Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....MOORE, CHARLIE BURNS January 14, 2017
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News Star World - January 17, 2017
CHARLIE BURNS MOORE

Funeral services for Charlie Burns Moore, 79, will be Tuesday, January 17, 2017 
at First United Methodist Church, Monroe, with Rev. Lynn Malone and Rev. J. 
Roddy Taylor officiating. Visitation will be 9:30 AM until service time. Burial 
will follow at Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church Cemetery in Fort Necessity, LA.

Colonel Moore was born at Fort Necessity to parents, Eli Steven Moore and Agnes 
Emma Ross Moore. He married Elizabeth Jean Kiper of Winnsboro, February 7, 1960 
and they began an Air Force career of 30 years after they both graduated from 
LSU. He received his Air Force Commission through ROTC at LSU. Colonel Moore 
was a proud product of Fort Necessity High School. He went to LSU for his B.S. 
in Business Administration and then later to the University of Alabama as an 
active duty Air Force officer for his M.B.A.

Charlie was a member of FUMC Monroe and of Aldersgate Sunday School class, and 
also worked on many committees and projects. He was an avid country music 
lover, and enjoyed playing guitar, and singing the country classics. He was an 
enthusiastic sports fan, mostly football and basketball, but a fanatic LSU 
sports anything. He was inducted into LSU Hall of Honor in 2010. He was a Sigma 
Chi.

Colonel Moore received many awards and honors in his Air Force career. His 
career spanned Supply and Logistics, Missile Operations (Titan II and MACE B), 
and Training and Education. After retiring he headed the Air Force Junior ROTC 
Unit at West Monroe High School for ten years. Colonel Moore is a lifelong 
member of American Legion and VFW, and a member of the Military Officers 
Association of American. He was president of the local and state units.

He was a member of the Selman Field Historical Association and helped plan many 
reunions of the navigators who trained at Selman Field during WWII. He held 
office of treasurer and board member of the Chennault Aviation and Military 
Museum. Colonel Moore was an avid reader and enjoyed serving on Friends of the 
Library Board. He loved the outdoors, scenery, sunsets, flowers, and 
landscapes.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Jean Moore; daughters, Deborah Lynn 
Moore Huntley and husband Andrew, Melynne Moore Rust and husband Jay; son, 
David Paul Moore; grandchildren, Chelsie Huntley, Heidi Huntley, Madelyn 
Huntley, Wilson Rust, Meredith Rust, April Rust; great grandchildren, Rhys 
Smith; brother, Faydette Moore; sister, Vikki Haring and husband Tommy; and 
numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Pallbearers will be Edwin Ray Bryan, Michael Bryan, Steve Edward Moore, Steve 
Sellers Moore, James Felton Moore, and Terry Haring.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Monroe, LA or Boeuf 
Prairie Methodist Church, Fort Necessity, LA.

Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com

Mulhearn Funeral Home

Sterlington Road

Monroe, LA 

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