Biography: Dr. John Malcolm (Mack) Moore Jr., 87, of Little Rock, died February 8
following a short illness.  He practiced medicine for over 43 years
and served as a flight surgeon with the United States Air Force.
 
A native of Arkadelphia and a proud graduate of Arkadelphia High
School, Mack graduated from the University of Arkansas in
Fayetteville. He was a  member of the varsity golf team and president
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity where he made lifelong friends.
After completing his undergraduate studies, he earned his medical
degree from UAMS where he also completed residencies in surgery and
urology.
 
While participating in a rotating internship at Jackson Memorial
Hospital in Miami, Florida, Mack developed a kidney stone at age 26.
The doctor who treated him inspired Mack to become a urologist where
he could combine both of his medical interests: surgery and
personalized patient care for people of all ages and from all walks of
life.
 
In 1970 he joined Dr. James Headstream, Dr. Johnson Baker and
Dr. Charles Logan in the practice of urology at Urology Associates.
In 2000 Urology Associates merged with other groups to form
Arkansas Urology.
 
Mack was a gifted surgeon but he was also gifted in his ability to
explain and help others understand medical issues they were facing.
Throughout his life and career, he inspired and mentored many others.
His patients and their families became his friends. Mack's life was
enriched through his many friends and interests and in turn he
enriched the lives of countless others.
 
In 2015 he received the James Headstream Memorial Award from  the
Arkansas Urologic Society.. In 2021 during the celebration of the 25th
anniversary of Arkansas Urology, the Dr. Mack Moore Health
Fund was established honoring his years of medical service including
the fight against prostate cancer.
 
He was a longtime active member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist
Church; past chair of the Arkansas Prostate Cancer Foundation; past
chair of the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory Board and served on the
Arkansas Racing Commission.
 
Mack was a member and past president  of the Country Club of Little
Rock where he pursued his love for golf and enjoyed the fellowship
with family and friends. In 2012 he was inducted in the Arkansas
State Golf Hall of Fame.
 
He was predeceased by his parents John Malcolm Moore Sr and Jewell
Kinard Moore.  He is survived by his wife of over 59 years, Barbara
Goad Moore; their two sons John Malcolm Moore III and his wife, Amanda
and Michael Moore; three grandchldren John Malcolm Moore IV; Andrew
Joseph Moore and Sarah Wallace Moore; his brother in law Dr. Eric Goad
and nephews, Rob Goad and Matt Goad.
 
Funeral services  will be 2 p.m. Tuesday February 25 at Pulaski
Heights United Methodist Church. It will be live-streamed at
www.phumc.com/live
 
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pulaski Heights
United Methodist Church Foundation, 4823 Woodlawn, Little Rock,
Arkansas 72205; the Dr. Mack Moore Health Fund, Arkansas Urology
Foundation, Attn: Chris Shenep, Executive Director, 1300 Centerview
Drive, Little Rock Arkansas 72211 and the Arkansas Children's Hospital
Foundation, 1 Children's Way, Slot 661, Little Rock, Arkansas 72202
 
Arrangements are under the direction of RuebelFuneralHome.com
 
The True Gentleman:
 
"The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will
and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to
all emergencies, who does not make the poor man conscious of his
poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his
inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels
him to humble another, who does not flatter wealth, cringe before
power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements, who speaks
with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy, whose deed
follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others,
rather than his own and who appears well in any company, a man with
whom honor is sacred and virtue safe."
 
---John Walter Wayland