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First Name:
John
Last Name:
Moore
Collection / Donor:
Middle Initial:
R.
Born:
1897
Died:
1966
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1941
Year Departed:
1942
Begin Salary:
1500
End Salary:
1500
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Promoted
Year Started:
1560
Year Departed:
1560
Begin Salary:
1942
End Salary:
1943
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1943
Year Departed:
1946
Begin Salary:
1740
End Salary:
2484
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1946
Year Departed:
1950
Begin Salary:
2484
End Salary:
3100
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1950
Year Departed:
1955
Begin Salary:
3100
End Salary:
3655
Place:
Title / Position:
Principal Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Retired
Year Started:
1955
Year Departed:
1958
Begin Salary:
3655
End Salary:
3750
Vessels
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Fireman
Year Started:
1931
Year Ended:
1933
Begin Salary:
810
End Salary:
810
Cause of Termination:
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Oiler
Year Started:
1933
Year Ended:
1940
Begin Salary:
870
End Salary:
930
Cause of Termination:
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Oiler
Year Started:
1940
Year Ended:
1941
Begin Salary:
930
End Salary:
930
Cause of Termination:
Source:
C, Service Card
More Information
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Entered Date:
May 19, 2022
At the time of his death John Ramey Moore, 68, retired lighthouse keeper, died Friday March 11, in a Norfolk hospital. Mr. Moore, a native of Blaine, KY, was the son of William Garfield (Garfield) and Mrs. Loucina Wheeler Moore and husband of Mrs. Montrue Hopkins Moore. He was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and of Jake Rice Lodge No. 606, A. F. and F. M. of Blaine, KY, and of the Cape Charles Anglers Club. Besides his wife, Mr. Moore is survived by a son, Mr. E. Douglas Moore, of Quonset Point, RI; 3 daughters, Mrs. Betty Lou Thompson of Sandusky, OH, Mrs. Ellen Frijo, Oxnard, CA, and his step-daughter, Mrs. Ruth Platan of Chincoteague; two brothers, Lenna Moore of Prestonsburg, KY, and Frank B. Moore of Portsmouth; a sister, Mrs. Mecie Greene of Blaine, KY; 12 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted from the Wilkins Funeral Home, Norfolk, at 2:30 p.m. March 14, with the Rev. John S. Kellington officiating. Burial, with Masonic rites in charge of Evergreen Lodge, A. F. & A. M. was in Cape Charles Cemetery. Big Sandy News, March 31, 1966.