The Whitewright Sun
June 14, 1990
 
Services for Mrs. Lorene Moore were held Monday at Watts Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Verlin Snell officiating and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery in Bells
Mrs. Moore was born in Bells, the daughter of Jack and Minnie Hogan. She married Russell Moore in Durant Oklahoma, January 5, 1936. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Madill. She was an active member of the Guild Circle and the Madill Round-up Club.
Survivors are her husband of the home; sons, Sam R. Moore of Midland, and Robert Moore of Lubbock; daughter, Pat Wils of Ardmore; brother, W.P. Hogan of Rockdale; sister, Lydia Woods of Bells; 5 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Bill Sears, David Sears, Lynn Colvert, Roger Allred, Fred Stanley, and Jerry Lacenby.


The Whitewright Sun
May 5, 1994

Services for Russell Wilson Moore, 79, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, formerly of Bells, were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Watts Memorial Chapel in Madill, Oklahoma. He died Monday at an Ardmore hospital.  Verlyn Snell officiated and burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery at Bells.
Mr. Moore was born and reared in Bells. He married Lorene Hogan, January 5, 1936, in Durant, Oklahoma. She died June 12, 1990. After her death he married Hazel McKown August 21, 1991 in Madill.
He was a quarter horse breeder for many years, for both show and performance, and had served as a horse judge for 31 years. He had also been a car salesman. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Madill. He formerly lived in Denison, Plainview and Madill and had been an Ardmore resident since 1991.
Pallbearers were Jerry Lazency, Fred Stanley, David Sears, Bill Sears, John Calvert and Lynn Calvert.
Surviving are his wife; sons, Sammy Russell Moore of Houston and Robert Moore of McAlester, Oklahoma; daughter, Patsy McDonald of Ardmore; sisters, Annelle Calvert of Orange and Edna Earl Sears of Bells; 5 grandchildren and 3  great-grandchildren.