Alice Mary Moore
( January 23, 1937 – September 29, 2022 )
Alice Mary Moore, age 85, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2022. She was born January 23, 1937, in Raton, NM, and spent her entire life on the family ranch on and near Eagle Tail Mountain. She graduated from Raton High School in 1954. She was preceded in death by her parents Landon Kelly Moore and Mary Margaret Moore. Alice is survived by one brother, Paul H. Moore, of Santa Fe, and his children and numerous cousins.
Moore Ranch began in 1872, after Alice’s great-grandparents, Thomas Sims and Nancy Gillespie, traveled by oxcart from Tennessee to northern New Mexico and homesteaded 160 acres about 12 miles south of Raton. Their daughter, Cora married Landon D. Moore and their son, Landon Kelly inherited the property and purchased his brother’s rights to the land. Together, Landon and Mary grew the ranch into what it is today.
After Alice graduated from high school, she planned to attend veterinary college but unfortunately, her father passed away. Having spent her life helping her dad, she agreed to stay home and run the ranch. Alice learned about running the ranch “on the job” as well as from their long-term ranch help and neighboring ranchers. She spent her life managing the land to improve soil health and making improvements to the ranch’s cattle and horse operations.
Alice was an inspiration in the New Mexico ranching community for decades. Alice bred and raised wonderful Quarter Horses for use on the ranch and sold highly-sought-out horses across the country. In 1999, Moore Ranch was awarded the AQHA Legacy Breeder designation for 50 consecutive years of Quarter Horse breeding. Moore Ranch received the Best Remuda award from the New Mexico Quarter Horse Association and the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association in 2005. An active progressive rancher, Alice also received the Society of Range Management’s Excellence in Grazing Award, served as secretary for 47 years on the Colfax Soil and Water Conservation District Board, conducted range workshops and field tours on her ranch, and served on the Colfax County Fair Board.
Sincere appreciation goes to Alice’s many friends for their lifelong friendship and help. Alice will be greatly missed by her entire community of friends and admirers.
Funeral services for Alice M. Moore are Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at 2 pm at Lighthouse Church in Raton, NM. with E.J. Johnson Officiating. Interment to follow at Fairmont Cemetery.
Donations may be made in her memory to Colfax Soil and Water Conservation District, 245 Park Ave, Suite 206, Raton, NM.
Arrangements for Alice Mary Moore are under the direction of the Alderette-Pomeroy Funeral Home.
