John Oliver Moore, Jr., 77, passed away peacefully at his home in Orange, Texas on Saturday, September 14th, 2024. Funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Dorman Funeral Home; Bro. Larry Spears Jr. officiating. Visitation of family and friends will be held from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM, on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Dorman Funeral Home.
John was born on August 26th, 1947, to John Moore Sr. and Dorothy Moore Harmon in Elizabeth, Louisiana. Affectionally known as “Johnnie”, he was raised in Pitkin, Louisiana. His stepfather, Sunny Harmon, also played an important role in John’s life in his later years.
Johnnie graduated from Pitkin High School in 1965, where he was top of his class and represented as a senior class officer. He was named class favorite, Mr. P.H.S and was also a standout baseball player. After high school, he attended and graduated from Northwestern College State in 1970, earning his Bachelor’s of Science Degree, majoring in Business Administration, with a minor in Economics. While in college and in the years after, John sometimes hitch hiked from place to place to work random jobs doing just about anything. Then, in 1970, he found employment with Firestone Polymers in Orange, Texas. Later in his career, he was promoted to work for the Bridgestone part of the company. Until his retirement in 2006, he traveled around the United States, overseeing the development of various projects within the Bridgestone, Firestone Corporation.
Not long after moving to Orange, John was introduced by his future sister-in-law to his soulmate, Antionette. He and Antionette were married on June 30th, 1972. John remained lovingly devoted to Antionette and fought alongside her through many years of battling Parkinson’s disease until her heavenly calling in July of 2014.
John was the definition of “jack of all trades”. He could truly do it all. You could say it was a hobby of his to work on cars and tinker with things that needed fixing or building. He also enjoyed playing golf, fishing, hunting, going camping, vacationing with and visiting family. John liked watching various sports including Astros baseball, Texans football, Houston Rockets and LSU Women’s basketball. But his true joy was traveling and attending his grandchildren’s football, baseball, basketball and softball games.
John was preceded in death by his loving wife, Antionette Moore, parents Dorothy Harmon, John Moore Sr., and Sunny Harmon, father and mother-in-law, Charles and Lena Ragusa, sister-in-law, Frances Ryder and brother in law, Pete Ragusa. He is survived by his daughter Olivia Revis (Pa-Ti Revis), son John Anthony Moore, grandchildren Joshua Tims (Dasia Smith), Jackson Tims (Payton Tims), Gabby Tims, Jonah Revis and Tristen Revis (Lexy Lybarger) Also left to cherish his memory are his great grandsons Tony Tims and Eli Revis, sister Elizabeth Strother, as well as a long-standing list of family members and friends that he loved dearly.
John will forever be remembered as an amazing man with a heart of gold who would go above and beyond to help not only his family but anyone he knew. He was exceptionally intelligent and could relate to all people and could converse with anyone about anything. There wasn’t much that he was bothered by, and he floated through life with an ease about him. He is especially known for his blunt comments at times but had a gift of putting things in a way that would make you laugh, because you knew he meant no harm. He was filled with goodness and saw each person for who they truly were and never dwelled on things done. He took pride in being the best husband, father, paw paw, brother, father-in-law, uncle, and friend. To put it frankly, he was simply the best there was.
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