Charlie Burns Moore

Colonel Charlie Burns Moore

Funeral services for Charlie Burns Moore, 79, will be Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at First United Methodist Church, Monroe, with Rev. Lynn Malone and Rev. J. Roddy Taylor officiating. Visitation will be 9:30 AM until service time. Burial will follow at Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church Cemetery in Fort Necessity, LA.

Colonel Moore was born at Fort Necessity to parents, Eli Steven Moore and Agnes Emma Ross Moore. He married Elizabeth Jean Kiper of Winnsboro, February 7, 1960 and they began an Air Force career of 30 years after they both graduated from LSU. He received his Air Force Commission through ROTC at LSU. Colonel Moore was a proud product of Fort Necessity High School. He went to LSU for his B.S. in Business Administration and then later to the University of Alabama as an active duty Air Force officer for his M.B.A.

Charlie was a member of FUMC Monroe and of Aldersgate Sunday School class, and also worked on many committees and projects. He was an avid country music lover, and enjoyed playing guitar, and singing the country classics. He was an enthusiastic sports fan, mostly football and basketball, but a fanatic LSU sports anything. He was inducted into LSU Hall of Honor in 2010. He was a Sigma Chi.

Colonel Moore received many awards and honors in his Air Force career. His career spanned Supply and Logistics, Missile Operations (Titan II and MACE B), and Training and Education. After retiring he headed the Air Force Junior ROTC Unit at West Monroe High School for ten years. Colonel Moore is a lifelong member of American Legion and VFW, and a member of the Military Officers Association of American. He was president of the local and state units.

He was a member of the Selman Field Historical Association and helped plan many reunions of the navigators who trained at Selman Field during WWII. He held office of treasurer and board member of the Chennault Aviation and Military Museum. Colonel Moore was an avid reader and enjoyed serving on Friends of the Library Board. He loved the outdoors, scenery, sunsets, flowers, and landscapes.

Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Jean Moore; daughters, Deborah Lynn Moore Huntley and husband Andrew, Melynne Moore Rust and husband Jay; son, David Paul Moore; grandchildren, Chelsie Huntley, Heidi Huntley, Madelyn Huntley, Wilson Rust, Meredith Rust, April Rust; great grandchildren, Rhys Smith; brother, Faydette Moore; sister, Vikki Haring and husband Tommy; and numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Pallbearers will be Edwin Ray Bryan, Michael Bryan, Steve Edward Moore, Steve Sellers Moore, James Felton Moore, and Terry Haring.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Monroe, LA or Boeuf Prairie Methodist Church, Fort Necessity, LA.

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