John Raynor Moore Jr. & Cecile Ward Harris

John Raynor Moore III [Jr.] 1926 – 1998 | his parents
& 1951 Cecile Ward Harris 1931 – 1994| her parents
of Maple Lawn, Ahoskie, NC

John‚ siblings: Julia, Jane, Helen, Sally, Arthur
Moore family: 1943, 1950, 1951, 1961,
Cousins at Maple Lawn: one, two, Summer Theatre

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1927 John

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John Raynor Moore Jr., Dec 21 1926 – Aug 27 1998 Farmer

1938 John holding his sister Sally

John as Ahoskie HS Senior 1944.
He drove the school bus that year.

2nd World War John III – John was drafted early because of the local draft board
mixed him up with his brother, who died shortly after his birth.
After a year of ROTC at this college in GA, 1944-45, he served 3 years in Calcutta, India.
When discharged from active duty, he joined the local National Guard QM Unit.

John at Chowan College 1949-50
John was one of the cheerleaders.

In December 1950, Snapshot John was taken to Korea with him.
Julia, Sally, Jane, Ola, Arthur, J. R., Helen

His National Guard Unit was activated at the outbreak of the Korean War
The previous year, he had attended and graduated from the newly reopened Chowan Jr. College
with plans to attend UNC in Chapel Hill
John and one other member of the Unit were sent to Korea
John found himself in charge of a Grave Registration unit

John in Korea, 1951

John, Debbie, James, 1958

John with Debbie and James, 1961

Citizen of the Week
Mar 16 1977 – The Roanoke-Chowan News Herald
Article on John R Moore

Summer of 1987 – John suffered two or three strokes, which left him unable to speak and completely paralyzed on his right side. His wife was his devoted aide until one night in 1993, a stranger intruded into their home. John went was then into a nursing home in Windsor, and Cecile went to live in an apartment in Ahoskie. Shortly thereafter, she was found dead in her apartment, having also suffered a hemorrhage in the brain. In the nursing home, John continued his frustrating existence with his aphasia, surrounded by people who appeared to think him stupid and unaware. When friends or family members visited, he usually spent some time being mad that we had not come sooner, and then, finally, in the last few minutes, would begin to visit. He was always mentally alert and aware, but very frustrated with us for not being able to guess what he was trying to tell us. John’s purgatory ended on Aug 27, 1998.

married Nov 1951 Cecile Ward Harris Mar 23 1931-Jan 19 1994

1950 at Grandmother Parker’s 80th Birthday Party
Cecile Harris and John Moore

Cecile Ward Harris Moore 1951

1. James Elliott Moore Librarian

An exhibit at R. F. Sink Library, Fort Campbell, KY., on May 02, 2002
Library Director James Moore stands in front of the display.

Aug 02 – James with his Aunt Sally in his living room
photo by Bob Koestler

 

Sean Hogan, Cathy Spruill, and James Moore – May 2013

2. Deborah Jane Moore, Teacher -HS English

Ola Moore and Debbie

Debbie ca 1975

married 1st Steve Daniels
divorced after 1998

Debbie, Steve, Corey, and Leslie
1996

a. Leslie Anne Daniels
married Nov 10 2005 Nicholas Hoffmann

Leslie and Nicholas Hoffmann

. Abigail Grace Hoffman Oct 30 2005 –

Abigail Grace Hoffman, Summer 06

ii. Jonah Ryan Hoffman Oct 14 2007 –
iii. Eli Kristopher Hoffman Apr 25 2010 –

Easter 2012

iv. Gia/Georgia Mei Hoffman Mar 27 2011 – Apr 12 2017
adopted from China in 2014

Gia

v. Caroline Ling Hoffman May 27, 2010 –
adopted from China in 2015

vi. Hannah Xiu Hoffman Aug 10 2012 –
adopted from China in 2015

b. Corey Douglas Daniels

Debbie married Jun 02 2002, Franklin Leigh
divorced 2014

Corey, Debbie, Franklin, and Leslie

Debbie & Cousin Cathy
Sept 2013

Debbie married in June 2015 3rd Darrell Watkins.

3. John Raynor Moore III
Military

John in Iraq, March 2004

Married in 1984, Laurie Downs Kerr divorced in September 2009

2000

Remarried Nikki (?) 2020s.

a. John Raynor Moore IV

Raynor as High School Senior 2005

married 2012 Ariel Milynn Boehnlein
Ariel died on Aug 13, 2025, at 7:40 a.m., at the age of 34.

Obituary

i. Marina Grace Moore 2013 –

ii. John Raynor Moore V 2014 –

iii. Isaac Moore 2018 –

b. Elise Lane Moore

Elise Oct 2005
“made the dress herself”

c. Benjamin Ethan Carter Moore

Benjamin Ethan Carter Moore at 9 months

4. Michael [Mike] Parker Moore Peace Officer
married 2nd to Shelby Crawford

Mike, Shelby, and Joshua Moore ~ July 2004

a. Joshua Thomas Moore

Joshua Thomas Moore at 2 months

b. Hannah Grace Moore

Feb 07 – Joshua Thomas and Hannah Grace

Hannah, her mother, and her grandmother
at the Watermelon Festival in Murfreesboro, Aug 07 –

1998 Steve Spruill and Mike Moore