Walter B. Moyer

Services for Mr. Walter Bower Moyer, age 84, of Hideaway, are scheduled for 10 AM on Thursday, August 27, 2015 at the Hideaway Lake Community Church with Bro. Rupert Anthony and Pastor Paul Garrison officiating. Interment will follow at the Lindale City Cemetery under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Directors in Lindale. Mr. Moyer died on Monday, August 24, 2015 at the Hospice Homeplace in Tyler. He was born on February 16, 1931 in Franconia, Pennsylvania to Laaden A. and Emma Bower Moyer and was formerly of Bell County, Texas before moving to Hideaway 9 years ago. Mr. Moyer was a member of the Hideaway Lake Community Church, the Hideaway Men’s 9 Hole Golf Group and the Hideaway Scooter Club. He enjoyed playing bridge and forty two, and watching sports on TV, especially the Texas Rangers and Dallas Cowboys games. He loved watching his grandkids play basketball and football and always made time to attend their games as often as possible. He was also an avid fisherman, horseman, loved and owned numerous boats and airplanes, and was a former stock car race driver and pilot, donating many hours piloting for Angel Flight. He also proudly served with the Bell County Sheriff’s Posse, of which he was a member for many years. Mr. Moyer owned and operated the Temple Chemical Company in Moody, Texas, retiring in 2001. He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister, Millie Moyer and a son, Richard Watson. He is survived by wife, Mrs. Sylvia Moyer of Hideaway; children, Brenda Stewart and husband, Larry of Heber Springs, Arkansas; Krystal Rose and husband, Edward of Hideaway; Lorie Adams and husband, Kenneth of Cash; Craig Moyer of Denton; Lance Moyer and wife, Sandy of Temple; Rodney Moyer and wife, Leslie of Waco; Joe Watson and wife, Brenda of Hammond, Louisiana; and Laura Weaver and husband, Benny of Mullin; 3 sisters, Arlene Clemmer of Souderton, Pennsylvania; Gladys Nyce and husband, Sam of Souderton, Pennsylvania; and Lorraine Chaffin of Columbus, Ohio; 20 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren. Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons, Darrin Stewart, Brandon Stewart, Marc Rhodes, Ryan Adams, Jake Moyer, and Tristan Moyer. Honorary pallbearers are members of the Hideaway Men’s 9 Hole Golf Group. The family will receive friends from 6PM to 8PM on Wednesday evening at the Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale. Memorials may be made to the Hideaway Lake Community Church Building Fund, 1115 Lake Cross Road, Hideaway, Texas 75771 or to the Hospice of East Texas 4111 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75701.

Walter B. Moyer

February 16, 1931 - August 24, 2015