James Don Moore, known to most of his friends as "Roadrunner", was born January 29, 1976, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to James Vurnell Moore and Cheryl Lee Fischl. He was the third child for James and second for Cheryl, having two sisters; Antonia Marie Moore, and Karla Dawn Moore.
Jimmy lived in and attended school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until 1993, at which time he moved to Coweta, Oklahoma and lived with his father during the 10th grade.
He married young, at age seventeen, to Shannon Dee Shepherd of Porter, Oklahoma, on March 23, 1993, in Wagoner, Oklahoma. They lived in and around Coweta for the duration of their marriage, and became parents to Cheyenne TaLynn, Sarah Alline, and Kenndall Don, who was stillborn. They divorced May 22, 2001, in Wagoner.
After his marriage ended Jimmy produced another child, Alexis Rose Jones-Moore, who was also stillborn. He also fathered a son, Samuel Moncries, who was conceived before, but born after his marriage. He relinquished all rights to this child.
He met and married his best friend and soul mate, Alyson Ry Adkins, on September 25, 2004, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They soon produced son, Colby Jackson and daughter Carly RyAnn. They had made their home in Claremore, Oklahoma for the past twelve years.
Jimmy was an outdoorsman. He loved to hunt, be it rifle or bow, to fish, and to camp out. He also loved taking his family to drag races and gun and car shows. He loved the Dukes of Hazzard, anything to do with the General Lee, and was extremely proud of the confederate flag given to him by his grandfather, Jack Raney. He loved life, his family, was a self-proclaimed "Mama's Boy", and a loyal friend to those who had known him most of his life. Many young men from Jimmy's life called him "brother" in the truest sense of the word.
He earned his living over the years as a mechanic and welder in the steel industry, having earned a Master Welders Certificate. He worked hard to take care of his family, and in 2010, at the age of 34, achieved his GED. At the time of his death he was employed by AZZ Galvanizing located in the Port of Catoosa, Catoosa, Oklahoma.
His life was cut short on July 18, 2014, when the motorcycle he had just taken possession of that day struck the rear end of a truck that turned in front of him. He was ejected from the bike and died instantly when he struck the ground, breaking his back and neck.
He is preceded in death by his two daughters; Kenndall Don and Alexis Rose Moore both of Coweta, Oklahoma; great-grandparents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie and Oliver Rogers of Broken Arrow, and step-great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman N. Raney, also of Broken Arrow. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Raney of Coweta; Mr. and Mrs. Vurnel F. Moore of Wagoner, Oklahoma, and David Fischl Mather of Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is survived by wife Alyson and children Colby and Carly of the home in Claremore; daughters Cheyenne and Sarah of Coweta, Oklahoma. Mother and step-father, Cheryl and Richard D. Cure of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two sisters; Karla Gifford of Tulsa, and Antonia Douglass of Garden City, Kansas. Four step-siblings; brothers Richard K. Cure of Tulsa, and Robert Dannatt of Claremore; and sisters Kathryn E. Musselman of Tulsa, and Mary L. Jaimes-Serrano of Kansas; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins far too many to list.
Services were held at 5 p.m. on July 25, when Jimmy was transported to the Cedar Point Church in Claremore escorted by an Honorary Guard comprised of three motorcycle clubs; The Priesthood--Tulsa Chapter, Eighteen Wheels MA, and The Downed Bikers Association--Tulsa Chapter. He was then escorted back to the MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore for cremation. The family is taking possession of his ashes to be dealt with at a later time.
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Claremore - Moore, James Don "Jimmy," 38,
AZZ Galvanizing employee, died Friday.
Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday, MMS-Payne
Funeral Home, and service 5 p.m. Friday,
Cedar Point Church.
-Tulsa World
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Claremore motorcyclist killed in wreck at
Keetonville Hill
Saturday, July 19, 2014
12:00 am
By COREY JONES
World Staff Writer
A 38 year-old motorcyclist was killed in a
wreck Friday afternoon on a highway between
Owasso and Claremore when a pickup truck
turned in front of his vehicle, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol said.
Emergency crews responded around 4:30 p.m.
to Keetonville Hill, on Oklahoma 20 at Ridge
Road. The motorcyclist, identified by troopers
as James Moore of Claremore, was pronounced
dead on scene.
Trooper Brad Debell said noore was eastbound
on Oklahoma 20 when a westbound Ford truck
tried to turn left - or south - onto Ridge
Road and failed to yield to the motorcyclist and
the two vehicles collided.
