CHARLES MOORE, 2nd Platoon, 1969

MULBERRY -- Mr. Charles Ray Moore of Mulberry died of heart failure Tuesday ( Sept. 4, 2001 ) in Mulberry. He was 51. Born in Fort Belvoir , Va. , on Aug. 1, 1950 , he came to Mulberry from Georgia more than two years ago. He was a steelworker. He was a Baptist. He is survived by his mother, Marie A. Ninke, Fort Meade ; father, Charlie W. Moore , Waycross , Ga. ; and brother, Wilford J. Moore, Texas. Moody Funeral Home.

Charles RAY Moore was severely burned in an industrial accident in Homestead, FL in 1999. He suffered massive internal injuries, and lost both legs. Not expected to live, he survived two years.

Ray's family was military. Both parents were sergeants in the U.S. Army, his father serving in Vietnam the same time as his son.

Ray Moore never married.

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