A long time Fayetteville judge has died Thursday due to complications from cancer.
Rudy Moore, Jr., was 69. He was Fayetteville District Court judge, an attorney for the Fayetteville School District and a former state legislator.
Moore was one of the top aides to Bill Clinton during his first term as governor of Arkansas. Upon hearing of Judge Moore’s death, Clinton released the following statement:
“Arkansas has lost a fine judge and I’ve lost a great friend. Rudy Moore was one of my earliest supporters when I ran for Congress, my campaign manager in the 1978 governor’s race, and my first Chief of Staff in the governor’s office. Even as a young man, he was strong, smart, funny and fair. And he got better with age, never losing his enthusiasm for good causes, but growing in wisdom and judgment. He was much loved and will be sorely missed. I will always be grateful for the work we did together and the decades of friendship we shared. Hillary and I send our love and prayers to Rhonda, Jason, Margaret, Rudy’s entire family, and his army of friends.”
A memorial service for Judge Moore will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Fayetteville High School Performing Arts Center, according to an obituary on Moores Funeral Home’s website.
