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Martin Luther Moore

Birth
Laurens County, South Carolina, USA
Death
23 Mar 1959 (aged 75)
West Columbia, Lexington County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Square 50, Lot 110, Grave 1
Memorial ID
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Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: his parents are not listed. He was divorced and his former spouse is not listed. He was a retail grocer. He lived at 900 D. Ave and died there of pulmonary failure due to chronic (hard to read next word) pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. The informant was Mrs. Betty Lawless of the same address.

Found in The State 25 March 1959: Funeral services for Martin L. Moore, 75, of 900 D Avenue, West Columbia, who died Monday at his home, will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Thompson Funeral Home by the Rev. Everette Croxton and the Rev. Joe Tyler. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. He was born in Laurens County, but had made his home in West Columbia for 10 years. Mr. Moore was a retired grocery store operator and a member of the Green Street Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Betty Lawless of West Columbia; a son, M. R. Moore of Cayce; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Brewer of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Mamie Jones of Greenville and Mrs. Allie Martin of Laurens, and five grandchildren.
Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: his parents are not listed. He was divorced and his former spouse is not listed. He was a retail grocer. He lived at 900 D. Ave and died there of pulmonary failure due to chronic (hard to read next word) pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema. The informant was Mrs. Betty Lawless of the same address.

Found in The State 25 March 1959: Funeral services for Martin L. Moore, 75, of 900 D Avenue, West Columbia, who died Monday at his home, will be conducted at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the Thompson Funeral Home by the Rev. Everette Croxton and the Rev. Joe Tyler. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. He was born in Laurens County, but had made his home in West Columbia for 10 years. Mr. Moore was a retired grocery store operator and a member of the Green Street Methodist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Betty Lawless of West Columbia; a son, M. R. Moore of Cayce; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Brewer of Memphis, Tenn., Mrs. Mamie Jones of Greenville and Mrs. Allie Martin of Laurens, and five grandchildren.

Gravesite Details

Transcribed from the book Interment Records of Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, SC (three volumes)



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