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Col. Cecil Moore

Obituary Date: Monday, February 2, 2015
Memorial services for Col. Cecil E. Moore will be held on Saturday, February 7, 2015. Visitation will be held from 10:30 until 11:30 with the funeral services beginning shortly thereafter at Hillside Memorial Chapel in Clarkesville, GA. The burial service will take place at Chapel of the Holy Cross cemetery on New Liberty Road. Col. Moore died peacefully at nearly 95 years of age on February 1, 2015.

Son of the late Walter E. and Mary Moore of Sylacauga, AL, The Colonel enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1939. During his 26 years of service he was awarded a number of medals and citations including the Bronze Star with combat "V" for meritorious service during the battle for Okinawa in 1945. In 1965 he retired from the Marine Corps and realized his life-long dream of running a successful beef cattle operation in Habersham County, Georgia.

Col. Moore was an avid golfer and hunter
Funeral Date
02/07/2015 at 12:00AM
Funeral Home
Hillside Memorial Chapel