I am very sad to post my friend Tom Moore has passed away, The Law Enforcement Community mourns the loss of our Brother, FOP Cordell Hull Lodge # 10 will miss his presence Thomas Moore COOKEVILLE — Former Cookeville police chief and noted law enforcement official Thomas Dudley Moore died at the age of 84 at his Cookeville home Sunday morning, Nov. 23, 2014, at 4:30 a.m. under the tender care of Caris Hospice of Cookeville. Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 26, funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. from the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home with Tennessee Highway Patrol Chaplin the Rev. Earl Dirkson officiating. Burial will follow in the Moore family lot at Ridgewood Cemetery in Carthage. The family will receive friends at the Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home in Cookeville on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from 4-8 p.m. and Wednesday at Sanderson in Carthage from 10 a.m. until the services at 1 p.m. Born May 30, 1030, in the Bluff Creek Community of Smith County, he was one of two children of the late Thomas Lee Moore who died Oct. 7, 1967 at the age of 71, and Robbie Winfree Moore who died July 11, 1998, at the age of 96. Mr. Moore was married to Difficult Community native Laura Jean Kittrell on Nov. 15, 1950. She preceded him in death at the age of 81 on July 7, 2012 following almost 62 years of marriage. Mr. Moore was a 1948 graduate of Gordonsville High School and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. Mr. Moore was retired from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. He was appointed to the Tennessee Highway Patrol in 1952, promoted to Corporal in 1954, to Sergeant in 1964 and to the TBI in 1965. He served the Middle Tennessee area during his career with the THP and TBI. After retirement in 1985 he was selected as chief of the City of Cookeville Department where he served until 1989. He later was employed as a court security officer with the United States Marshall Service in Cookeville for the late Judge L. Clure Morton until final retirement. Mr. Moore served in the Tennessee National Guard with both the 168th and 130th Military Police Units. He was a 50 year plus member of the Carthage Benevolent Lodge # 14 F & AM. He was a charter member of Cookeville’s Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #10. Mr. Moore was also a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Retired Officers Association, and The American Association of State Troopers. Following his retirement, Mr. Moore owned and operated his family’s cattle farm in Bluff Creek. Surviving are his three children, Cyndy Moore Humble and husband LTC (retired) Howard Humble of Campbellsville, Ky., Dr. Robin Moore and husband Chris Rohwer of Knoxville, and Tom Moore of Smith County; sister, Marilee Whitt of Lebanon; six grandchildren, Dr. Travis Humble and wife Holly of Knoxville, LeAnne Humble of Ayden, N.C., Mitchell Moore of Dickson, Lauren Bohwer of Knoxville, Meghan Moore of Columbia, and Kelsey Rohwer Fisher and husband Jeremy of Birmingham, Ala. He was also fortunate to have two great-grandchildren, Henry and Owen Humble, and a multitude of cousins, nieces and nephews. During the past year Mr. Moore and his family were blessed to have been assisted by his dedicated caregiver, Ms. Inez Dresher. Members of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Cookeville Police Department will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Bob Hill, Bill Grogan, Blake Grogan, Donn Clark, Bob Terry, Eddie Farris, Larry O’Rear, Billy Ford, Linden Gill, Richard Harper and all his friends from the Doodle. The family requests memorials be made to the Tom and Laura Moore Law Enforcement Scholarship: c/o S.F.H., 901 Main St. N., Carthage, TN 37030-1002.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 01:58:00 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015