Harget Franklin Moore's Obituary
Mr. Harget Franklin Moore, age 93, formerly of Applewood Street, died Friday, December 31, 2010.
Funeral services for Mr. Moore will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, in Parkwood Baptist Church. The Rev. Michael Waters, Rev. Steve Davis and Rev Darrel Coble will officiate. The body will be placed in the church thirty minutes prior to the service. Burial with full military honors will follow in Carolina Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at Lady's Funeral Home from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Monday and at other times they will be at the home of his daughter, Betty M. Lambert.
Mr. Moore was born in Chesterfield County, SC, August 21, 1917, a son of the late Walter Henry Moore and Ollie Oliver Moore. One of eleven children, he was preceded in death by his five brothers and three sisters. He was married on May 9, 1942, to Mamie Elizabeth Tucker Moore, who died in September 2008.
In March 1941, he entered the U.S. Army during World War II. As a communications operator with the Field Artillery he received distinguished awards for his heroic achievements, including a Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Purple Heart Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal an EAMET Campaign Medal, Four Bronze Service Stars and personal written recognition from Commanding Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark, U.S. Army for his bravery and commitment while wounded and under fire on March 6, 1944 near Mount Trocchio, Italy. Upon his return from World War II, he was employed with Cannon Mills where he worked for many years as a guard at gate #3 of plant #1. He was a member of Parkwood Baptist Church and the Allen-Graham Masonic Lodge in Kannapolis.
Survivors include two sons, Raymond Lamar Moore of Gold Hill and James Edward "Eddie" Moore and his wife, Glenna of Kannapolis and a daughter, Betty Moore Lambert and her husband, Barry of Kannapolis. He is also survived by two brothers, Robert "Bob" Moore of Kannapolis and Knox Moore of Ruby, SC; six grandchildren, Brian Michael Lambert and wife Carol, Brent Mark Lambert and wife Jane, Julie Proctor, Jeffery Lamar Moore, Kelly Michelle Smith and husband J.D., and Lisa Moore; nine great-grandchildren, Austin, Blake, Connor and Barrett Lambert, Brianna and Michael Lambert, Madison Moore, Michaela Eagle and Hunter James Smith.
The family would like to extend a special "Thank You" to Caremoor Retirement Center and the entire staff for their loving care of Mr. Moore and his wife Mamie since May 2007 and to Mike Reavis and the staff Of Lady's Funeral Home for their kindness, friendship and guidance through-out the years.
Memorials for Mr. Moore may be directed to: Parkwood Baptist Church, 1069 Central Drive, Concord, NC 28027 or Hospice & Palliative Care of Cabarrus County, 5003 Hospice Lane, Kannapolis, NC 28081.
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