Debell said Moore wasn't wearing a helmet.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
The truck's driver was not distracted in the
lead-up to the collision, Debell said, and drugs
or alcohol were not suspected.
Reports will be forwarded to the district
attorney's office for consideration of possible
charges.
[email protected]
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Motorcyclist killed in Keetonville Hill crash
Claremore Progress
Salesha Wilken
07/18/2014
8:26 PM
A motorcyclist was killed Friday on Keetonville
Hill along State Highway 20, when he collided
with a vehicle exiting the roadway.
James Moore, 38, of Claremore was
pronounced dead at the scene from massive
injuries. He was driving a 2007 Yamaha
motorcycle.
Steven Ellis, of Owasso was turning left onto
Ridge Road when Moore struck his Ford F-150
truck.
The accident occurred at approximately 4:30
p.m. Emergency crews closed the roadway to
both east and westbound traffic.
Traffic along the highway was backed up for
more than a mile in both directions while crews
worked the scene.
Travelers report the area was impacted for
three hours while authorities cleared the
scene.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol worked the
accident with the assistance of Limestone Fire
District and the Rogers County Sheriff's Office
Jimmy lived in and attended school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until 1993, at which time he moved to Coweta, Oklahoma and lived with his father during the 10th grade.
He married young, at age seventeen, to Shannon Dee Shepherd of Porter, Oklahoma, on March 23, 1993, in Wagoner, Oklahoma. They lived in and around Coweta for the duration of their marriage, and became parents to Cheyenne TaLynn, Sarah Alline, and Kenndall Don, who was stillborn. They divorced May 22, 2001, in Wagoner.
After his marriage ended Jimmy produced another child, Alexis Rose Jones-Moore, who was also stillborn. He also fathered a son, Samuel Moncries, who was conceived before, but born after his marriage. He relinquished all rights to this child.
He met and married his best friend and soul mate, Alyson Ry Adkins, on September 25, 2004, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They soon produced son, Colby Jackson and daughter Carly RyAnn. They had made their home in Claremore, Oklahoma for the past twelve years.
Jimmy was an outdoorsman. He loved to hunt, be it rifle or bow, to fish, and to camp out. He also loved taking his family to drag races and gun and car shows. He loved the Dukes of Hazzard, anything to do with the General Lee, and was extremely proud of the confederate flag given to him by his grandfather, Jack Raney. He loved life, his family, was a self-proclaimed "Mama's Boy", and a loyal friend to those who had known him most of his life. Many young men from Jimmy's life called him "brother" in the truest sense of the word.
He earned his living over the years as a mechanic and welder in the steel industry, having earned a Master Welders Certificate. He worked hard to take care of his family, and in 2010, at the age of 34, achieved his GED. At the time of his death he was employed by AZZ Galvanizing located in the Port of Catoosa, Catoosa, Oklahoma.
His life was cut short on July 18, 2014, when the motorcycle he had just taken possession of that day struck the rear end of a truck that turned in front of him. He was ejected from the bike and died instantly when he struck the ground, breaking his back and neck.
He is preceded in death by his two daughters; Kenndall Don and Alexis Rose Moore both of Coweta, Oklahoma; great-grandparents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie and Oliver Rogers of Broken Arrow, and step-great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman N. Raney, also of Broken Arrow. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Raney of Coweta; Mr. and Mrs. Vurnel F. Moore of Wagoner, Oklahoma, and David Fischl Mather of Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is survived by wife Alyson and children Colby and Carly of the home in Claremore; daughters Cheyenne and Sarah of Coweta, Oklahoma. Mother and step-father, Cheryl and Richard D. Cure of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two sisters; Karla Gifford of Tulsa, and Antonia Douglass of Garden City, Kansas. Four step-siblings; brothers Richard K. Cure of Tulsa, and Robert Dannatt of Claremore; and sisters Kathryn E. Musselman of Tulsa, and Mary L. Jaimes-Serrano of Kansas; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins far too many to list.
Services were held at 5 p.m. on July 25, when Jimmy was transported to the Cedar Point Church in Claremore escorted by an Honorary Guard comprised of three motorcycle clubs; The Priesthood--Tulsa Chapter, Eighteen Wheels MA, and The Downed Bikers Association--Tulsa Chapter. He was then escorted back to the MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore for cremation. The family is taking possession of his ashes to be dealt with at a later time.
