When Homer Wesley Moore Jr. was born on 17 September 1928, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Homer Wesley Moore, was 26 and his mother, Grace May Carbaugh, was 22. He lived in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 March 1995, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Saline, Arkansas, United States.
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
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