MOORE, GAY - Faulkner County, Arkansas | GAY MOORE - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

Gay MOORE

First United Methodist Church Columbarium Cemetery
Faulkner County,
Arkansas

Waddy William III
STAFF SERGEANT US Army Air Corps
January 29, 1928 - June 15, 2019

Gay
Oct 13, 1931 - June 19, 2021

*Obituary

Waddy William Moore III, of Conway passed away on the morning of June 15, 2019 at the age of ninety-one years and six months. He was the only son of Waddy William Moore, Jr. and Floretta Elizabeth Williams Moore, both deceased. He is survived by Gay, his wife of almost sixty-six years, their two daughters, Bonnie Moore McNeely (Dennis) of Roswell, GA and Elizabeth Moore Peatross (Kenneth) of Little Rock, AR, and five grandchildren, William Charles McNeely, Elizabeth McNeely, Lucy Moore, Rachel Peatross and Shea Peatross.

Waddy graduated from Helena High School in 1946 and joined the U.S. Army Air Corps (Air Force) serving from 1946 to 1949. He was discharged as a Staff Sargent and that year enrolled in the University of Arkansas where he earned a Bachelor of Science in education in 1953 and a Master of Arts in history in 1955. He earned a doctorate in American history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1963. He taught at Webb School in Bell Buckle, TN, the University of Louisiana at Monroe and Louisiana State College in Lafayette before becoming a professor of history at the University of Central Arkansas and director of the Ozark Heritage Institute. He published two books about Arkansas history and served as president of the Faulkner County Historical Society and the Arkansas Historical Society. He was a charter member of the American Oral History Association and served as president in 1977. In 1999, he was honored as Distinguished Professor Emeritus by UCA.

He retired from UCA in 1993 and devoted his days to the golf course until felled by a stroke in 1996. He never stopped telling stories and jokes. He was a fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks, UCA Bears, UNC Tarheels, the Braves and the Cubs, and-for four years-a Hendrix Lady Warriors soccer fan. A crossword enthusiast, Big Band music lover, fan of the original King Kong and devoted member of the Conway Poker Club, he enjoyed a truly wonderful life.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Conway for fifty-four years, and his memorial service will be held in the church's Chapel on June 19 at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Faulkner County Historical Society, Habitat for Humanity or First United Methodist Church, Conway, AR.


*Obituary

Gay Moore passed away on June 19, 2021. She was born on Oct. 13, 1931, the daughter of Charles Wallace and Bonnie Lynn Garrigan, in Blytheville, Arkansas.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Waddy W. Moore III; and survived by two daughters, Bonnie McNeely, (Dennis) of Roswell, Georgia, and Beth Peatross, (Kenneth) of Little Rock, Arkansas.

She was a beloved Gramme/Ememe to her grandchildren, Will McNeely, Elizabeth McNeely, Lucy Moore, Rachel Peatross and Shea Peatross. Gay adored spending time with the family at celebratory family dinners, Five Lakes family reunions, trips to the Florida beach and holiday sojourns to NYC.

Mrs. Moore was a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and received a Master's in Library Science from the University of North Carolina. She was a librarian at the University of Central Arkansas for 25 years. While there, she served as Head of Technical Services and later as Coordinator of Library Development. She oversaw the transition from print catalogs to computer catalogs and established the Torreyson Library Newsletter and the Friends of Torreyson Library and the Torreyson Book Club, as well as Mystery Dinners and many Christmas Holiday theatre trips to New York. As a member of the American Library Association and the Arkansas Library Association she was recognized in 1991 with the Distinguished Service Award and she was twice chair of the Charlie May Simon Book Award Committee.

A Conway resident for nearly 56 years, Gay was an active member of Chapter CA, P.E.O., Gay Moore Book Club (originally the Torreyson Book Club), Shakespeare Club, Conway Civic Club, Morning Rotary Club, Conway Symphony Orchestra Guild, Sewing Guild, Bridge Club, DAR, Hendrix College Forever Fit for Life class, Faulkner County Democratic Women and First United Methodist Church.

Her glorious sweet smile, gracious gentle laugh and twinkling blue eyes will be remembered and treasured by all who knew her.

A Celebration of Life service is scheduled for Friday, June 25 at 2 p.m. in the Sanctuary of First United Methodist Church in Conway. Visitation with the family will follow afterwards. The family welcomes mask wearing by all, especially the unvaccinated, and requests that proper distancing be adhered to by those in attendance.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to First United Methodist Church in Conway, AR or to the Heifer Project, Habitat for Humanity or Alzheimer's Association.

Published by Log Cabin Democrat on Jun. 21, 2021.

Contributed on 2/6/23 by hawkinsdonna48
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