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Claremore - Moore, James Don "Jimmy," 38,
AZZ Galvanizing employee, died Friday.
Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday, MMS-Payne
Funeral Home, and service 5 p.m. Friday,
Cedar Point Church.
-Tulsa World
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Claremore motorcyclist killed in wreck at
Keetonville Hill
Saturday, July 19, 2014
12:00 am
By COREY JONES
World Staff Writer
A 38 year-old motorcyclist was killed in a
wreck Friday afternoon on a highway between
Owasso and Claremore when a pickup truck
turned in front of his vehicle, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol said.
Emergency crews responded around 4:30 p.m.
to Keetonville Hill, on Oklahoma 20 at Ridge
Road. The motorcyclist, identified by troopers
as James Moore of Claremore, was pronounced
dead on scene.
Trooper Brad Debell said noore was eastbound
on Oklahoma 20 when a westbound Ford truck
tried to turn left - or south - onto Ridge
Road and failed to yield to the motorcyclist and
the two vehicles collided.
Debell said Moore wasn't wearing a helmet.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
The truck's driver was not distracted in the
lead-up to the collision, Debell said, and drugs
or alcohol were not suspected.
Reports will be forwarded to the district
attorney's office for consideration of possible
charges.
[email protected]
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Motorcyclist killed in Keetonville Hill crash
Claremore Progress
Salesha Wilken
07/18/2014
8:26 PM
A motorcyclist was killed Friday on Keetonville
Hill along State Highway 20, when he collided
with a vehicle exiting the roadway.
James Moore, 38, of Claremore was
pronounced dead at the scene from massive
injuries. He was driving a 2007 Yamaha
motorcycle.
Steven Ellis, of Owasso was turning left onto
Ridge Road when Moore struck his Ford F-150
truck.
The accident occurred at approximately 4:30
p.m. Emergency crews closed the roadway to
both east and westbound traffic.
Traffic along the highway was backed up for
more than a mile in both directions while crews
worked the scene.
Travelers report the area was impacted for
three hours while authorities cleared the
scene.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol worked the
accident with the assistance of Limestone Fire
District and the Rogers County Sheriff's Office
James Don Moore, known to most of his friends as "Roadrunner", was born January 29, 1976, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to James Vurnell Moore and Cheryl Lee Fischl. He was the third child for James and second for Cheryl, having two sisters; Antonia Marie Moore, and Karla Dawn Moore.
Jimmy lived in and attended school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until 1993, at which time he moved to Coweta, Oklahoma and lived with his father during the 10th grade.
He married young, at age seventeen, to Shannon Dee Shepherd of Porter, Oklahoma, on March 23, 1993, in Wagoner, Oklahoma. They lived in and around Coweta for the duration of their marriage, and became parents to Cheyenne TaLynn, Sarah Alline, and Kenndall Don, who was stillborn. They divorced May 22, 2001, in Wagoner.
After his marriage ended Jimmy produced another child, Alexis Rose Jones-Moore, who was also stillborn. He also fathered a son, Samuel Moncries, who was conceived before, but born after his marriage. He relinquished all rights to this child.
He met and married his best friend and soul mate, Alyson Ry Adkins, on September 25, 2004, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They soon produced son, Colby Jackson and daughter Carly RyAnn. They had made their home in Claremore, Oklahoma for the past twelve years.
Jimmy was an outdoorsman. He loved to hunt, be it rifle or bow, to fish, and to camp out. He also loved taking his family to drag races and gun and car shows. He loved the Dukes of Hazzard, anything to do with the General Lee, and was extremely proud of the confederate flag given to him by his grandfather, Jack Raney. He loved life, his family, was a self-proclaimed "Mama's Boy", and a loyal friend to those who had known him most of his life. Many young men from Jimmy's life called him "brother" in the truest sense of the word.
He earned his living over the years as a mechanic and welder in the steel industry, having earned a Master Welders Certificate. He worked hard to take care of his family, and in 2010, at the age of 34, achieved his GED. At the time of his death he was employed by AZZ Galvanizing located in the Port of Catoosa, Catoosa, Oklahoma.
His life was cut short on July 18, 2014, when the motorcycle he had just taken possession of that day struck the rear end of a truck that turned in front of him. He was ejected from the bike and died instantly when he struck the ground, breaking his back and neck.
