in Springfield, under the direction of Shadel's Colonial Chapel of Lebanon.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until service time at 11 a.m. at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
On June 7, 1957, Guy was united in marriage with Patsy Pleasant and to this union was born four sons, all surviving. Prior to Patsy's passing on January 28, 2005, they had celebrated forty-seven years of love and laughter together.
Guy joined the United States Army in 1945. He was involved in Co "A" 16th Infantry, and 1st Infantry Division in Germany, Co "C" 13th Engineer "Combat" Battalion, 7th Infantry Division in Korea, "A" Troup, 2nd Squad, 9th Calvary, 24th Infantry Division in Germany, as well as Co "A", 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, Co "A," 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam, and Retired from the Army in Fort Jackson, SC 1969 with HHC Committee Group, 3rd Army.
While in the service, Guy received the following medals and awards; Combat Infantry Badge "CIB" 2nd Award, Expert Infantry Badge, Army of Occupation Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Korean Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Korean Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal 1st Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star with "V" Device, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device 60, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation Badge. Serving our country was very important to Guy. He took pride in his accomplishments and remained dedicated to the future successes of our country.
After retiring from the Army, Guy became a "sports junkie." He was an avid Yankee fan. He also enjoyed University of Kentucky basketball and Dallas Cowboy football. However, his most treasured moments were those spent with his family. They were most important to him.
Guy is survived by four sons, Billy Paul and his wife Donna of Buffalo, MO, Robert Joe, also of Buffalo, MO, Ernie Dean and his wife Loridean of Lebanon, MO and Danny Earl Moore and his wife Lisa of Nixa, MO; one sister, Mary Alma Franklin of Magee, MS; nine grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Elbert Henry Moore, and Arnold Lee Moore; and one sister, Emma Bell McKenzie.
Guy was a wonderful father, grandfather, brother and friend. He will be greatly missed and fondly remembered by all whose lives he touched.
Funeral services for Guy Moore, Jr. will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013 at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
Burial will be in White Chapel Cemetery in Springfield, under the direction of Shadel's Colonial Chapel of Lebanon.
Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until service time at 11 a.m. at Shadel's Colonial Chapel.
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