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[Despite small salaries and a large family, Bro. Moore was able to display an unusual business ability. He was a good judge of livestock, made safe investments, and left an estate at $40,000.
[Above all else Bro. Moore was a preacher who loved the Lord, loved people, and loved to preach. He had his favorite texts. Among them were “ . . . Now commandeth all men everywhere to repent,” and “whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.” He kept many notes which show his personal concern for his members. He was a long-time leader in Baptist Association. He preached the annual sermon at Hopewell in 1897, again at Hopewell in 1901, Mt. Pleasant in 1901, Salvisa in 1919, and Mt. Pleasant in 1930.
[On August 8, 1935, people gathered from all sections of Kentucky, in what was probably the largest funeral ever held in Anderson County. The funeral was held at “the old home place.” Bro. M. D. Morton presided. Bro. E. N. Perry preached the sermon. Others participating were Bro. E. W. Summers, Bro. Clarence Walker, Sand Spring Quartet, and Bro. Vertner Saxton. The body was laid to rest in the Hebron Cemetery.
[An estimated 800 automobiles with approximately 4,000 people made up the funeral procession. The Anderson News in giving the account of the service said, “People morn the loss of this grand old gentleman. They feel they have lost something that can never be replaced. And they have.”
[Bro. Moore was indeed a man of many parts, a pioneer in many fields, a man whose “leaf shall not wither” so long as Christian influence is felt; and around the firesides of generations yet unborn his name shall be remembered. “A tree planted by the waters” continues to live.]