The summer Moore Reunion for 2003 was held at the Cedar Grove Church Family Life Center on Saturday, June 28. The Clyde Moore family hosted the reunion.

There were 62 in attendance.

Frank 1

Harry 3

Alvin 7

Bob 0

Helen 0

Roger 12 – including visitors Scott & Jeremy

John 4

Edith 1

Bill 12

Clyde 14

Mary Ellen 1

Don 6

Rachel 0

As usual, Pauline Martin Arnett stopped by to visit. She was sorry to miss Aunt Helen. She graduated from high school with Roger. She said, “He sat behind me and gave me plenty of trouble!”

For several minutes at the beginning of the business meeting we had difficulty with the sound system. At one point, Mark blurted out a comment that pretty much brought the house down. No one was certain if he was referring to a personal problem or the microphone.

Judy read the minutes from the last reunion. Joyce gave the treasurer’s report. We have a balance of $422 today. $58 came in from the Christmas dinner. $50 came from Uncle Ken’s sister, Elizabeth. We sent flowers to Mary Lou while she was in the hospital last summer. Flowers were purchased for Uncle Ken’s service. We bought flowers for the graves of Grandpa & Grandma Moore and Uncle Ross at Memorial Day. $50 was given to Cedar Grove for use of the Family Life Center. $206 was added to the fund at this reunion.

Joyce asked for feedback about purchasing memorial flowers for Grandpa & Grandma Moore’s and Ross’ graves. Dan suggested that we continue to do that. Mark said that he could tell from the heads nodding that the majority of folks agreed with that plan.

Aunt Alice read a note from Uncle Ken’s sister, Elizabeth. She thanked Aunt Alice for inviting her and her family to join us for the reunion. Elizabeth also sent a donation to the family fund.

Max asked Uncle Bill if there was additional work to be done on the Morrison graves in New Paris. Uncle Bill said that had been completed.

Larry announced that their son, Tyler, graduated from Manchester College this spring.

Mark & Gina’s son, Drew, graduated from Tri-Village High School.

Chuck announced that Andy Paul graduated from NCSU this spring and will be working for Milliken Corp. as a Process Improvement Manager. Andy Paul also recently became engaged. The wedding will be on September 7 of this year.

Chuck also announced that Jessica has purchased a condo near Chapel Hill, NC and is teaching French in a local middle school. She loves it!

Chuck also announced that Carol’s son Drew was recently married in an outdoor wedding in the mountains of NC. Chuck recalled the poem called “The Rose” that Jinny loved to hear Daddy (Roger) recite. Chuck thought that would be an appropriate addition to the wedding so he memorized the poem, cut the prettiest roses from his rose bushes, presented the roses to the couple and recited the poem during the wedding. Chuck was proud to carry on the tradition.

Vicki announced that Daniel’s new bride, Sarah, graduated from IUEast this spring and will be teaching 6^th grade at North Eastern this fall.

Max told us that Pam’s youngest daughter, Chrissy, worked her way through college and was married just 2 weeks ago. He also told us that Pam’s daughter Stacy had a baby girl, Madelyn Rose, on January 10, 2003.

Judy read notes from some of the cousins who could not attend. Tom Bates, Max’s # 2 son-in-law, wrote that this is a very busy summer for their family. He couldn’t attend and the schedules for the rest of the family looked “iffy” also. I guess the most important comment from Tom was that he did not have any additional complaints against his father-in-law!

Ben Tomb had written that he and Jeanne would not be attending. Ben has accepted a new position in Atlanta and is commuting. Additionally, Mr. Bachman died in early June, funeral June 6. He had been fighting multiple illnesses and then acquired hospital induced incurable staph infection. Additionally, one of their very closest friends had just lost a 7-year battle against cancer. On the lighter side, Ben sent a picture of his beautiful 10-month-old granddaughter, Anne Bernadette. He had just seen his triplet, 3-year old grandsons. “They are terrific, energetic curious, bubbly…..their parents are exhausted. Greg is doing well. Love and greetings to all…..most importantly to Aunts and Uncles.

Sharon Cobb had written to send love and greetings. She and Mike had tickets to the Phantom of the Opera. She said “it is great to be a Moore but the Phantom waits!”

Suzanne sent love & greetings from Washington state. She also mentioned Mr. Bachman’s death. Their son-in-law graduated with a software engineering degree this spring. They are all well.

Bob Warren had called to say that Aunt Helen had been diagnosed with diabetes. She was too weak to come to the reunion. They have started her on insulin and hope that her strength and energy will rebound after a bit of time. Uncle Fos is doing well. Matthew, Neil’s son, is back from Iraq and glad to be in the US again.

Jerry’s granddaughter, Megan, graduated from high school this year and will attend DeVry in Columbus, Ohio.

Bryan and Joyce have a new grandson. Alexander Joshua was born to Jason and his wife on September 19, 2002.

Bryan and Joyce’s son, Justin, recently graduated from chiropractic school and will be practicing in northern Kentucky.

Nelson and Jan have a new grandson, Bryce Alexander. He was born on April 20, 2003 – Easter Sunday.

Archie Beckner had been suffering from a pretty severe heart condition late in 2002 and into this year. Nelson was happy to announce that Archie is back to work on a part time basis and doing well. Archie appreciated the prayers and support from the Moore family.

Nelson then shared that he had been sitting at the table with Roger & Bill & Bob Williams and they were all attempting to define the word wisdom. Roger said he told Nelson there were two definitions: 1) Fearing the Lord. 2) Knowing when to shut up. At that point, Nelson sat down and shut up. J

Dalton Christopher Swank is the latest arrival in the Steve Moore family. He was born to Shannon & Chris on April 18, 2003. Dalton seemed very content being held and loved on by lots of different people.

Dave and Holly Moore’s granddaughter, Anna Grace, will celebrate her first birthday on July 2, 2003.

There was discussion about taking up a collection to help Dan & Kay financially. It seems they have only one outfit of clothing to their name. That must be the reason they wear the same outfit to every reunion year in and year out. No action was taken on this but be prepared to vote on it next year! J

Chuck, Carol, Dan and Judy went to see Aunt Helen and Uncle Fos on Friday before the reunion. Aunt Helen wanted everyone to know that she loves them. And, she talked a lot about the pride that she and Uncle Fos have in their heritage and the quality of individuals chosen to join our family. She said that they spend a fair amount of time talking about their heritage.

Jim announced that we have a new website. www.moorereunion.us . The minutes and pictures from previous reunions are available on this site. Also, if your family has a website, you can link that to the Moore Reunion site so that you can share more pictures, etc. (For technical answers, please contact Jim.) Jim also told us that the virtualmooreville site at myfamily.com is under utilized so if you have pictures of your family that you would like to share, please feel free to scan them in.

Uncle Don gave Dave Moore an old photo album. Dave has scanned the pictures into his computer. Many of the people he could not recognize. Several were identified at the reunion. If you are interested in a cd or copy of these pictures, please let Dave know.

Tom announced that the Moores will have the annual golf tournament on September 6 at the golf course in Winchester, Indiana. He needs to know a week ahead if you plan to participate.

We had a moment of silence in honor of Mary Lou Moore (9-8-02), Ken McWhorter (1-24-03) and Mr. Bachman (June 2003).

Uncle Bob Williams announced that the next reunion will be held on Saturday, June 26, 2004 at Cedar Grove. Mark your calendars and plan to be there!