Richard Rueben Moore was born September 11, 1933 in Danville, VA.  He died June 13, 2015 at the VA hospital in Augusta, GA.  He was the son of Howard Russell Moore and Dora Soyars Moore, who are both deceased. He was one of ten children.  He was the youngest of six boys. He had five brothers and one sister who preceded him in death. They were Nelson Paige Moore, Hiram Wayland Moore, Stephen Alexander Moore, Kenneth Soyars Moore, Wallace Carroll Moore, and Addie Moore Spangler. He has three surviving  sisters: Rachel Moore of Athens, GA; Patricia Hammond of Duluth, GA; and Irma Harrelson of Kentwood, LA. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews and many cousins.

He loved his family, music, and hotdogs.  He loved to write poetry, and when he was growing up, he had one of his poems printed in the Danville Register and Bee.

He graduated from George Washington High School in Danville, VA, and soon thereafter entered military service.  He served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Germany. After four years of service, he received an honorable discharge.  He then moved to Atlanta,GA,  where he worked for the U.S. government and attended Georgia Institute of Technology.  He struggled with many health problems, and after becoming disabled, he spent many years being cared for by his mother, his brother Hiram, and finally by his sister Pat, with the invaluable assistance of many caring men and women who worked for the Veteran’s Administration. 

He spent the greatest portion of his adult life living with his brother Hiram, and then ultimately lived out the remainder of his days at Five Ponds Personal Care Home, in Hephzibah, GA.   There he was cared for by the family of Billy Carroll and Fernando Peeples.  He was diagnosed with lung cancer in June 2015 and spent only a few days in a Veteran’s Administration hospice facility before going home to Jesus, excited about being reunited with his family who had gone before him and meeting His Savior face to face. What people remember most about Richard was his sweet spirit and his grateful heart.  He was truly thankful for all that he had, for every act of kindness, and for the people who cared for and loved  him.  Richard had the rare gift of focusing on the good, regardless of his circumstances.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Swicegood Funeral Home with Dr. Charles Scearce officiating. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at Swicegood Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Moore-Soyars Family Cemetery on Loomfixer Road, Danville, VA.

Military honors will be provided by a United States Army detachment out of Roanoke, Va.

Swicegood Funeral Home is respectfully serving the Moore family.

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