He is preceded in death by his two daughters; Kenndall Don and Alexis Rose Moore both of Coweta, Oklahoma; great-grandparents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie and Oliver Rogers of Broken Arrow, and step-great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman N. Raney, also of Broken Arrow. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Raney of Coweta; Mr. and Mrs. Vurnel F. Moore of Wagoner, Oklahoma, and David Fischl Mather of Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is survived by wife Alyson and children Colby and Carly of the home in Claremore; daughters Cheyenne and Sarah of Coweta, Oklahoma. Mother and step-father, Cheryl and Richard D. Cure of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two sisters; Karla Gifford of Tulsa, and Antonia Douglass of Garden City, Kansas. Four step-siblings; brothers Richard K. Cure of Tulsa, and Robert Dannatt of Claremore; and sisters Kathryn E. Musselman of Tulsa, and Mary L. Jaimes-Serrano of Kansas; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins far too many to list.
Services were held at 5 p.m. on July 25, when Jimmy was transported to the Cedar Point Church in Claremore escorted by an Honorary Guard comprised of three motorcycle clubs; The Priesthood--Tulsa Chapter, Eighteen Wheels MA, and The Downed Bikers Association--Tulsa Chapter. He was then escorted back to the MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore for cremation. The family is taking possession of his ashes to be dealt with at a later time.
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Claremore - Moore, James Don "Jimmy," 38,
AZZ Galvanizing employee, died Friday.
Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday, MMS-Payne
Funeral Home, and service 5 p.m. Friday,
Cedar Point Church.
-Tulsa World
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Claremore motorcyclist killed in wreck at
Keetonville Hill
Saturday, July 19, 2014
12:00 am
By COREY JONES
World Staff Writer
A 38 year-old motorcyclist was killed in a
wreck Friday afternoon on a highway between
Owasso and Claremore when a pickup truck
turned in front of his vehicle, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol said.
Emergency crews responded around 4:30 p.m.
to Keetonville Hill, on Oklahoma 20 at Ridge
Road. The motorcyclist, identified by troopers
as James Moore of Claremore, was pronounced
dead on scene.
Trooper Brad Debell said noore was eastbound
on Oklahoma 20 when a westbound Ford truck
tried to turn left - or south - onto Ridge
Road and failed to yield to the motorcyclist and
the two vehicles collided.
Debell said Moore wasn't wearing a helmet.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
The truck's driver was not distracted in the
lead-up to the collision, Debell said, and drugs
or alcohol were not suspected.
Reports will be forwarded to the district
attorney's office for consideration of possible
charges.
[email protected]
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Motorcyclist killed in Keetonville Hill crash
Claremore Progress
Salesha Wilken
07/18/2014
8:26 PM
A motorcyclist was killed Friday on Keetonville
Hill along State Highway 20, when he collided
with a vehicle exiting the roadway.
James Moore, 38, of Claremore was
pronounced dead at the scene from massive
injuries. He was driving a 2007 Yamaha
motorcycle.
Steven Ellis, of Owasso was turning left onto
Ridge Road when Moore struck his Ford F-150
truck.
The accident occurred at approximately 4:30
p.m. Emergency crews closed the roadway to
both east and westbound traffic.
Traffic along the highway was backed up for
more than a mile in both directions while crews
worked the scene.
Travelers report the area was impacted for
three hours while authorities cleared the
scene.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol worked the
accident with the assistance of Limestone Fire
District and the Rogers County Sheriff's Office
Jimmy lived in and attended school in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, until 1993, at which time he moved to Coweta, Oklahoma and lived with his father during the 10th grade.
He married young, at age seventeen, to Shannon Dee Shepherd of Porter, Oklahoma, on March 23, 1993, in Wagoner, Oklahoma. They lived in and around Coweta for the duration of their marriage, and became parents to Cheyenne TaLynn, Sarah Alline, and Kenndall Don, who was stillborn. They divorced May 22, 2001, in Wagoner.
After his marriage ended Jimmy produced another child, Alexis Rose Jones-Moore, who was also stillborn. He also fathered a son, Samuel Moncries, who was conceived before, but born after his marriage. He relinquished all rights to this child.
He met and married his best friend and soul mate, Alyson Ry Adkins, on September 25, 2004, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They soon produced son, Colby Jackson and daughter Carly RyAnn. They had made their home in Claremore, Oklahoma for the past twelve years.
