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Larry MORE Obituary
He was born Oct. 23, 1936, the son of Gertrude Rife and David Miller More Jr. Larry graduated from Grundy High School and attended Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School and Norfolk Naval Shipyard Apprentice School. He was employed by the Navy and worked as an advanced planner at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He also worked as shipyard liaison for Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and worked in Naval Occupational Safety and Health at NAVSEA in Washington, D.C. Larry was area supervisor with the Chesapeake Dept. of Parks 7 Rec. in the 1960's and 70's. He was also a member of Mathews Lions Club.
He was preceded in death in by his mother and father and a brother, David M. More III.
He is survived by his wife, Diana More; two daughters and son-in-law, Decie and Stan Shumate of Clayton, N.C., and Debbie More of Mechanicsville, Va.; and a son, Larry R. More Jr. of Powhatan, Va. He is also survived by four grandchildren, Dirk Campbell and Dani Rae Campbell and her child, K. J. Hockaday of Mechanicsville, Va., and Brandon More and Ashley More of Arkansas.
The family will receive friends at Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. immediately following the visitation.
Memorial donations may be made to: Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 297, Mathews, VA 23109. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.
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Memories and Condolences
for Larry MORE
December 1, 2009
Diama, I am sorry for your loss. My prayers and thoughs will be with you in your time of grief.
Kathy Hicks
Woman's Club of King and Queen County
Ann Pinkerton
November 30, 2009
Dear Diana, Kemp emailed me this morning about Larry. I am so sorry for your loss. I miss all of you at Lions Club and always ask Kemp about many of you..Again I am so sorry and will be thinking about you. Love Ann Parrish Pinkerton
November 30, 2009
Diana,
I was really saddened to hear of your husband's passing. My prayers are with you.
Roberta Jones
King and Queen
mike\linda chambers\dammons
November 30, 2009
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
November 30, 2009
We are very sorry to hear about Bob. Allen has very fond memories of him.
We know he will be missed. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all. Allen and Kathy More
November 29, 2009
Mary Lou and I are very saddened to
read of Bob's passing. I will never
forget the good time's coaching the
girl's softball team with Bob in GB.
To his children i thought as much of
of you as i did my own. GOD BLESS YOU
and keep you strong.You are in our
prayers.
Ralph and Mary Lou Powers
Terri More
November 29, 2009
We all are very sorry to hear about Larry Sr. We all wishes to be with you for his day. We all been thinking of you. Please call me 501-574-0293 or [email protected]. We all would like to keep in touch.
You are in my prayer,
Love Terri, Brandon and Ashley
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