Vernon Luther Moose

Mr. Vernon Luther Moose, age 87, of Dahlonega, GA, died April 16, 2010.

Mr. Moose lived most of his life in Lumpkin County. He was a member and a deacon of Macedonia Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. Mr. Moose was a WWII Navy veteran and served on the USS Albemarle. He was a Member of the Blue Mountain Masonic Lodge #38 F&AM, and was a Gideon.

He was the son of the late Charlie B. Moose and Nancy Cain Moose. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Edna Grizzle Moose; son, Joseph Moose; brothers, Grady Moose, Ernest Moose, Ramey Moose, and Hillard Moose; sisters, Bertha Quarles, Lorine Thomason, Cleo Youngblood, Eva Davis, Annie Grizzle, Cona Jarrard, Mary Grizzle, and Bessie Thomason.

Mr. Moose is survived by daughter, Mildred Sutton, Dahlonega; daughter and son-in-law, Deborah and Dwight Bearden, Dahlonega; sister, Molly Worley, Nelson, GA; granddaughter, Kim Bearden, Dahlonega. Several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 PM Sunday April 18, 2010, at Macedonia Baptist Church in Lumpkin County. Rev. J.R. Fields, Rev. Keith Allison, and Rev. Junior Abernathy will officiate.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Military Honors by the Veterans Alliance Honor Guard.

The family will receive friends at Banister Funeral Home in Dahlonega on Saturday from 2:30 PM until 9 PM.

Banister Funeral home of Dahlonega is in charge of the arrangements.