Luther W. Moore

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Birth: Jul. 21, 1889 Robeson County North Carolina, USA

Death: Dec. 4, 1957 Prospect (Robeson County) Robeson County North Carolina, USA

Luther Ward was the son of Rev. W. L and Mary Catherine Oxendine Moore. He married Nora Rebecca Smith.

The following was taken from the Dec. 6, 1957 edition of THE ROBESONIAN:

Luther Moore, 68, of Maxton, route 3, died Wednesday morning at four o'clock at his home in the Prospect community, after an illness of several years. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the Old Prospect Methodist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Simeon Cummings, who will be assisted by Rev. Venus Brooks and Rev. Jakie Locklear. Burial will be in the family cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nora Moore; six sons, Herbert, Charles, Earl, Richard, and Claude Moore, all of the Pembroke area, and Carl Moore of the Armed Forces; five daughters, Mrs. Richard Baker, Princeton, Ind., Mrs. Rudolph Hunt, Lumberton, route 4, Mrs. Newton Cummings, Maxton, route 3. Mrs. Henry Locklear, Wakulla, and Miss Geneva Moore of the home; 12 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Noah Dial, Maxton, and Mrs. Earley Bullard, route 3, Maxton.

Pallbearers will be Simeon Dial, Adolph Dial, Herman Dial, Clement Bullard, Charles Luther Moore, and Henry Moore.

Honorary pallbearers will be James Isham Locklear, McCollum Locklear, Willie Goins, Rev. M. L. Lowry, Rev. D. F. Lowry, R. H. Livermore.

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Parents:

• William Luther Moore (1857 - 1930)
• Mary Catherine Oxendine Moore (1854 - 1928)

Spouse:

*Nora Rebecca Smith Moore (1903 - 1991)

Children:

*Luther Harbert Moore (1926 - 2013)*

• Earl C. Moore (1937 - 2010)*

Inscription:

Our darling one has gone before to greet us on that blissful shore.

Burial: Moore Family Cemetery Prospect (Robeson County) Robeson County North Carolina, USA

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