Moore - Zopher Belle
Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana, September 4, 1931
Funeral services for Zopher Belle Moore were conducted Friday
afternoon at the home of Claude Moore, brother of the deceased
living at Mecca, with whom he made his home and where he died
Monday, August 17. Mr. Moore was born at Waveland, Indiana, March
13, 1886, the youngest son of George and Mary E. Moore, of a
family of eight children, five sons and three daughters. His age
was 45 years, five months and six days. He spent his life in the
town of his birth until the death of his parents, when he went to
Mecca and made his home with his brother Claude. He was never
married and was a cripple since infancy. His last illness was of
several months duration but was not serious until the last few
weeks when he was stricken by dropsy and heart trouble. Those
surviving him are four brothers, Perry of Muncie; Wallace of
Rushville; Merle of Homer and Claude of Mecca. His three sisters
have preceded him in death beside his parents. He is also
survived by thirteen nieces and ten nephews. Rev. A. L.
Vermillion of this place officiated at the funeral and interment
was made in Old Union Cemetery near Waveland.