Mr. Robert N. “Bob” Moore Jr., age 82 of Franklin, passed away February 28, 2017, after a brief illness.
He was born and raised in Franklin, and graduated from BGA in 1952 and from Vanderbilt in 1956. During his time at Vanderbilt, Bob worked as a reporter for The Tennessean. After graduating from Vanderbilt, he spent two years in the U.S. Army working at the Pentagon.
He served as an administrative assistant to U.S Congressman Joe L. Evins for four years, and in 1964 he was a candidate for Congress, losing to Natalis Submarine Captain William Anderson.
Bob worked for the Office of Economic Opportunity and was later Special Assistant to R. Sargent Shriver, where he helped develop and establish the Head Start Program on a national basis.
After living in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, he returned to his hometown of Franklin in the mid 1970s and opened a real estate development firm. The Robert N. Moore Company engaged in a wide variety of real estate activities including developing, managing and owning apartments, subdivisions, shopping centers and other commercial properties.
In 1984 Bob was a candidate for Congress to replace Al Gore, losing to Bart Gordon in the primary.
He is longtime member of the Moore Elementary School Advisory Council and was a member of the Battle Ground Academy Board of Trust for over 25 years, and was inducted into the BGA Hall of Fame in 2008. He also served on the board of O’More College of Design and the Franklin Noon Rotary club, where he was a member. Bob was active in his church, Heritage Church of Christ, and taught a sixth grade Sunday school class for over 30 years. He was a graduate and board member of Leadership Franklin and served on many other nonprofit boards over the years.
Photography was one of his favorite hobbies and he traveled and photographed extensively including a self-directed photo tour of South Africa, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe in 2001. His photographs have been shown at several juried exhibitions and he was most recently honored by Battle Ground Academy in 2015 for his photography and support of BGA. He was most recently a photographer for the Williamson Herald and for the Franklin Noon Rotary Club’s Franklin Rodeo.
He was passionate about his community, his church, Rotary, Leadership Franklin, BGA, and Vanderbilt University.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert N. Moore Sr. and Catherine Morrow Moore. He leaves behind his “darlin” and beloved friend of 37 years, Sondra Morris.
A service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017, at Heritage Church of Christ- Franklin. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, March 3, 2017, at Williamson Memorial Funeral Home and Saturday, March 4, 2017, at Heritage Church of Christ from 12-2 p.m. with burial scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Williamson Memorial Gardens.
Active Pallbearers are Dean Erwin, Ronnie Erwin, Joe Hafley, Jody Bowman, Farley Haralson, Vance Tilley, Marc Headden, and Derby Jones.
Honorary Pallbearers will be the former and current BGA Board of Trust, O’More College Board of Trust, the Franklin Noon Rotary Club, employees of the Robert N. Moore Company, Moore Elementary Advisory Board Tom and Charlotte Cone, Sue and Henry McCall, Cathy and Bob Thomas, Bill Haralson, Pete Haralson, Vance and Emeline Tilley, Cathy and Bill Turner, J.J. and Millard Oakley and Jess Correll.
Memorial contributions may be made to Battle Ground Academy Memorial Contributions, Heritage Church of Christ Building Fund, or the charity of your choice.
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, 615 794-2289. www.williamsonmemorial.com
General Information
Full Name: Robert Nathaniel Moore, Jr.
Date of Death: Tuesday, February 28th, 2017
First Visitation
When: Friday, March 3rd, 2017, 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Williamson Memorial Funeral Home
Address: 3009 Columbia Ave, Franklin, TN 37064
Second Visitation
When: Saturday, March 4th, 2017, 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Heritage Church of Christ
Address: 1056 Lewisburg Pike Franklin, TN 37064
Service Information
When: Saturday, March 4th, 2017, 2:00pm
Officiating: Steve Blackman
Location: Heritage Church of Christ
Address: 1056 Lewisburg Pike, Franklin, TN 37064
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