Kellis (Dick) D. Moore

KELLIS DICKY MOORE "DICK"

DICK WAS BORN OCTOBER 29, 1932, TO DILLARD AND BEULAH CUNAGIN MOORE AT MOORE'S CREEK, KENTUCKY. HE MET AND MARRIED HIS COLLEGE SWEETHEART, MADGE HAMM, ON DECEMBER 28, 1952, AND THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 70TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN DECEMBER 2022. THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, SUSAN KELLY MOORE, WHO PASSED AWAY IN 2022, AND MARTY LYNN MOORE.

DICK GRADUATED FROM TYNER HIGH SCHOOL IN TYNER, KENTUCKY.

ATTENDED SUE BENNETT JUNIOR COLLEGE IN LONDON, KENTUCKY, BEFORE JOINING THE AIR FORCE IN NOVEMBER, 1953. HE WAS A PERSONNEL SPECIALIST FOR THE AIR FORCE SERVING TWENTY-FOUR YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1975.

DURING HIS AIR FORCE CAREER, THE FAMILY MOVED-OFTEN FROM BASE TO BASE MAKING MANY LIFETIME FRIENDS AT EACH ASSIGNMENT.

HE ALWAYS SAID HIS BEST TOUR OF DUTY WAS HAWAII WHERE WE LIVED FOR FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS. HE LOVED THE BEACH AND OCEAN SPENDING MANY HOURS JUST WATCHING THE WAVES ROLL UP ON THE SAND.

ONCE HE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE, HE WENT BACK TO SCHOOL GETTING HIS BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN ZOOLOGY AND THEN HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING. HE WORKED FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS AS A REHAB COUNSELOR FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS BEFORE RETIRING IN OCTOBER, 1995.

DICK WAS AN AVID GOLFER, HE LOVED THE CHALLENGE OF GOLF COURSES WHEREVER WE LIVED. IN HAWAII, HE PLAYED SO MUCH THAT HE GOT HIS HANDICAP DOWN TO A "5" FOR WHICH HE WAS VERY PROUD.

HE WON ONE TOURNAMENT WHILE THERE, HIS ONLY WIN, AND HE WAS SO HAPPY TO DISPLAY HIS TROPHY.

WHILE LIVING IN SEGUIN, TEXAS, DICK BECAME CLOSE. FRIENDS WITH A D.P.S. TROOPER AND WOULD OFTEN RIDE WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS ON DUTY. THIS STARTED AN INTEREST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AFTER A SHORT TIME, DICK BECAME A RESERVE DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR GUADALUPE COUNTY, A JOB HE TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY AND THOROUGHLY.

DICK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MADGE, DAUGHTER MARTY, VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS JERRY AND NORMA COUNCE AND RICHARD AND ALICIA FERRY. SISTER GENEVIEVE HARRELL, MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS WHERE ALL THE YOUNGER GENERATION CALL HIM "GRANDPA DICK."

DICK IS WITH HIS "PUNKIN (DAUGHTER SUSAN) NOW.

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