Jimmy was an outdoorsman. He loved to hunt, be it rifle or bow, to fish, and to camp out. He also loved taking his family to drag races and gun and car shows. He loved the Dukes of Hazzard, anything to do with the General Lee, and was extremely proud of the confederate flag given to him by his grandfather, Jack Raney. He loved life, his family, was a self-proclaimed "Mama's Boy", and a loyal friend to those who had known him most of his life. Many young men from Jimmy's life called him "brother" in the truest sense of the word.
He earned his living over the years as a mechanic and welder in the steel industry, having earned a Master Welders Certificate. He worked hard to take care of his family, and in 2010, at the age of 34, achieved his GED. At the time of his death he was employed by AZZ Galvanizing located in the Port of Catoosa, Catoosa, Oklahoma.
His life was cut short on July 18, 2014, when the motorcycle he had just taken possession of that day struck the rear end of a truck that turned in front of him. He was ejected from the bike and died instantly when he struck the ground, breaking his back and neck.
He is preceded in death by his two daughters; Kenndall Don and Alexis Rose Moore both of Coweta, Oklahoma; great-grandparents, Pearl Clinton Carpenter and Susie and Oliver Rogers of Broken Arrow, and step-great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman N. Raney, also of Broken Arrow. Grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jack N. Raney of Coweta; Mr. and Mrs. Vurnel F. Moore of Wagoner, Oklahoma, and David Fischl Mather of Las Vegas, Nevada.
He is survived by wife Alyson and children Colby and Carly of the home in Claremore; daughters Cheyenne and Sarah of Coweta, Oklahoma. Mother and step-father, Cheryl and Richard D. Cure of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Two sisters; Karla Gifford of Tulsa, and Antonia Douglass of Garden City, Kansas. Four step-siblings; brothers Richard K. Cure of Tulsa, and Robert Dannatt of Claremore; and sisters Kathryn E. Musselman of Tulsa, and Mary L. Jaimes-Serrano of Kansas; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins far too many to list.
Services were held at 5 p.m. on July 25, when Jimmy was transported to the Cedar Point Church in Claremore escorted by an Honorary Guard comprised of three motorcycle clubs; The Priesthood--Tulsa Chapter, Eighteen Wheels MA, and The Downed Bikers Association--Tulsa Chapter. He was then escorted back to the MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore for cremation. The family is taking possession of his ashes to be dealt with at a later time.
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Claremore - Moore, James Don "Jimmy," 38,
AZZ Galvanizing employee, died Friday.
Visitation 1-8 p.m. Thursday, MMS-Payne
Funeral Home, and service 5 p.m. Friday,
Cedar Point Church.
-Tulsa World
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Claremore motorcyclist killed in wreck at
Keetonville Hill
Saturday, July 19, 2014
12:00 am
By COREY JONES
World Staff Writer
A 38 year-old motorcyclist was killed in a
wreck Friday afternoon on a highway between
Owasso and Claremore when a pickup truck
turned in front of his vehicle, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol said.
Emergency crews responded around 4:30 p.m.
to Keetonville Hill, on Oklahoma 20 at Ridge
Road. The motorcyclist, identified by troopers
as James Moore of Claremore, was pronounced
dead on scene.
Trooper Brad Debell said noore was eastbound
on Oklahoma 20 when a westbound Ford truck
tried to turn left - or south - onto Ridge
Road and failed to yield to the motorcyclist and
the two vehicles collided.
Debell said Moore wasn't wearing a helmet.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
The truck's driver was not distracted in the
lead-up to the collision, Debell said, and drugs
or alcohol were not suspected.
Reports will be forwarded to the district
attorney's office for consideration of possible
charges.
[email protected]
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Motorcyclist killed in Keetonville Hill crash
Claremore Progress
Salesha Wilken
07/18/2014
8:26 PM
A motorcyclist was killed Friday on Keetonville
Hill along State Highway 20, when he collided
with a vehicle exiting the roadway.
James Moore, 38, of Claremore was
pronounced dead at the scene from massive
injuries. He was driving a 2007 Yamaha
motorcycle.
Steven Ellis, of Owasso was turning left onto
Ridge Road when Moore struck his Ford F-150
truck.
The accident occurred at approximately 4:30
p.m. Emergency crews closed the roadway to
both east and westbound traffic.
Traffic along the highway was backed up for
more than a mile in both directions while crews
worked the scene.
Travelers report the area was impacted for
three hours while authorities cleared the
scene.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol worked the
accident with the assistance of Limestone Fire
District and the Rogers County Sheriff's Office
