ROBERT MOON
ROBERT RAY MOON OF BLACK, MISSOURI WAS BORN AT ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI ON JANUARY 31, 1946. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE FRED LOUIS AND WILLIE MARGARET (KEITH) MOON. ROBERT DEPARTED THIS LIFE AS A RESULT OF A CAR ACCIDENT ON APRIL 1, 2003 HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY- SEVEN YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND ONE DAY.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ERNA ROSE (BIGHAM) MOON OF BLACK, MISSOURI, DAUGHTERS, MARY DEANA LONG AND HUSBAND JACK OF CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS AND MARJORIE MARGARET MOON OF CHESTER, ILLINOIS, SON, ROBERT LOUIS MOON OF BLACK, MISSOURI, STEP-SON JASON LUERS AND WIFE JODY AND STEP-DAUGHTER, GINA SIMS AND HUSBAND JOHNNIE, SISTER, BARBARA JEAN LOCKETT OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, BROTHERS, RONALD MOON AND WIFE YVONNE OF JUDSONIA, ARKANSAS AND EDWARD MOON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND SIX-STEP GRANDCHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, ROBERT WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTERS, ANNIE HENSON, LOIS HENSON, GLADYS GARDNER, BERTHA WORLEY AND BETTY LOVINS, BROTHERS, CLIFFORD HENSON, CLAUDE HENSON AND FREDDIE MOON.
ROBERT HAD SERVED THIS GREAT COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. HE ENLISTED JULY 18, 1966 AT FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED JULY 17, 1969 AT FORT GORDON, GEORGIA. ROBERT THEN FINISHED HIS ENLISTMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE ENDING ON JULY 11, 1972. DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY, ROBERT RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, SHARPSHOOTER RIFLE CLASSIFICATION, VIETNAM MEDAL WITH BRONZE SERVICE STAR, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH DEVICE 1960 AND TWO OVERSEAS BARS. ROBERT CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY AND FELLOW MAN BY BEING VERY ACTIVE WITH THE V.F.W. AND THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA.
ROBERT WAS IN THE WESTERN CHEROKEE NATION OF ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA BEVO CHAPTER 611 OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI WHERE HE WAS A STATE/NATIONAL DELEGATE. ROBERT WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN AND OF THE NORTH AMERICAN HUNTING CLUB. HE IS A RETIREE OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. ROBERT WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 AND 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2003 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL SERVICE WAS CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2003 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH BROTHER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ED MOON, JASON LUERS, JERRY LIKE, STANLEY MOON, BILL SELLE AND LEONARD WORLEY.