Roland Edward Moore

Roland Edward Moore passed away at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. He was born May 1, 1921, in Trenton, N.J., to Clifton G. Moore and Gretchen Hofstetter Moore. He joined the Air Force in 1942 and served in the Pacific during World War II as a flight engineer/gunner on heavy bombers. After an honorable discharge in 1945, Roland studied mechanical engineering at the University of Arkansas and obtained his degree in 1950. He became a registered professional engineer in Louisiana and Texas in 1951. Roland spent the majority of his career with Texas Eastern Gas Transmission Corporation in Shreveport and later in Houston, retiring as vice president in 1981. When he retired, he and his late wife moved to Eureka Springs on Beaver Lake where he designed and built a home. They spent time traveling and were members of the Good Sam's Club. Roland volunteered at the Jones Center in Springdale and in his later years volunteered on a mission trip to Chile. Roland was complex and intellectual — interested in art, history, science, the physical world and the possibilities of the future. He was a great leader, a kind soul, and a wonderful friend, devoted husband and loving father. Roland was predeceased by his parents; his brother, Loren Moore; and his wife of 47 years, Mary Jewell Merren Moore. Roland is survived by his daughters, Sharon Wimberly of Fayetteville, Laure Gansert and husband, John, of Houston; and his son, Matthew Moore and wife, Shawn Hadley, of Anchorage, Alaska. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Fenn Wimberly of Harrison, Susan Wimberly and husband, Dave Smih, of Olympia, Wash., Kem Wimberly and husband, Stan Hutcheson, of Fayetteville, Jared Gansert of Houston, Sutton and Seamus Moore of Anchorage; and one great-granddaughter, Katherine Wimberly of Minerva, N.Y. A celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, 2014, at Moore's Chapel in Fayetteville, and his remains will be interred at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport.