Ira Harrison (Harry) Moore, M.D., Austin, TX, (Batesville, MS) formerly of Atmore, Alabama, Functional Medicine physician with FORUM HEALTH, Austin, passed away on July 4, 2022, from cancer of the brain. He was sixty-nine years old.
Dr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Ben J. Moore and Frances Legge Moore and an older brother Mr. Robert (Bobby) Warren Moore, (Caroline Moore, Horn Lake, MS) all of Batesville, Mississippi.
He is survived by his spouse of forty-five years Joanne Owen Moore (Clinton, MS), his six children: Alison (Doug) English, Atlanta, GA, Lauren (Matt) Brownfield, Austin, TX, Sarah (Rob) Lee, Katy, TX, Owen (Mary Catherine) Moore, Hoover, AL, Melissa Moore of Austin, TX, Emily (Chris) Espinosa of Manor, TX, and thirteen grandchildren.
Dr. Moore attended South Panola High School in Batesville, MS, where he played as offensive guard and kicker for the 1970 Delta Valley championship football team. He graduated in 1971. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in biology with honors and distinction from Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee (1975), he went on to study medicine at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, MS, where he met his wife Joanne. They were married on December 18,1976 in the Old Chapel on the Mississippi College campus.
Dr. Moore graduated with a Doctorate of Medicine in 1979, and completed the Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program at The University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (1979-1982). One of his cherished memories was being on the sidelines as one of the team doctors for Coach Bear Bryant’s 315th career win, forever solidifying his loyalty to the University of Alabama’s football team. Roll Tide!
The summer of 1982, Dr. Moore moved his growing family to Atmore, Alabama, where he practiced family medicine for twenty-six years for Physicians Associates, which he eventually bought and changed the name to Moore Clinic for Wholeness & Health (1982-2008). His commitment to serving his patients with a holistic approach to medicine led him in 2009 to Austin, Texas, to pursue a full time Functional Medicine practice, eventually owning his own clinic, Austin Complete Health, which he sold to Forum Health, Austin where he continued to practice medicine until his health declined.
Dr. Moore was a man of deep and abiding faith. He was an active member of First Presbyterian Church during his time in Atmore, Alabama, an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, and a member of All Saints Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas. His faith led him and his wife to home educate their six children where he took an active role in their instruction by teaching them on his day off, as well as, reading Scripture and praying with them every morning. His practice of morning prayer continued until the end of his life, each day praying for his adult children, their spouses and all thirteen grandchildren.
Dr. Moore enjoyed beekeeping and many of his friends and neighbors in Atmore benefited from his yearly honey harvest. Always an avid learner, during more recent years, he dabbled with a large salt water fish aquarium, portrait painting, and playing the cello. His most recent means of relaxation he obtained by joining the Nautical Boat Club where he spent many afternoons piloting family and friends around Lake Austin. However, nothing topped his joy of Alabama football.
An alumnus of the Sigma Nu Fraternity (Epsilon Sigma Chapter, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN), Dr. Moore was also a board-certified member of the American Academy of Family Practice (1982—2022), certified by the Institute in Functional Medicine, a former Board Member of Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, FL, a former Medical Director of Atmore Nursing Care Center, Atmore, AL, a member and past president of the medical staff at Atmore Community Hospital, as well as, a member of the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society.
A Memorial Service will be held on August 13, 2022, at two o’clock in the afternoon.
All Saints Presbyterian Church, 7808 Rialto Blvd, Austin, TX 78735
In lieu of flowers the family asks that you make a donation to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN ( https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html?sc_icid=wtg-lz-donatenow ); The Source, Austin, TX ( https://giveaustin.thesource.org/give/386065/#!/donation/checkout ) or All Saints Missions ( https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/donor-form/?svcid=chrch&formId=8e297fcb-fee3-4510-a7a2-0ac653fa65e4&envid=p-WmmMt809Jk6XyUxxVtrAdg
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