Edward Moore Obituary

Edward Raymond Moore, Sr. BLYTHEWOOD - Edward Raymond Moore, Sr., 93, passed away April 13, 2010, at White Oak Manor in Columbia, S.C. The third son of the late Lottie Speights Moore and George Edward Haskell Moore, he was born May 25, 1916, in Hendersonville, Colleton County, S.C. In July 2001, he lost his beloved wife, Daisy Burnette Moore, who died suddenly at their home on Johns Island, S.C. The middle brother of five brothers, he was preceded in death by three of them, William, Arthur and Henry Moore and by two older half-sisters, Nell Moore Schulz and Dorothy Moore Guess. He spent his final years with his son and daughter-in-law, E. Ray Moore, Jr. and Gail Pinckney Moore in Blythewood, S.C. Raymond was a graduate of Walterboro High School. In the late 1930s, he attended Clemson University as a student of architecture, where he was also an eager athlete. He played football and boxed and was often known to knock out his opponents in both sports. He transferred to Auburn University to attend school with two of his brothers. On the eve of World War II, he entered the U.S. Army and, in 1942, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps. He was deployed to the Pacific Theater, where he served as radio officer for the 313th Heavy Bombardment Wing, a B-29 bomber unit based on Tinian in the Marianas Islands. As signals first lieutenant he was in charge of the critical communications between Tinian and the B-29 Enola Gay which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in April 1945, hastening an end of the war with Japan. After the war he returned to his home in Walterboro, S.C., served as an officer in the S.C. Army National Guard and began a career in construction. Over the years he built many homes and light industrial sites and served as a building inspector and consultant. He worked in the electrical maintenance department of the Savannah River Plant for eighteen years while he and his family resided in Aiken, S.C. A devout Christian, Raymond believed his work and many talents should serve a higher spiritual purpose than mere gain, and he was especially proud of his construction of "The Wilds," a leading Christian camp and conference center in Rosman, N.C. Known for his vision and strength of character, he is survived, mourned and greatly missed by his four children, E. Ray Moore, Jr. of Blythewood, S.C., Thomas G. Moore of Floyd, V.A., Elise Moore Edson of Cayce, S.C., and Deborah Moore Ervin of Charleston, S.C.; 14 grandchildren; one step-granddaughter; 16 great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren; the remaining brother of the five, Dr. George E. H. Moore of Walterboro, S.C.; numerous nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be held noon Saturday, April 17, 2010, at Columbia Evangelical Church, 1013 Barnwell Street in Columbia followed by interment at 4:30 p.m. in Live Oak Cemetery, Jeffries Boulevard at Detreville Street in Walterboro, S.C. The family will receive visitors 6-8 p.m. Friday, April 16, 2010, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Frontline Ministries of which he was a committed supporter, P.O. Box 12072, Columbia, SC 29211. Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths