Robert Moore Obituary

Robert Vernon Moore ATHENS, GA - Robert Vernon Moore died June 27, 2010, in Summerville, SC. He had lived in Athens, GA, since 1982. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Dorothy M. Moore, in 2006. Born in Columbus, GA, in 1920, he was the son of William Cheney and Dorothy Rodgers Moore. The son of an Army Colonel, he lived in many places all over the world during his youth. Vernon graduated in Chemistry from the College of Charleston in 1944 and immediately joined the Army to serve in World War II. After both of his brothers were killed in action in Europe, Vernon was held stateside and served in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor for the B24 and B25 in various places in the US. Vernon received his Masters in Chemistry from Columbia University in New York City in 1949 and his PhD in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1956. His work included studying the impact of drinking water on chronic heart disease at the Medical University of South Carolina, and the further study of trace elements in various substances on health for the EPA at the University of Missouri, Georgia Tech, and University of Georgia. Survivors include his children, Robert V. Moore, Jr., of Knoxville, TN, William C. Moore, III, of Charleston, SC, Barbara M. Powell, of Fullerton, CA, five surviving grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 10 a.m., Friday, July 23, 2010, at St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church in Athens. The family will receive friends following the memorial service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church, Building Fund, Athens, GA. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths