Mr. Larry Moore (Courtesy)

August 8, 1940 - February 10, 2022

Major Moore, Larry R. Ret. United States Army, 81, of Knoxville, TN, passed away February 10, 2022 at Park West Medical Center in Knoxville. He was born August 8, 1940 in New Harmony, IN to the late C. Albert and Goldie (Kendall) Moore. Major Moore served in the United States Army. He served overseas on South Korea, Vietnam and two tours in Germany. Major Moore was awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Bronze Star with “V” device with two oak leaf clusters, two Purple Hearts, two Army Commendation Medals with “V” device and one for meritorious service and two Air Medals. He received the Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Palm and the Vietnamese Campaign Ribbon with four bronze Campaign battle stars. Major Moore graduated from New Harmony High School. He earned a Bachelors of Science Degree at Univ. of Nebraska and received his Master of Science Degree from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL. After 20 years of active duty as a RA Officer, he retired in 1978 from Ft. McClellan, AL. Major Moore and his wife, Rose moved to Knoxville, TN with their family. In 1997, Major Moore again, retired from Lockheed Martin Energy Systems following 20 years of service as a major project manager/leader. He was a published author of many articles for national magazines, poems and numerous manuals for the Army and Lockheed. In 2003, Major Moore and his wife established a distributorship enterprise involving Big Game Jerky accounts in Tennessee. He was the family genealogist; consistently researching and documenting. Major Moore was Master Mason of the Artic Lodge #394 in New Harmony. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ritchie. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Rose (Robinson) Moore; daughter, Kimberley Blankenship (Larry); son, Greggory Moore (Taska Owens); grandsons, Dakota Blankenship (Kady), Larry Ashley Moore (Kortni) and Greggory Scott Moore, II (Kayla – Dale). Also survived by great-grandchildren, Brady, Cooper, Emryn, Jaycee, and Owen. Funeral service will be held at 11:30 am on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Schneider Funeral Home, 512 Main St., Mt. Vernon, IN with Rev. Dallas Robinson officiating and burial to follow in Weiss Cemetery with Military Rites. Visitation will be held from 9:30 am until 11:30 am service time on Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the New Harmony Veteran’s Memorial or www.michaeljfox.org for Parkinson’s research. Condolences may be made online at www.schneiderfuneralhome.com This announcement is courtesy of Strickland Funeral Home of Lavonia