Raymond Wesley Moore

Raymond Wesley Moore, age 87, of LaFollette, TN passed away on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at LaFollette Nursing Home. He was a member of First Baptist Church of LaFollette where he served as a teacher and a deacon. He also spent 15 months in Africa as a lay missionary. Raymond is a 32nd degree mason. Raymond was born in Warren (Trumbell County), Ohio on June 6, 1924 to Mr. William & Marie Helen Riggs Moore. He graduated from Champion High School in 1943 and served in WWII in the Air Force. In September 1946 he married Marjorie, his wife of 65 years. He and his father were in the coal business for 25 years in Ohio. He and his wife moved to LaFollette in 1975.

He was preceded in death by father and mother William & Helen Moore, son Michael Raymond Moore, sister Edith Pope, two aunts Edna Browning & Irene Moore both of Phoenix, AZ.

He is survived by his wife Marjorie Moore, children Patricia Ann Curtis of Lisbon, OH, William Earl Moore of Negley, OH, Michael Moore of Salem, OH and Mark Moore of LaFollette, TN, brother Clyde Moore and wife Maureen of Harrogate, TN, sister Marian O'Mahon and husband David of Warren, OH, 8 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, as well as cousins, nieces, and nephews.

Funeral service will be at 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 25, 2011 in the Martin Wilson Chapel with Dr. Duane Mills officiating. Family will receive friends prior to the service from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Martin Wilson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

Ms. Moore's guest book can be viewed at www.martinwilsonfuneralhome.com