SHERMAN - Cleatis Ray Moore, 81, of Sherman, passed from this life Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Denison Manor Nursing and Rehab Center in Denison. The family received friends last evening at Dannel Funeral Home in Sherman. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 14th, in Dannel Funeral Chapel. Larry Owens, former chaplain for the Sherman Fire Department, will officiate. Interment - with Masonic Rites - will follow immediately afterward in Cedarlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Moore was born January 16, 1934, in Paris, TX, to Willie and Ellee Jernigan Moore. As a young man, he served his country proudly in the United States Army. In 1966, he married Greta Cummings, in Paris, TX. Mr. Moore was a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Travis Street Lodge #117 in Sherman. He was a Baptist. Baseball was always a favorite with Mr. Moore. He coached Little League teams, and loved watching baseball, from the Grayson County Vikings to the Texas Rangers. He was also quite talented in woodworking and crafts. Mr. Moore was a firefighter, retiring from the Sherman Fire Department with over 25 years of service.
Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Billy, Wendell and Archie; and sisters: Ruth, Joyce and Dorothy.
Survivors include his loving wife of nearly 50 years, Glenda; children: Robert Cummings, of Sherman, Ronald Cummings and wife Debbie, of Sherman, Derrell Cummings, of Southmayd, and Lisa Key, of Paris, TX; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be the Honor Guard of the Sherman Fire Department.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Online condolences may be registered
Mr. Moore was born January 16, 1934, in Paris, TX, to Willie and Ellee Jernigan Moore. As a young man, he served his country proudly in the United States Army. In 1966, he married Greta Cummings, in Paris, TX. Mr. Moore was a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Travis Street Lodge #117 in Sherman. He was a Baptist. Baseball was always a favorite with Mr. Moore. He coached Little League teams, and loved watching baseball, from the Grayson County Vikings to the Texas Rangers. He was also quite talented in woodworking and crafts. Mr. Moore was a firefighter, retiring from the Sherman Fire Department with over 25 years of service.
Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Billy, Wendell and Archie; and sisters: Ruth, Joyce and Dorothy.
Survivors include his loving wife of nearly 50 years, Glenda; children: Robert Cummings, of Sherman, Ronald Cummings and wife Debbie, of Sherman, Derrell Cummings, of Southmayd, and Lisa Key, of Paris, TX; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be the Honor Guard of the Sherman Fire Department.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Online condolences may be registered
SHERMAN - Cleatis Ray Moore, 81, of Sherman, passed from this life Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Denison Manor Nursing and Rehab Center in Denison. The family received friends last evening at Dannel Funeral Home in Sherman. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 14th, in Dannel Funeral Chapel. Larry Owens, former chaplain for the Sherman Fire Department, will officiate. Interment - with Masonic Rites - will follow immediately afterward in Cedarlawn Memorial Park.
Mr. Moore was born January 16, 1934, in Paris, TX, to Willie and Ellee Jernigan Moore. As a young man, he served his country proudly in the United States Army. In 1966, he married Greta Cummings, in Paris, TX. Mr. Moore was a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Travis Street Lodge #117 in Sherman. He was a Baptist. Baseball was always a favorite with Mr. Moore. He coached Little League teams, and loved watching baseball, from the Grayson County Vikings to the Texas Rangers. He was also quite talented in woodworking and crafts. Mr. Moore was a firefighter, retiring from the Sherman Fire Department with over 25 years of service.
Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Billy, Wendell and Archie; and sisters: Ruth, Joyce and Dorothy.
Survivors include his loving wife of nearly 50 years, Glenda; children: Robert Cummings, of Sherman, Ronald Cummings and wife Debbie, of Sherman, Derrell Cummings, of Southmayd, and Lisa Key, of Paris, TX; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be the Honor Guard of the Sherman Fire Department.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Online condolences may be registered
Mr. Moore was born January 16, 1934, in Paris, TX, to Willie and Ellee Jernigan Moore. As a young man, he served his country proudly in the United States Army. In 1966, he married Greta Cummings, in Paris, TX. Mr. Moore was a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Travis Street Lodge #117 in Sherman. He was a Baptist. Baseball was always a favorite with Mr. Moore. He coached Little League teams, and loved watching baseball, from the Grayson County Vikings to the Texas Rangers. He was also quite talented in woodworking and crafts. Mr. Moore was a firefighter, retiring from the Sherman Fire Department with over 25 years of service.
Mr. Moore was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Billy, Wendell and Archie; and sisters: Ruth, Joyce and Dorothy.
Survivors include his loving wife of nearly 50 years, Glenda; children: Robert Cummings, of Sherman, Ronald Cummings and wife Debbie, of Sherman, Derrell Cummings, of Southmayd, and Lisa Key, of Paris, TX; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be the Honor Guard of the Sherman Fire Department.
Arrangements are under the direction of Dannel Funeral Home. Online condolences may be registered
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