Layton Ross Moore

Layton "Ross" Moore, 48, of San Antonio, Texas, passed away in his sleep on Sunday, July 24, 2016. Ross had been struggling with poor health over the last few years related to his chronic asthma. He will be missed in every way by his family and many friends. Ross was born in Weisbaden, Germany, on July 2, 1968, while his parents were stationed at San Vito Air Station, Italy. He was born to Danny Ross Moore and Sherye (Kirkpatrick) Moore who were married in Big Spring, Texas, on September 8, 1966. He graduated in May, 1986, from Anchorage Christian Schools, a ministry of Anchorage Baptist Temple in Anchorage, Alaska. Ross attended Christian Heritage College in El Cahon, California, for one year and attended San Antonio College in San Antonio for one year. Ross met Kathy Buchanan through mutual friends in 1999 and they were married on July 14, 2001. He was a loving husband to Kathy and father to his three children. Kathy is a stay-at-home mom to Bailey (nine years old) and Reagan (ten years old) a very rambunctious girl and boy who loved their daddy very much. They loved just hanging out at home when daddy was not working. Bailey loved to play with her "little animals" with daddy and Reagan preferred to shoot hoops, watch TV or play video games with him. They were the light of his life and they will miss him so much. Ross was so proud of his oldest son, Tyler, from a previous marriage. Tyler is twenty-one and will be graduating from UTSA this year. He is a mature, level-headed, handsome young man who has his dad's fun personality and his story-telling and sales skills. Tyler and his dad were best friends. Ross has always worked in sales in a number of fields. His big smile and love of people made him the perfect "people person" and well-suited for this career. For the last sixteen years, he has worked with Tim Morris and for the last ten years has been a partner at Lone Star Materials and traveled the state meeting with customers and over-seeing installation projects for the products he sold. Ross and Tim had previously worked together at another company and then branched out on their own. The company has consistently grown, especially in the last five years. He was known by all his clients, friends and family as a prankster and lots of fun to be around always the life of the party. The "Four Musketeers" will now be three. Ross, his brother Dru, and cousins Blane and Tony have been so close through the years. They have lived in Italy, Alaska and San Antonio together most of their lives at one-time next door to each other. They have played sports and video games and every silly game they could devise and have always been a big part of each others' lives from birth. This band of cousins will never quite be the same again without Ross. However, his "bigger than life" personality will always be an influence on this group and all who knew him. Ross' passion for basketball gave him such joy as well as those who enjoyed watching him play and seeing him shoot those long, arched 3-pointers. He was number one in the state of Alaska his senior year of high school with the most 3 point shots made. This high school team of great players and better young men won two state championships under the strong and dedicated leadership of their coach, twenty-four year old Randy Dunton. This team formed a life-long bond that continues to the present and is evidenced by the many team members who are traveling from all over the U.S. to attend his funeral services. Ross' family is asking you to celebrate every day that you knew him and the time you spent with him. Remember the fun he generated and the generosity and kindness he showed. Our family has chosen to remember these days and moments and treasure every one of them and not to dwell on the days we will be without him. Since Ross accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior when he was nine years old, we trust in the promises of Jesus to prepare a place for believers in heaven and to take us there when we die. This gives us the confidence that we will see him again. As his death at the age of forty eight proves, we are never promised tomorrow so we must prepare our hearts today. In addition to his wife and children, Ross is also survived by his parents, Dan and Sherye Moore of San Antonio, a brother, Thomas Dru Moore (Schertz, TX) and his wife, Cherith and nieces, Hallie and Ashley Moore. He is survived by other family members in the San Antonio area including his aunt Marsha Sanders and her husband Jerry and cousins, Blane Sanders and his wife, Andrea; niece and nephew, Kaelyn Sanders and Ethan Sanders; Tony Sanders and wife Valerie, nieces Gabriella and Angelina and nephew Joshua Sanders. Other family members who live outside of the San Antonio area are uncle Alfred Moore; aunt Wenona Hamilton and her husband Horace, cousins Greg Hamilton, Darrell Hamilton, Karl Hamilton and Rhonda Gaber; aunt Myrtie Lee and husband D.C., cousins Darlene Battle and Roger Battle. He is survived by cousins, Thomas Kirkpatrick, Chance Kirkpatrick and daughter, Tynna King and her husband Jonathan and daughter and Misty and her husband Tim McCoy and their three children Christie Hestand and her three children. There is a large extended family as well. He was preceded in death by grandparents Thomas and Louise Kirkpatrick and JW and Fabris Moore and an uncle Thomas Kirkpatrick. Ross' life will be celebrated on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at 12:00 noon. Services will include a closed casket visitation from 11:00 to 12:00 to give friends and family the opportunity to offer condolences. Services are under the direction of Lux Funeral Home at Grace Baptist Temple, 4398 Bluemel Road, San Antonio, TX, 78240; Pastor Dennis Isbell officiating. Burial will immediately follow the service at Hill Country Memorial Gardens at 11700 Texas 46, New Braunfels, TX 78132, approximately forty-five minutes from the church. In lieu of flowers, you may donate to the youcaring.com Compassionate Crowdfunding website to help Kathy and the children with immediate expenses which she is incurring with Ross' sudden death. You may go to youcaring.com, search for Ross Moore in the "Search for a Fundraiser". Then click on the picture of Ross, Kathy and the kids. You will see the "Donate Now" box.