L. Dean Moore

Long time Cookeville attorney, L. Dean Moore, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday afternoon January 13, 2019 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was born on Saturday December 20, 1941 in Nashville, Tennessee to the late Leroy Bush Moore and the late Anne Dean Moore. Dean graduated from Hillsboro High School in Nashville and obtained both his undergraduate degree and law degree at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. After law school, he served as a Captain in the United States Army JAG Corps. where he practiced law in the appellate division before the United States Court of Military Appeals. Dean was stationed in Washington, DC for three years and frequently entertained family and friends with stories from his time in Washington, DC. Dean moved back to Cookeville, Tennessee where he was the senior partner at Moore, Rader, Fitzpatrick and York law firm from 1968 until the time of his death. He was a tenacious advocate who enjoyed representing his clients and being a mentor to the other partners in the law firm, growing his law firm to be the largest in the Upper Cumberland. After moving to Cookeville, Dean joined the Jaycees and Rotary where he was a member for several years. He also served on the Symphony Board for the Bryan Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and loved attending the Disciple classes on Wednesday nights. As an avid fan of the University of Tennessee football program, he held season tickets for over 50 years and traveled throughout the southeast to attend games. In 1993, Dean met the love of his life, Lavonda Rhoton Britton, whom he married four years later on July 25, 1997 in Cookeville. Their lives together were filled with laughter and joy and the unconditional love of family. Dean's proudest accomplishment was raising his two children, Lane Moore and Lara Moore Mowery, and helping raise his five grandchildren Aidan and Adeleine Moore, and Andrew, Benjamin, and Jacob Mowery. Gardening and traveling the world were his life long passions. He planted acres of daffodils, tulips, iris, lilies and wildflowers that were the backdrop for photography sessions for his friends and neighbors throughout Middle Tennessee. He traveled throughout the world with his wife, children, grandchildren, brother, nephew and friends. His family includes his wife, Lavonda Moore, his son, Lane Moore and wife Shannon of Cookeville, his daughter Lara Moore Mowery and husband Joel of Knoxville, his five grandchildren, Aidan and Adeleine Moore, Andrew, Benjamin, and Jacob Mowery, his brother David (Ann) Moore of Franklin, his brother Richard Moore of Franklin, his sister Lee Ann Young of Brentwood, his sister-in-law Mary (Larry) Harris of Baxter, his sister-in-law Joyce (Barnie) Weaver of Wartrace, his brother-in-law Douglas Rhoton of Baxter, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday January 19, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church in Cookeville, TN. Interment with military honors will follow at Nash Cemetery. Rev. Rob Wheeler will officiate. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2019 at Hooper, Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home in Cookeville and from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church on Saturday, January 19, 2019. Pallbearers will be Jim Hicks, Daniel H. Rader III, Daniel H. Rader IV, Davis Watts, Dr. David Draper, Dr. Tom Lawrence, and Mike Dwyer. Honorary Pallbearers will be the employees of Moore, Rader, Fitzpatrick, and York law firm and the First United Methodist Church Wednesday night Disciple class. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Cookeville First United Methodist Church 165 East Broad Street Cookeville, Tennessee 38501. Hooper Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111 Share your thoughts and memories at www.hhhfunerals.com.