AMarch 30 1934
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, Friday, March 30, 1934
William W. Moore Death Held Suicide
A former vice president of the Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company, William Wallace Moore, was found dead in a bathtub at his home, 1831 South Third Street, at 7:40 o'clock Thursday night, with a bullet wound in his right temple and .32 caliber Spanish revolver at his side. He was 64 years old.
Deputy Coroner M. Rodger Dougherty said Mr. Moore committed suicide. The act was attributed to illness. He had been in failing health since shortly before he resigned his position with the insurance company more than two years ago.
His wife, who found the body, said he left home shortly after noon and returned while she was away.
Born in Brownsville, Tenn., he attended public schools there and later was graduated from the University of Tennessee. Accepting a position with the Kentucky Military Institute at Lyndon as an instructor, he later resigned to become editor of the Asheville Citizen at Asheville, N. C.
From Asheville, Mr. Moore came to Louisville and became associated with the Citizens-National Life Insurance Company, becoming a vice president when the company was merged with the Inter-Southern Life Insurance Company.
He was a member of the Louisville Chess Club, and the author of the series of chess problems which have appeared on the sport pages of The Courier-Journal on Sundays.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son. Maj. W. C. Moore, stationed at Fort Davis, Panama; a daughter, Mrs. Julien Erwin; two brothers, Roy Moore, Brownsville, Tenn., and E. L. Moore, Birmingham, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. A. N. Bloodworth, Holcomb, Miss., and Mrs. J. N. Alvis.
William Wallace Moore grave marker, Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
