Durward Moore

Durward Elworth "Bob" Moore Durward Elworth "Bob" Moore, 72, passed onto his heavenly reward on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005 at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana. Visitation will be Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Corsicana. Interment will follow at the National Cemetery in Dallas. Mr. Moore retired after twenty years in 1970 as a Sergeant First Class from the U.S. Army where he served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Mr. Moore was the recipient of three Bronze Star medals, the Air Medal, two Purple Hearts, three Army Commendation medals, six Good Conduct medals, National Defense Medal with oak leaf cluster, United Nations Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Service Medal with four Bronze Stars, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon with Campaign Device, the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Paratrooper Badge with two Bronze Stars denoting parachute jumps behind enemy lines during the Korean War, Expert Badge with Rifle Bar and a Sharpshooter Badge with Carbine and Automatic Rifle Bars. During his military war-time service, he served in six different military campaigns: The United Nations Offensive Campaign, the CCF Intervention Campaign, the first UN Counter Offensive Campaign, the Vietnam Counter-offensive Phase III Campaign and the Vietnam TET Offensive Campaign. Mr. Moore served at various military posts including Fort Campbell, Ky; Fort Polk, La; Fort Riley, Kan; Fort Benning, Ga; Fort Eustis, Va; Fort Lee, Va; Fort Hood; Bamberg, West Germany; the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Vietnam. Upon his retirement from the U.S. Army, Mr. Moore became plant superintendent of a Universal Rundle manufacturing plant in Union Point, Ga, and he later transferred to and assumed a similar position in Corsicana from which he subsequently retired. In retirement, Mr. Moore was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion and Corsicana?s First United Methodist Church where he enjoyed fellowship and committee service. He also enjoyed his activities with his children and grandchildren with the Boy Scouts, the Cub Scouts, as "Room Father" at Bowie Elementary School, as Lincoln Elementary School PTO Vice President, and once when he was brought to school by one of his granddaughters for "Show and Tell." Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents, seven brothers and one sister. He is survived by his wife of over 52 years, Edna Blanche Jordan Moore, and his four children, Garland C. "Gary" Moore and daughter-in-law Irene S. Moore of Conyers, Ga.; Deborah Gayle Moore Sikes and son-in-law, Billy Mack Sikes, of Bastrop, Texas; James Durward Moore and daughter-in-law Karen S. Moore of Magnolia; and Travis Jordan Hill Moore and his fiancee Melissa Riggs of Dallas. Additional survivors are his five grandchildren Jordan Sikes, Leyla Moore, Carey Moore, U.S. Navy Seaman Joshua Sikes and U.S.M.C. Private Matthew Sikes. Mr. Moore is also survived by his only living brother Alvin Moore of Maxeys, Ga. and his sister-in-law Marjorie Hill of Woodville as well as numerous nephews and nieces, and his beloved kitty cat, T.C.. Should friends so choose, the family asks that donations in lieu of flowers in Mr. Moore's memory be made to the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, or the Methodist Children's Home in Waco.

Durward Moore

February 14, 1933 - December 3, 2005