F.C. Moore Jr., 74

Rock Island resident and Van Buren County native Fred Clay Moore Jr., 74, died April 16 at River Park Hospital after a three-week illness.

A trucker driver with McMinnville Concrete and Sullens Transport and a member of Mt. Elim Baptist Church, he was the son of Fred C. and Gertie Blackbird Bishop Moore Sr.; he was preceded in death by son, Jeffery Moore; daughter, Rhonda Moore; grandson, Kevin Mosca; sisters, Mary Pack and Freda Delong; and brothers, Pat and O.J. Moore.

He is survived by his wife, Willie B. Moore; son, Fred C. (Rowdy) Moore III of Rock Island; daughter and son-in-law, Delta and Nicalou Couto of Rock Island; grandsons, Joseph and Michael Mosca; stepchildren and their spouses, Cathy and Edward McCarty of Michigan, David and Mary Poss of Florida, Larry and Martha Poss of Mexico; nine step-grandchildren and one great-grandson; brother, Sammy Moore of Maryville; sisters, Barbara Childress of Dallas, Texas, Margie Delong, Dorothy Palmer and Gracie Lawson, all of Rock Island.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at High’s Chapel with Willard Ralph Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Peeled Chestnut Cemetery in White County. Visitation will be held until time of service today at High’s.

High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 18, 2004