Jefferson, OK -- Leonard E. Moore 1890 - 1987

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                       Moore, Leonard E. 1890 - 1987
                                      
   Waurika News Democrat, Thursday, March 19, 1987
   
   Leonard E. Moore
   
   Leonard Moore, 96, pioneer Jefferson County resident, died Saturday,
   March 14, 1987, in the Jefferson County Hospital at Waurika, Oklahoma,
   after an extended illness.
   
   Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, in the First
   United Methodist Church in Waurika with Dr. Joe Langley, pastor,
   officiating. Burial was in the Waurika Cemetery under the direction of
   Willis C. Worley and Sons Funeral Home in Waurika.
   
   Leonard Elbert Moore was born July 16, 1890 in Hunt County, Texas. He
   was one of 11 children born to William T. and Sarah Donelson Moore.
   The family moved from Titus County, Texas, to Jefferson County,
   Oklahoma in 1907, and settled on a farm south of Waurika.
   
   On October 26, 1910, in Waurika, he married Hattie Lou Patterson,
   daughter of Jefferson Alexander and N. Ella Cook Patterson, and the
   couple made their home in Antlers, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. In
   1912, they returned to Jefferson County and settled on a farm east of
   town. Mrs. Moore died October 17, 1957.
   
   In 1959, Moore retired from farming and married Mandy Campbell. The
   couple made their home in Waurika. She died July 21, 1979.
   
   Moore had been a resident of the nursing home since June, 1985. He was
   a retired farmer and a member of the First United Methodist Church of
   Waurika.
   
   Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Roden of Waurika; two sons, Dallas
   Leon and Donald Eugene, both of Waurika; a sister, Jessie Benson of
   Archer City, Texas; 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and
   three great-great-grandchildren. A daughter, Loyce Hurt, preceded him
   in death in 1967.
   
   The family suggests memorials be made to the Oklahoma Medical Research
   Foundation (emphysema) 825 Northeast 13th Street, Oklahoma City,
   Oklahoma 73104.
   
   Pall bearers were Bill Rich, Hayden Teeter, Buck Cullar, Babe Cephus,
   Gene Peach and Max Wells.