1927 John

 John Raynor Moore Jr 21 Dec 1926 - 27 Aug 1998    Farmer

 
1938 John holding his sister Sally

 
John as Ahoskie HS Senior 1944
He drove the school bus that year.

 
2nd World War John III - John was drafted early because the local draft board
 got him mixed up with his brother who died at birth.
after a year of ROTC at this college in GA 1944-45, he served 3 years in Calcutta India
discharged from active duty he joined the local National Guard QM Unit
which was activated at the outbreak of the Korean war
the previous year he had attended and graduated from the newly reopened Chowan Jr College
with plans to attend UNC  in Chapel Hill
John and one other of the Unit were sent to Korea
John found himself in charge of a Grave Registration unit

 
John at Chowan College 1949-50
John was one of the Cheer Leaders

Dec 1950, Snapshot John in front took to Korea with him.
Julia, Sally, Jane, Ola, Arthur, J. R., Helen

 
John in Korea 1951

 
John, Debbie, James 1958

 
John with Debbie and James 1961

 
Citizen of the Week
Mar 16 1977 - The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald

       Summer of 1987 - John suffered two or three strokes which left him unable to speak and completely paralyzed on his right side. His wife was his devoted aide until one night in 1993 a stranger intruded into their home. John was then placed in a nursing home in Windsor and Cecile went to live in an apartment in Ahoskie. Shortly thereafter she was found dead in her apartment having also suffered a hemorrhage in the brain. In the nursing home John continued his frustrating existence with his aphasia surrounded by people who appeared to think him stupid and unaware.  When  friends or  family members  visited, he usually spent some time being mad that we had not come sooner and then finally in the last few minutes would begin to visit. He was ever mentally alert and aware but very frustrated with us in not being able to guess what it was he was trying to tell us. John's purgatory ended on the 27 Aug 1998.

        married Nov 1951 Cecile Ward Harris 23 Mar 1931-19 Jan 1994

 
1950 at Grandmother Parker's 80th Birthday Party
Cecile Harris and John Moore

 
Cecile Ward Harris Moore 1951

           a. James Elliott Moore        Librarian 

An exhibit at R. F. Sink Library, Fort Campbell, KY. on May 2, 2002
Library Director James Moore stands in front of the display .

Aug 02 - James with his Aunt Sally in his living room
photo by Bob Koestler

           b. Deborah Jane Moore     Teacher -HS English

                   i. Leslie Anne Daniels
                       married 2005 Nicholas Hoffmann

 
Leslie and Nicholas Hoffmann

                               1. Abigail Grace Hoffman  30  Oct 2005 -

 
Abigail Grace Hoffman summer 06

                               2. Jonah Ryan Hoffman 14 Oct 2007 -

                   ii. Corey Douglas Daniels

              married June 2002 Franklin Leigh

Corey, Debbie, Franklin, and Leslie

           c. John Raynor Moore III 
                               Military  

  
John in Iraq March 2004

                  married 1984 Laurie Downs Kerr   divorced September 2009

 
22 July 1984

   
 2000

July 2004 at Portsmouth, Outer Banks, NC
Raynor, Laurie, John and Ethan in front

                   i. John Raynor Moore IV

Raynor as High  School Senior 2005

                   ii. Elise Lane Moore

 
Elise Oct 2005
 "made the dress herself"

                  iii. Benjamin Ethan Carter Moore

Benjamin Ethan Carter Moore at 9 months