CHARLES MOORE

1921 - 2018

April 13, 1921 - April 18, 2018 OKLAHOMA CITY Charles Albert Moore, age 97, of Oklahoma City, was born April 13, 1921, in Hugo, OK and raised in Cushing, OK. Charles passed away on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. After he graduated from Cushing High School, Charles joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. During WWII, he was stationed in the Caribbean and made many lifelong friends. He married Helen Suzanne Metz, and they had one child, Gary James Moore. On March 21, 1955, he married Edna Louise Thompson, and they had one child, Charles A "Chuck" Moore, Jr., and adopted another child, Lori Jane. Charles retired from the U.S. Government as an aircraft safety investigator on the KC-135. A multi-talented man, he loved music and western dancing as well as playing the harmonica and the violin. After retiring, he enjoyed oil painting, wood carving with the OKC Woodcarvers Club and helped his wife with sewing and quilting. Survivors include his children, Gary Moore and wife Kathy, of Las Vegas, NV; Charles A. Moore Jr. and wife Stormy, of OKC; and Lori Walker, of Wichita, KS; grandchildren, Michael D. Walker, Trevian D. Walker, Laura L. Moore, and Charles A. Moore III; and great-grandchild, Dottie Walker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Emmit and Bessie; brothers, Theron and Neal; and sisters, Reba, Cledith, Berniece, and Eldean. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Monday April 23, 2018, at the Bill Eisenhour Northeast Chapel with interment to follow at Arlington Memory Gardens.