Richard Clarence Poore
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Mr. Richard Clarence Poore, 90, a former resident of Hemet, California, and more recently a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at Mountain Memories Assisted Living and Retirement Center in Elkins.
He was born Dec. 24, 1932, in Troy, Indiana, a son of the late John William Poore and the late Ruth Evelyn Pate Poore.
On Oct. 17, 1957 in Utica, Illinois, he married Kaye Prentice Poore, who preceded him in death March 1, 2010. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family having been preceded in death in addition to his parents by a brother, John Arthur Poore of Elkins, West Virginia, and a sister, Mary Ruth Estes of Lewisport, Kentucky.
Several first cousins survive him, Judy Moody of Greenville, South Carolna, Bob Poore of Greenville, South Carolina, and Gloria Poore Wahl, who was like a sister to him, of Cannelton, Indiana. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews, Mark, Malinda, Luke, Karen, Laurinda, Sam and Richard.
Mr. Poore graduated from Cannelton High School and Bob Jones University, earning a Master’s Degree in Christian Education. Before attending college, he hitchhiked to Washington D.C. and worked for the FBI to earn his tuition. He also attended Trinity Seminary and worked for TEAM in preparation for missions, residing in Chicago, Illinois. Going overseas, he and his wife served in France for Baptist Mid-Missions.
He briefly lived in Prescott, Arizona upon returning from the mission field. He then served as a secondary educator at American Christian Academy in Pomona, California, and other Christian schools in southern California as a teacher of Bible, French and English until his retirement.
He was a member of the Cornerstone Church Hemet, California. He was a member of the Bob Jones University Alumni Association since 1955. He loved to travel and had visited all 50 states in the USA.
His favorite Bible passage was II Corinthians 5:14-15 “For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.”
At Mr. Poore’s request, cremation has taken place.
The Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Mr. Richard Clarence Poore.
Condolences may be expressed at www.tomblynfuneral home.com.