Obituary for Joe Freeman Moore
A gathering for friends and family for Joe Freeman Moore, age 91 of Enid, will be Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:00 pm at the Moose Lodge, Enid, OK. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
Freeman was born December 25, 1929 in Geary, Oklahoma to Joe C. and Alma (McCorkle) Moore and passed away March 15,2021. Freeman worked for Halliburton, retiring in 1965. He owned and operated the Silver Dollar Lounge Saloon for more than 24 years. He married Winona Ann Ward in 1946. The two were together until her passing in 2003. Together they had five children, Murl Moore, Jerry Moore, Randy Moore, Charlie Moore and Joanne Moore. He is preceded in death by his wife Winona and his children Murl and Jerry. He is survived by his children Charlie, Randy and Joanne with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Special thank you to Daughter-in-Law Sandy Moore for her love and devotion through the years.
Freeman was born December 25, 1929 in Geary, Oklahoma to Joe C. and Alma (McCorkle) Moore and passed away March 15,2021. Freeman worked for Halliburton, retiring in 1965. He owned and operated the Silver Dollar Lounge Saloon for more than 24 years. He married Winona Ann Ward in 1946. The two were together until her passing in 2003. Together they had five children, Murl Moore, Jerry Moore, James Randall Moore, Charlie Moore and Joanne Moore. He is preceded in death by his wife Winona and his children Murl and Jerry. He is survived by his children Charlie, Randall and Joanne and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.
When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my deathbed. Let it be the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.
Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.
Give my kidneys to the one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.
Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body, and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
Explore every corner of my brain.
Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn what is left of me, and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all the prejudice against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God.
If by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or work to someone who needs it. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.”
Condolences to the family can be made at ladusauevans.com.
Freeman was born December 25, 1929 in Geary, Oklahoma to Joe C. and Alma (McCorkle) Moore and passed away March 15,2021. Freeman worked for Halliburton, retiring in 1965. He owned and operated the Silver Dollar Lounge Saloon for more than 24 years. He married Winona Ann Ward in 1946. The two were together until her passing in 2003. Together they had five children, Murl Moore, Jerry Moore, Randy Moore, Charlie Moore and Joanne Moore. He is preceded in death by his wife Winona and his children Murl and Jerry. He is survived by his children Charlie, Randy and Joanne with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Special thank you to Daughter-in-Law Sandy Moore for her love and devotion through the years.
Freeman was born December 25, 1929 in Geary, Oklahoma to Joe C. and Alma (McCorkle) Moore and passed away March 15,2021. Freeman worked for Halliburton, retiring in 1965. He owned and operated the Silver Dollar Lounge Saloon for more than 24 years. He married Winona Ann Ward in 1946. The two were together until her passing in 2003. Together they had five children, Murl Moore, Jerry Moore, James Randall Moore, Charlie Moore and Joanne Moore. He is preceded in death by his wife Winona and his children Murl and Jerry. He is survived by his children Charlie, Randall and Joanne and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The day will come when my body will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked under four corners of a mattress located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying. At a certain moment, a doctor will determine that my brain has ceased to function and that for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.
When that happens, do not attempt to instill artificial life into my body by the use of a machine. And don’t call this my deathbed. Let it be the Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it to help others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s face or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has caused nothing but endless days of pain.
Give my blood to the teenager who was pulled from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live to see his grandchildren play.
Give my kidneys to the one who depends on a machine to exist from week to week.
Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve in my body, and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
Explore every corner of my brain.
Take my cells, if necessary, and let them grow so that someday a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn what is left of me, and scatter the ashes to the winds to help the flowers grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults, my weaknesses and all the prejudice against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the devil. Give my soul to God.
If by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with a kind deed or work to someone who needs it. If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.”
Condolences to the family can be made at ladusauevans.com.