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==Background==
 
==Background==
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Moore was born in Haynesville in northern Claiborne Parish just south of the [[Arkansas]] state line to Arthur Roy Moore (1904–1984), a [[Mississippi]] native known as Roy Moore, and the former Capitola Touchstone (1903–2002) Roy Moore managed the Jitney Jungle grocery outlet in Homer, a since defunct chain store that originated in 1919 in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. Moore began school in Haynesville, but his family relocated to Homer, where in 1942 he graduated from Homer High School. Capitola Moore was a sister of Sam F. Touchstone (1904–2002), who owned a taxidermy and wildlife museum in Haughton in southern Bossier Parish. Moore was hence a first cousin of [[Ned Touchstone]], an advocacy newspaper publisher and a visible figure among what was called the "Radical Right" in Louisiana during the 1960s. In 1967, Touchstone unsuccessfully challenged the reelection of Louisiana Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]]. Arthur and Capitola Moore are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish.<ref name=statement>Bill Hathorn, Interview with Danny Roy Moore, January 5, 2011.</ref>
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Moore was born in Haynesville in northern Claiborne Parish just south of the [[Arkansas]] state line to Arthur Roy Moore (1904–1984), a [[Mississippi]] native known as Roy Moore, and the former Capitola Touchstone (1903–2002) Roy Moore managed the Jitney Jungle grocery outlet in Homer, a since defunct chain store that originated in 1919 in [[Jackson]], [[Mississippi]]. Moore began school in Haynesville, but his family relocated to Homer, where in 1942 he graduated from Homer High School. Capitola Moore was a sister of Sam F. Touchstone (1904–2002), who owned a taxidermy and wildlife museum in Haughton in southern Bossier Parish. Moore was hence a first cousin of [[Ned Touchstone]], an advocacy newspaper publisher and a visible figure among what was called the "Radical Right" in Louisiana during the 1960s. In 1967, Touchstone unsuccessfully challenged the reelection of Louisiana Education Superintendent [[Bill Dodd]]. Arthur and Capitola Moore are interred at Arlington Cemetery in Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish.<ref name=statement>Billy Hathorn, Interview with Danny Roy Moore, January 5, 2011.</ref>
    
During [[World War II]], Moore served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. He flew B-24 missions over [[Germany]].<ref name=thelake>{{cite web|url=Remembering the birth of Lake Claiborne | Minden Press-Herald (press-herald.com), Glynn Harris, August 30, 2016.</ref> Moore was a [[Southern Baptist]] and a Mason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fred-volentine&pid=147518321|title=Fred Volentine obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 2, 2011|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>
 
During [[World War II]], Moore served in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps, forerunner of the [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]. He flew B-24 missions over [[Germany]].<ref name=thelake>{{cite web|url=Remembering the birth of Lake Claiborne | Minden Press-Herald (press-herald.com), Glynn Harris, August 30, 2016.</ref> Moore was a [[Southern Baptist]] and a Mason.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fred-volentine&pid=147518321|title=Fred Volentine obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=January 2, 2011|accessdate=January 2, 2011}}</ref>
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