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==Background==
==Background==
Moore was born to W. E. Moore and the former Sadie Hammonds (1900-1997) of Milan in Gibson County in western [[Tennessee]]. Moore's five sisters included Mary Evelyn Eddings (deceased), June Moore, Wanda Cooper, Betty Gass, and Phyllis Riley, the latter of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/potter/obits/1997/27oct97.txt|title=Sadie Hammonds Moore|publisher=files.usgwarchives.net|accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</ref>
Moore was born to W. E. Moore and the former Sadie Hammonds (1900-1997) of Milan in Gibson County in western [[Tennessee]]. Moore's five sisters included Mary Evelyn Eddings (deceased), June Moore, Wanda Cooper, Betty Gass, and Phyllis Riley, the latter of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>Sadie Hammonds Moore obituary, ''The Amarillo Globe-News,''October 1997.</ref>
Moore was educated at Lambuth College and Union University, both in Jackson in western Tennessee. He then enrolled at George Peabody College in the capital city of Nashville. He holds an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview in Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, and an honorary doctor of laws from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=agn/>
Moore was educated at Lambuth College and Union University, both in Jackson in western Tennessee. He then enrolled at George Peabody College in the capital city of Nashville. He holds an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview in Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, and an honorary doctor of laws from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=agn/>