Moore, Joe Arvil (d. 2002)

Obituary as appeared in the Lake County Banner,
Tiptonville, Tennessee, October 30, 2002

Joe Arvil Moore, 89, of Portageville, MO, noted longtime Chief of Police, died Saturday, Oct. 26, 2002, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, MO.  He was a native of Tiptonville.

Visitation was Tuesday evening at DeLisle Funeral Home in Portageville.  Services are at 11 A.M. today, Wednesday, at First Baptist Church of Portageville, with the Rev. Hershel Godair and the Rev. Wayne Tribble officiating.

Pallbearers are Jake Rone, Ronnie Adams, Freddie Hill, Terry Stevens, Bud Slaughter and Dennis Young.  Honorary pallbearers are the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Dept., the Portageville Police Dept. and Fire Dept.

Burial will be in Portageville Cemetery.

He was born May 31, 1913, in Tiptonville, to the late Effie Robinson Moore and Joe Moore.  He married Helen Glascock in New Madrid, Mo. on Feb. 11, 1933, and she survives.

He became Chief of Police of Portageville and held that job for 44 years, retiring in 1989.  He went to work with the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Dept., and Plastene Supply Company, where he was employed at the time of his death.

He was a member of First Baptist Church of Portageville.

He leaves his wife, Helen Glascock Moore, of the home; a daughter, Peggy Walsh and husband, Denny, of Sacramento, Calif.; a brother Roy Moore of Tiptonville; two sisters, Myrtis Stanley of Tiptonville and Ann Jones of Memphis; a grandson, Sean Joseph Walsh of Sacramento, Calif.; a great, grandson, Jack William Walsh of Sacramento, Calif; a goddaughter, Linda Rogers, of New Madrid, MO, a special friend, Shelia Glasstetter of Portageville brothers:  Oborn Moore, Fred Moore, Bill Moore, R Moore and James Moore; three sisters:  Velma  Moore, Reggie Moore McKnight, and Effie Lou Moore Carr.

Memorials are suggested to the Missouri Delta Medical Center Dialysis Foundation in Sikeston, MO.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Effie and Joe Moore