WAYNESVILLE (Special)- The shotgun death of a 38-year-old retired soldier was termed accidental yesterday by Pulaski County Coroner C.E. Moss.
The body of Walter S. Moore, Waynesville, who had been shot in the chest with a 12 gauge shotgun, was found at his home Thursday night by his wife.
Officers said Moore apparently was hanging up a coat in a closet when the weapon discharged. Moore recently retired as master sergeant after 20 years of Army service, part of which was spent at Fort Leonard Wood.
In addition to his wife, Gwendolyn, he is survived by two sons, Walter, Jr., and Benjamin Earl, of the home; a daughter, Linda Kay, also of the home; three brothers, Don M., of Graceland, Calif., Sam, of Sunnyvale, Calif., and Earl of Washington D.C., and three sisters, Mrs. Sue Williams, Decatur, Ga., Mrs. Lyda Mills, Jackson, Miss., and Mrs. Alma Brenner, Biloxi, Miss.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the First Baptist Church here by Dr. Cleveland Horne. Burial will be in the Waynesville Memorial Cemetery under direction of Moss-Williams.
The Springfield News-Leader
Springfield, Missouri
19 January 1963
Page 7
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