Background
Moore, Gibbs Berry was born on March 13, 1928 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Basil and Beatrice Evangeline (Berry) Moore.
Moore, Gibbs Berry was born on March 13, 1928 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Basil and Beatrice Evangeline (Berry) Moore.
Student, Fairmont State College, 1956-1957; student, West Virginia University, 1960-1965; student, International Corresponding School, 1965.
Operator mining machine, section foreman, Consolidation Coal Company, Monongah, West Virginia, 1957-1970; general belt maintenance foreman, Florence Mining Company, Seward, Pennsylvania, 1970-1973; mine superintendent, Ranger Fuel Company, Beckley, West Virginia, 1973-1974; mine superintendent, district superintendent, Island Creek Coal Company, Craigsville, West Virginia, 1974-1979; vice president operations, Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, Beckley, West Virginia, 1979-1985; vice president operations, Rocon Mining Company, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1985-1987; vice president operations, Glenville Company, Greenwich, since 1987; vice president operations, Beanfuels, Inc., Herndon, West Virginia, since 1987. Consultant Coal Age Advisory Panel, New York City, 1970-1978. Mining advising committee West Virginia Institute Technology Division Mining, Montgomery, since 1984.
Member craft committee Nicholas County Vocational Technology Center, Summersville, West Virginia, 1978-1979. Board directors Family Planning Board, Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1971-1972, Nicholas County Ambualnce Authority, Summersville, 1978-1979, Appalachian Dance and Music Ensemble, Beckley, West Virginia, 1981-1983. Served with United States Army, 1950-1952.
Member Mid-State Mining Institute (vice president 1977-1979), American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (central section vice president 1983-1984,), West Virginia Coal Mining Institute Lodges: Masons.
Married Josephine Marianna Torch, March 28, 1953. Children: David Gibbs, Susan Jo Moore.