Retired Col. Albert N. Gore Jr.

1930 - 2024

Retired Chaplain (Colonel) Albert N Gore, Jr age 94, passed peacefully into his eternal home on Friday, November 29, 2024, at Oktibbeha County Regional Medical Center in Starkville, MS after suffering injuries from a fall. He was born April 28, 1930 in Toccapola in Pontotoc County, Mississippi to Albert N Gore, Sr. and Mattie Rose Gore. He was a graduate of and valedictorian of his class at Mathiston High School. He earned a B.A. in Sociology from Millsaps College, and a Masters of Divinity from Duke University in 1957. His ministry carried him to lead congregations in many towns throughout VA, NC and MS before his retirement in 2003. In 1961 he wanted to serve his country so he joined the US Army as a Chaplain, and ministered to soldiers at Fort Hood, TX (2nd Armor Division), Schweinfurt, Germany (3rd Infantry Division), Fort Campbell, KY (101st Airborne Division), Vietnam (500th Transportation Group, 173rd Airborne Brigade), Fort Bragg, NC, (Special Forces (Green Beret) Training Command), and Okinawa, Japan (1st Special Forces (Green Beret) Training Command). He was a Master Parachutist and Jump Master, completing 91 jumps in his Army career jumping into South Korea, Taiwan, and the US. During his 13 years in the active Army he received numerous commendations including the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. He was a member of the US Army Ready Reserve until 1990 and attained the rank of Colonel at retirement. After his active military service, he served as the Director of the Albemarle Mental Health department in Elizabeth City, NC and provided alcohol and drug counseling there for 7 years. He then returned to the ministry preaching to congregations in NC, VA, and lastly in MS. After his retirement, he married his high school sweetheart, Bobbie McClain Lewis and settled in Starkville. He served as the Chairman of the Oktibbeha County Democratic Executive Committee and in 2012, he won the Democratic primary for US Senate seat representing Mississippi, where he made a respectable showing in the general election. He enjoyed lifelong hobbies of collecting postage stamps, cultivating roses, and tending to his vegetable and flower gardens. He loved animals and would always make sure any strays that visited were fed. Mr. Gore was preceded in death by his wife, Bobbie; his parents, his brother, William Ralph Gore; two sisters, Belle Dora Gore Hickman, and Mary Edith Gore Hancock and his first wife, Daisy Abernathy Gore. He is survived by his son, Albert N. Gore, III (Jeannette), Hillsborough, NC; daughter, Andrea Celeste Gore Barczewska (Ralph), Alberta, Canada; grandsons, David Gore Jackson, and Garen Barczewska, Alberta, Canada; granddaughters, Rudi Barczewska and Aiden Barczewska, Alberta, Canada; one brother, Thomas Pryor Gore, High Point, NC; several nieces and nephews and a special step-daughter, Denise Waldrep (Brian), Greenville, SC. Funeral Services for Mr. Gore will be held at 2:00PM on Wednesday, December 6, 2024, at Oliver Funeral Home Chapel in Eupora, MS. The family will receive friends for a time of Visitation on Wednesday, December 6, 2024, at Oliver Funeral Home from 1:00PM until time for services at 2:00PM. Interment will follow at North Union Cemetery in Bellefontaine, MS. arrangements are being handled by Oliver Funeral home, Eupora, MS. Oliver Funeral Home of Eupora is in charge of all arrangements. You may go online and leave a message of condolence for the family and sign the guest register at www.ofheupora.com