Joseph Morgan "Chuck" Moore

© Marietta Monitor

Love County, January 10, 2003, page 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Joseph Morgan "Chuck" Moore, 83, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, were held at 11 a.m., December 30, at Bayview Fisher-Pou Chapel, Pensacola, Florida.

Mr. Moore was the son of David R. and Josephine Moore. He died Friday, December 27, 2002, in Pensacola.

A former Marietta resident, Mr. Moore had resided in Gulf Breeze since 1986. He was a member of Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church. Mr. Moore graduated from Gainesville High School, Gainesville, Texas, and North Central Texas College. He attended the University of Oklahoma during and before World War II. Mr. Moore served in both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. Upon leaving the service, he held the rank of Captain. Mr. Moore had spent his Air Force career as a pilot, training young men to become navigators for combat. He and Mary Gladys Forson of Overbrook were married in 1944, and she preceded him in death.

Survivors include two daughters and son-in-law, Patricia and John Adkison of Gulf Breeze and Carol Wells of Liberty, Missouri; three sons and daughter-in-law, Paul Morgan Moore of Palm Springs, California, Thomas Moore of Gulf Breeze and David R. and Tanya Moore of Sherman, Texas; six grand-children; and a brother, John Rudolph Moore of Whitesboro, Texas.

Mr. Moore was also preceded in death by his parents; and a brother, David Wade Moore of Marietta.

The services were attended by many relatives from North Texas and Southern Oklahoma.

Interment was in a crypt at Bayview Memorial Park, under the direction of Bayview Fisher-Pou Funeral Home, Pensacola.