Donald Bates Moye
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Donald Bates Moye
June 1, 1933 - November 4, 2015
Donald Bates Moye, 82,
of Nederland, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015. A native and lifelong resident
of the area, he was born on June 1, 1933, in Nederland, to Fannie Belle Stark
and Elmer Bates Moye.
Donald attended Texas A&M
University and received a bachelor’s degree in marketing. After graduation, he
attended Baylor Law School where he received his Juris Doctor degree. Donald
worked for the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office. He practiced law
for fifty-five years in Nederland. Donald was also an elder at Reformed
Presbyterian Church in Beaumont.
Survivors include his
love of forty-five years, Paula Moye of Nederland; daughters, Lisa Moye Knight
and her husband, Craig, of Medina; Bonnie Carlisle and her husband, Ernie, of
Smyrna, Delaware; and Sarah Moye Hardin and her husband, Ronnie, of Groves;
grandchildren, Katie, Jacob, Elise, Caleb, Ernie, Abby, Randall, Gali, and
Allison; great-grandchildren, Emma, Annie, Claire, Sands, Daisy, Lucy, Kingston,
Corrie, and Charlie; brother, Ronnie Moye and his wife, Delores, of Beaumont; beloved
mother-in-law, Clarice Simmons of Port Arthur; and a host of other relatives,
friends, and his beloved church family.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; step-father, Jack Eastin; step-daughter, Denise
Hoffpauir; and step-son, Randy Bailey.
A gathering of Mr. Moye’s
family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, November 6,
2015, at Broussard’s, 505 North 12th Street, Nederland. His funeral
service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 7, 2015, at Broussard’s,
Nederland, with interment to follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches.
Memorial contributions
may be made in Mr. Moye’s memory to Hope Women's Resource Clinic, 3740
Laurel Avenue, Beaumont, Texas 77707, or The Arc of Greater Beaumont, 700 North
Street, Beaumont, Texas 77701.
www.hope-clinic.com www.arcofbmt.org
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