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John Howard
Moore
October 8, 1952 – May 15, 2026
Forever in our hearts. Forever in his grace.
When John was a child he saw a rocket launch. Despite people claiming he did not have the "aptitude" to become an engineer, he aimed for the stars and landed his dream job at NASA working as a rocket scientist engineer on the cutting edge of space chuttle technology.
John was a motivator and inspired many he met to seek to know Jesus and the divine serires God placed on all on all of our hearts. The testimony of his life reminds us that if we have faith to believe, "Try not, only Do", and trust to receive then by the Grace of God all our dreams can come true.
He believed with all his spirit, soul, and body that Jesus is the way the truth and the life!
To study to show thy self approved!
To count it all joy when you go through life's trials!
All things are possible to him who believes!
John Howard Moore, loved husband, father, brother, and grandfather, was the son of the late Julius O’Clear Moore Sr. and Vera Evelyn McIlwaine. He is survived by his wife, Celia; his sisters, Jylla Moore Foster and Maxine Moore-Allen (Lloyd); his sons, John Anthony, Richard Jermaine, Matthew Mark, and Michael David (Elianna) and his grandsons, Ellison James and Callan Reese, along with a host of loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his brother, Julius O’Clear Moore Jr.
A service in John’s honor was held on Wednesday, May 20th, with burial at Westwood Cemetery in Carrboro, North Carolina.
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