Henry Moore

Henry Ernest Moore AIKEN:Funeral service for Henry Ernest Moore, 86, will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Green Hill Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Dr. Gary Hannah. Interment will follow at Celestial Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. this (TUESDAY) evening at Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. Memorials may be made to Redds Branch Baptist Church, Redds Branch Rd., Aiken, SC 29801. Mr. Moore, husband of Leona Marie Moore, died March 6, 2011. Born in Wilson, NC, he was a son of the late William Henry Moore and Carrie Belle Blanton Moore. He was a member of the Willing Workers Sunday School Class at Redds Branch Baptist Church of Aiken; he was a long time resident of West Columbia. Mr. Moore was retired from Van Lott, Inc. As a member of the Greatest Generation, he was a Navy Veteran of WWII where he served in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters where he helped transport the Fifth Marine Division to Iwo Jima, seeing the first flag raised on the island. Surviving is his wife of 25 years, Leona Marie Moore of Aiken; daughter, Deborah Simock (Mike) of Spokane, WA and step-daughter, Susan K. Tingley (Steve) of Youngsville, NC; sons, Timothy C. Moore of St. Matthews, and step-son, Michael R. Knox (Pamela J.) of Garner, NC; sisters, Hortense Ferrell of West Columbia and Mary Bramlett of Gilbert; three grandchildren, Reed, Katelyn and Connor. Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his first wife, Maggie Corbett Moore and his brother, Robert Styron Moore. Family and friends may sign the on-line guest book at: (www.thompsonsfuneral.com)