Leon Moore

Funeral services for Shelby Leon Moore, 84, of Trenton, Texas, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 21, 2023, at First Baptist Church, Trenton, under the direction of Wise Funeral Home.  Pastor Jason Points will officiate.  Burial will follow in Burns Cemetery in Trenton. The family will receive friends at First Baptist Church in Trenton on Friday, January 20, 2023, from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m.   Mr. Moore passed away on January 16, 2023, at the Texoma Medical Center in Denison.

Leon was born August 23, 1938 in Austin, Texas, the son of Shelby B. Moore and Ann Lee Rackley Moore.  He was a graduate of Brackenridge High School in San Antonio and did his undergraduate work at the University of Texas in Austin.  Leon received his MBA from the University of Dallas.  He married the love of his life, Carole Ann Taylor, on February 14, 1959, in San Antonio.   Leon was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Trenton where he served his Lord faithfully and was a family man at heart.  Leon was a member of the Trenton Masonic Lodge and was a financial planner before retiring to his farm outside of Trenton where he enjoyed farming and ranching while being a member of the Santa Gertrudis Association.

Leon was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 63 years on July 4, 2022, and his parents.

Leon leaves to cherish his memories, his daughter Linda Bryan and husband, Joe, of Van Alstyne, Texas, his son, Shelby Lee Moore and wife, Mary Anne, of Alvarado, Texas, grandchildren, Jennifer Jaco (Michael), Jeannine Bryan (fiancé, Nick Patton), Jackson Moore (Emily) and Reed Moore.

The family will receive friends at Trenton First Baptist Church from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. Friday night, January 20, 2023.