File #: 23-5905    Version: 1 Name: John Ernest "Red" Moore
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 11/13/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 11/16/2023 Final action: 11/16/2023
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN ERNEST "RED" MOORE We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore, we labor that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. II Corinthians 5:8-10 WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore was born in Yazoo County, Mississippi, on February 24, 1950; and WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore was the sixth child of Rosetta Bell Moore; and WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore received his formal education in the Jackson public school system and was a proud graduate of Brinkley High School; and WHEREAS, in 1972, John Ernest "Red" Moore moved to Chicago, Illinois after graduation, where he worked many years at Sears & Robuck; and WHEREAS, in 1977, John Ernest "Red" Moore moved back to Mississippi and worked i...
Sponsors: STANLEY MOORE, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), FRANK J. AGUILAR, ALMA E. ANAYA, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, MONICA GORDON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, JOSINA MORITA, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN ERNEST "RED" MOORE

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore, we labor that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
II Corinthians 5:8-10

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore was born in Yazoo County, Mississippi, on February 24, 1950; and

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore was the sixth child of Rosetta Bell Moore; and

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore received his formal education in the Jackson public school system and was a proud graduate of Brinkley High School; and

WHEREAS, in 1972, John Ernest "Red" Moore moved to Chicago, Illinois after graduation, where he worked many years at Sears & Robuck; and

WHEREAS, in 1977, John Ernest "Red" Moore moved back to Mississippi and worked in construction with his brother Hooker until he retired in 2015; and

WHEREAS, John enjoyed the fellowship with co-workers and working in the construction industry; and

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore took great pleasure being in the midst of nature whether it was working in his yard or napping on his porch; and

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore always trusted and believed in a true and living God. He accepted Christ totally as his Lord and Savior in the latter months of his extended illness; and

WHEREAS, during this time, he often shared his talks to the Lord. Listening to Psalms 23 gave him comfort toward the end of life; and

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore is preceded in death by his mother Rosetta Bell Moore, brother Eddie Earl Moore, sister-in-law Marie Moore, one brother-in-law Ozzie Lewis., and niece Mary Johnson; and

WHEREAS, John Ernest "Red" Moore leaves precious memories to be cherished by three sisters and five brothers: Eunice Hollins and Essie Lewis (Jack...

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