Gatemouth Moore - Yazoo City
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N 32° 51.250 W 090° 23.483
15S E 744120 N 3638136
Marker for Gatemouth Moore - Part of the Mississippi Blues Trail.
801 Jerry Clower Blvd. (Hw 49) Rainbow Street @ Debbie Street (Next to 49). Located next to Libon's Restaurant.
Waymark Code: WMH5R9
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2013
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Gatemouth Moore
Arnold Dwight "Gatemouth" Moore was one of America's most popular blues singers in the 1940s before becoming a renowned religious leader, radio announcer, and gospel singer. He served as pastor of several churches in Mississippi and Louisiana, including the Bethel A.M.E. Church and Lintonia A.M.E. Church in Yazoo City. Moore, who was born in Topeka, Kansas on November 8, 1913, spent much of his career in Memphis, Kansas City, and Chicago. He died in Yazoo City on May 19, 2004
Marker Number 118 on the Mississippi Blues Trail, dedicated November 8, 2010
Date Installed:: 2010/11/8
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Blues Commission
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