Obituary of Wallace Moore

Services for Wallace 'Gator' Moore, Jr., 57, Kilgore, are scheduled for 10:00 am, Wednesday, October 6, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home chapel, Overton with the Reverend Brian Ethridge officiating. Burial will be in the Overton City Cemetery. Mr. Moore died Saturday, October 2, 2010, in a Longview hospital. He was born August 29, 1953, in Henderson to Wallace R. Moore, Sr. and Willene Smires Moore. He was a lifetime resident of East Texas and a graduate of Leverett's Chapel High School. For 14 years he was an officer with the Rusk County Sheriff's office and was the Lieutenant in charge of the Rusk County Jail. He worked for Cherokee Water Company For 15 years and had worked for Complete Production Service since June. Mr. Moore attended the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Henderson. He married Margie Goen in Henderson, July 28, 1995. Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his father, Wallace R. Moore, Sr., September 9, 2009, and by a granddaughter, Lindsey Goen. Survivors include his wife, Margie Moore, Kilgore; son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Robin Goen, Henderson; daughters and a son-in-law, Teresa and Nathan Pate, Kaufman and Janelle Krajewski, Henderson; his mother, Willene Moore, Overton; brother, Scotty Moore, Overton; sisters and brothers-in-law, Patsy and Steve Fibcus, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Denise and Gene Moffet, Overton; four grandchildren, Jacob Pate, Natalie Pate, Sunny Goen and Randi Goen; and other family and friends. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 5.