Robert "Bob" Walsh Moore, Sr

Franklin, NC - Robert "Bob" Walsh Moore, Sr, age 84, of Franklin, NC passed away Sunday, August 22, 2010 at Angel Medical Center. He was born in Rutherford Co., NC, the son of the late Charles Walsh and Mae Jordan Moore. He was a US Navy Veteran of WWII. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church where he served for many years on numerous committees and as chairman of the Board of Trustees. For thirty-five years, Bob was a partner in Conley Motor Company with his father-in-law, Charles Conley, Sr. and his brother-in-law, Charles Conley,Jr and James Conley. He was a former member of the Franklin Rotary Club and he served as Scout Master for the Boy Scouts of America. He served 10 years on the Board of Trustees for Angel Medical Center and served on the Fontana Regional Library Board for 25 years and also on the Macon County Library Board. He was a founding member of the Folk Heritage Association of Macon County.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Sue Conley Moore; one daughter, Suzanne Wade and her husband Jeff of Winston Salem, NC; one son, Bobby Moore and his wife, Laura of Chapel Hill, NC; four grandchildren, Taylor Wade, Adam Wade, Walsh Moore and Larisa Moore.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, August 25 at 12:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. John Fowler and Dr. Don Haynes officiating. Burial will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery. Lyman Bryant, Richard Jones, Curtis Pickens, Pat Patillo, Clayton Ramsey, Bob Scott, Ed Shatley, Bud Siler, and Wayne Swank will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, August 25 from 11:00-12:00 Noon, one hour prior to service at the First United Methodist Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 66 Harrison Avenue, Franklin, NC 28734 or to Macon County Library, 819 Siler Road, Franklin, NC 28734.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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