An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Friday, July 12, 1968:
William Myers Moore Sr., 78, Gatesville farmer, was killed shortly after 1 p.m. Monday when the tractor he was driving overturned as he was crossing Mill Branch on the Sam Powell farm three miles north of Gatesville....
Mr. Moore was plowing on the Powell farm, breaking stubble, when it began to rain around 1 p.m. Monday. He evidently had started to drive from the field, and his pickup truck was found stuck in the creekbed. It is believed he drove the tractor to Mill Branch to pull out the truck. The tractor had crossed the creekbed and started up the opposite bank when it toppled backwards.
Funeral services for Mr. Moore were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel and were conducted by Rev. Dwayne Martin. Burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, born Feb. 23, 1890, in Mason County, had lived in Coryell County since 1918.
He was married to Miss Nannie Bell Sparkman July 25, 1909.
She died in 1961.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, William M. Moore Jr. of Gatesville, Jack C. Moore of Helena, Ark., and Bailey O. Moore of Dickinson; five daughters, Mrs. Tennie B. Barton, Mrs. Mattie D. Martin and Mrs. Bernice Barton, all of Gatesville, Mrs. Clara Bell Bailey of Quinlan and Mrs. Dollie Stephens of California; two brothers, Floyd Moore of Gatesville and Matthew Moore of McGregor; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Thompson and Mrs. Jennie Jordan, both of McGregor, Mrs. Stella Sparkman of Waco, Mrs. Minnie Cole of California and Mrs. Aretia Witt of Levita; 26 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for Mr. Moore's funeral were his grandsons—
Johnnie Lee Moore, Jim Moore, Charles, Moore, Joe C. Barton, Jr., Jim Martin, Virgil P. McAnalley, Ronnie M. Moore, Charles R. Barton, Roger E. Bailey, Joe P. Barton, Vernon D. Barton and William D. Moore.
Links to parents provided by Alice Hester, Find A Grave contributor #48200028.
William Myers Moore Sr., 78, Gatesville farmer, was killed shortly after 1 p.m. Monday when the tractor he was driving overturned as he was crossing Mill Branch on the Sam Powell farm three miles north of Gatesville....
Mr. Moore was plowing on the Powell farm, breaking stubble, when it began to rain around 1 p.m. Monday. He evidently had started to drive from the field, and his pickup truck was found stuck in the creekbed. It is believed he drove the tractor to Mill Branch to pull out the truck. The tractor had crossed the creekbed and started up the opposite bank when it toppled backwards.
Funeral services for Mr. Moore were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel and were conducted by Rev. Dwayne Martin. Burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, born Feb. 23, 1890, in Mason County, had lived in Coryell County since 1918.
He was married to Miss Nannie Bell Sparkman July 25, 1909.
She died in 1961.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, William M. Moore Jr. of Gatesville, Jack C. Moore of Helena, Ark., and Bailey O. Moore of Dickinson; five daughters, Mrs. Tennie B. Barton, Mrs. Mattie D. Martin and Mrs. Bernice Barton, all of Gatesville, Mrs. Clara Bell Bailey of Quinlan and Mrs. Dollie Stephens of California; two brothers, Floyd Moore of Gatesville and Matthew Moore of McGregor; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Thompson and Mrs. Jennie Jordan, both of McGregor, Mrs. Stella Sparkman of Waco, Mrs. Minnie Cole of California and Mrs. Aretia Witt of Levita; 26 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for Mr. Moore's funeral were his grandsons—
Johnnie Lee Moore, Jim Moore, Charles, Moore, Joe C. Barton, Jr., Jim Martin, Virgil P. McAnalley, Ronnie M. Moore, Charles R. Barton, Roger E. Bailey, Joe P. Barton, Vernon D. Barton and William D. Moore.
Links to parents provided by Alice Hester, Find A Grave contributor #48200028.
An Obituary from "Gatesville Messenger & Star Forum," Friday, July 12, 1968:
William Myers Moore Sr., 78, Gatesville farmer, was killed shortly after 1 p.m. Monday when the tractor he was driving overturned as he was crossing Mill Branch on the Sam Powell farm three miles north of Gatesville....
Mr. Moore was plowing on the Powell farm, breaking stubble, when it began to rain around 1 p.m. Monday. He evidently had started to drive from the field, and his pickup truck was found stuck in the creekbed. It is believed he drove the tractor to Mill Branch to pull out the truck. The tractor had crossed the creekbed and started up the opposite bank when it toppled backwards.
Funeral services for Mr. Moore were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel and were conducted by Rev. Dwayne Martin. Burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, born Feb. 23, 1890, in Mason County, had lived in Coryell County since 1918.
He was married to Miss Nannie Bell Sparkman July 25, 1909.
She died in 1961.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, William M. Moore Jr. of Gatesville, Jack C. Moore of Helena, Ark., and Bailey O. Moore of Dickinson; five daughters, Mrs. Tennie B. Barton, Mrs. Mattie D. Martin and Mrs. Bernice Barton, all of Gatesville, Mrs. Clara Bell Bailey of Quinlan and Mrs. Dollie Stephens of California; two brothers, Floyd Moore of Gatesville and Matthew Moore of McGregor; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Thompson and Mrs. Jennie Jordan, both of McGregor, Mrs. Stella Sparkman of Waco, Mrs. Minnie Cole of California and Mrs. Aretia Witt of Levita; 26 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for Mr. Moore's funeral were his grandsons—
Johnnie Lee Moore, Jim Moore, Charles, Moore, Joe C. Barton, Jr., Jim Martin, Virgil P. McAnalley, Ronnie M. Moore, Charles R. Barton, Roger E. Bailey, Joe P. Barton, Vernon D. Barton and William D. Moore.
Links to parents provided by Alice Hester, Find A Grave contributor #48200028.
William Myers Moore Sr., 78, Gatesville farmer, was killed shortly after 1 p.m. Monday when the tractor he was driving overturned as he was crossing Mill Branch on the Sam Powell farm three miles north of Gatesville....
Mr. Moore was plowing on the Powell farm, breaking stubble, when it began to rain around 1 p.m. Monday. He evidently had started to drive from the field, and his pickup truck was found stuck in the creekbed. It is believed he drove the tractor to Mill Branch to pull out the truck. The tractor had crossed the creekbed and started up the opposite bank when it toppled backwards.
Funeral services for Mr. Moore were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Scott's Funeral Home chapel and were conducted by Rev. Dwayne Martin. Burial was in Restland Cemetery.
Mr. Moore, born Feb. 23, 1890, in Mason County, had lived in Coryell County since 1918.
He was married to Miss Nannie Bell Sparkman July 25, 1909.
She died in 1961.
Mr. Moore was a member of the Baptist Church.
Surviving are three sons, William M. Moore Jr. of Gatesville, Jack C. Moore of Helena, Ark., and Bailey O. Moore of Dickinson; five daughters, Mrs. Tennie B. Barton, Mrs. Mattie D. Martin and Mrs. Bernice Barton, all of Gatesville, Mrs. Clara Bell Bailey of Quinlan and Mrs. Dollie Stephens of California; two brothers, Floyd Moore of Gatesville and Matthew Moore of McGregor; five sisters, Mrs. Mary Thompson and Mrs. Jennie Jordan, both of McGregor, Mrs. Stella Sparkman of Waco, Mrs. Minnie Cole of California and Mrs. Aretia Witt of Levita; 26 grandchildren and a host of great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for Mr. Moore's funeral were his grandsons—
Johnnie Lee Moore, Jim Moore, Charles, Moore, Joe C. Barton, Jr., Jim Martin, Virgil P. McAnalley, Ronnie M. Moore, Charles R. Barton, Roger E. Bailey, Joe P. Barton, Vernon D. Barton and William D. Moore.
Links to parents provided by Alice Hester, Find A Grave contributor #48200028.
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