Raymond Moore Raymond "Ray" Moore, 81, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011 at NMMC, Tupelo, MS. He was born April 26, 1930 to the late John and Minnie Burcham Moore in Rienzi, MS. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 20, 2011 from 6-8 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS and service will be at Fairview Baptist Church Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 11 AM officiated by Dr. Olan Burcham, Pastor of Gravel Hill Baptist Church, Phil Campbell, AL and assisted by grandson, Cameron Moore. He will lie in state one hour prior to the service. A private burial for relatives only will follow in Memorial Gardens, Columbus, MS. Mr. Moore was a member of Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, Rienzi, MS. He was a past president of East Columbus Lions Club and American Welding Society. Mr. Moore served his country in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He graduated from Northeast Mississippi Community College and attended the University of Tennessee. Mr. Moore retired from Young Radiator and Welding Supply after 38 years in the industrial welding equipment and industrial and medical gases supply. He taught welding at EMCC based on his broad knowledge of the business. In addition to his parents, Mr. Moore is preceded in death by his brother Ernest Moore. Mr. Moore is survived by his wife of 60 years - Jean Moore, Columbus, MS; sons - Curtis E. Moore, Columbus, MS; Gerald (Kathie) Moore, Millport, AL; grandchildren - Sheri Moore Gonzales, Bossier City, LA; Leigh Ann Moore Nabors, Caledonia, MS; Drew Moore, Oxford, MS; Cameron Moore, Starkville, MS; three great grandchildren; sisters - Edith Hughes Johnson, Rienzi, MS; and Erra Mills, Keller, TX. Pallbearers are Bob Ward, Don Clardy, Charles Reed, Bobby Ward, Johnny Frisby, and Joe Atkins. Honorary Pallbearers are McDonald's Coffee Club, Paris Tilghman, Terry Norwick Nordquist, Charles Ruff, Jimmy Orr, M.P. Biddy, Jim Foust, Marcus Stone, Bill W. Vernon, Wayne Clements, Ralph Blackstock, Donald Henry, and Jim Noles. Memorials may be made to Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703 or Sardis Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Elder Cecil Woodruff, 466 County Road 306, Corinth, MS 38834.