Wayne K. Moore

Wayne K. Moore, 82 died Thursday, July 21, 2011. Visitation will be held at The Hamil Family Funeral Home, 6449 Buffalo Gap Road on Sunday, July 24, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 25, in Elmwood Memorial Park with Reverend Art Goolsbee officiating. Mr. Moore was born July 17, 1929 in Roby, Texas to the late Charles H. and Emma Moore. He graduated from Roby High School in 1948 and then enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served at Fort Lewis, Washington with Corp of Engineers and 4th Armored Division at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. He married his high school sweetheart, Reba Young, May 21, 1949. Mr. Moore began his career in the oil field supply industry in 1951 with HOMCO and then worked 17 years with Fort Worth Pipe & Supply. In 1972, with the encouragement of the late R. B. (Bob) Cockrell and D.L. McDonald, he began Wayne Moore Pipe & Supply Company which he owned and operated until the time of his death. For his quality of work, he was awarded the Petroleum Industry Council's "Industry of the Quarter" award in 1985. Throughout his life, Mr. Moore actively supported the West Texas Rehabilitation Center by participating in the Cattlemen's Round-Up and Telethon and served on the Joint Venture committee. Mr. Moore was also supportive of the American Junior Golf Association. In 1981 he founded a junior golf tournament that is still played in Abilene today. He served on the organization's Board of Directors from 1984 until 1986 and in 1994 was honored with the "Digger Smith Award", an honor given to individuals whose service and dedication to junior golf go above and beyond the call of duty. Wayne Moore is survived his wife, Reba Y. Moore; his daughter, Retha Moore Wittie and her husband Ric; his granddaughter, Allison Wittie Bredemeyer and her husband Kevin and one great-grandson, Ben. Also one sister, Vela Smith; three brothers: Kenneth Moore, Kyle Moore and his wife Rose, Neil Moore and his wife Darlene; four sisters-in-law: Jessie Moore, Daphene Moore, Virginia Gibson and LaNeta Young; one brother-in-law Hubert Young and his wife Nancy and many nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his son, Todd Moore; both parents; three sisters: Jo Fields, Ruth Weaver and Emma Sue Moore; three brothers: Hue Dorsey, J.P. and Raymond S. Moore; six sisters-in-law: Evalene Moore, Carlene Moore, Thana Terry, Peggy Rollans, Georgie Fay Young, and Linda Griffin Moore; two brothers-in-law, Alton Rollans and A.L. Gibson; and father-in-law and mother-in-law, George H. Young and Lizzie. The family wishes to thank the staff at Wisteria Place and Hendrick Hospice for their support and kind care. In lieu of flowers, a memorial gift may be sent to the West Texas Rehabilitation Center, the Todd Moore Memorial Scholarship at the Community Foundation of Abilene, 500 Chestnut, Ste. 1634, Abilene, Texas 79602, or St. John's Episcopal School Annual Fund, 1600 Sherman Drive, Abilene, Texas 79605.