Palestine High School Alumni Association

06 / 06 / 1938  –  07 / 19 / 2000

Services for LCDR William Larry Gore, USN (RET), 62 of St. Marys, Georgia, will be at 4 P.M. Thursday at Chapel Navel Submarine Base Kings Bay. Graveside services will follow Monday at 11 A.M. at Beechgrove Cemetery in Westport, Mass.

LCDR Gore died Sunday in St. Marys. He was born in Palestine to Vannoy and Lena Mae Gore.

LCDR Gore retired in September 1987 after serving for over 30 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy. He advanced through the ranks from Seaman to Lieutenant Commander (Supply Corps) and was a 1974 graduate of the Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, GA.

After his retirement from the U.S. Navy, he was employed as Project Manager for Vitro Corporation at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA., and Executive Director for the United Way of the Virginias before taking the job at Amelia Island.

He was involved in the United Way, American Heart Association, Salvation Army and Chamber of Commerce. He was vice-president of the Camden-Kings Bay Council of the Navy League and a Free and Accepted Mason. He had been a member of the Rotary club, Navy League, Naval Submarine League, Lions Club, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans Association, Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks and West Virginia State President of the Navy League of the U.S.

He is survived by his wife, Joanne Louise Gore of St. Marys; stepchildren, Susan J. Holden of Dallas and Barton G. Jackson of Murrell’s Inlet, SC.; sisters, Vera Jeanne Vines of San Antonio and Suzanne G. Gonzales of Houston; and one step-grandson.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1711, Palestine, Texas 75802.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 07-21-2000