Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Napoleon Moore
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   MOORE
   WEATHERFORD - Napoleon MOORE was born December 12, 1907, at the Half
   Moon Ranch in Okmulgee County. He died May 23, 1994, in Clinton.
   Funeral services were held May 26 at The Chapel, with Rev. Max MALONE
   officiating. Pallbearers were Paul ARMSTRONG, Randy MOORE, Tom RIVERA,
   Dick SAWATZKY, Issy UMSCHEID, and Bill WALKER. Interment was in the
   Greenwood Cemetery.
   He attended Morris schools and graduated from Chilocco Indian School
   in 1927. He attended Haskell Institute in Lawrence, KS, and served 39
   months in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II.
   He was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for ten years at the
   Pawnee Agency and later owned the Mohawk Lodge Indian Store in Clinton
   for 30 years.
   He was preceded in death by his parents, William B. and Leona Matlock
   MOORE; three brothers (unnamed); and his wife, Dorothy Mae HOWECUM.
   His survivors include seven brothers, John MOORE of Macon, GA, Thomas
   MOORE and Lawrence MOORE, both of Okmulgee, Kenneth MOORE and Glenn
   MOORE, Sr., both of Morris, Edwin S. MOORE of Muskogee, and Marcy
   MOORE of Concharty; and cousins, nieces and nephews.