Clarence "Kojack" Moore was born February 20, 1947, in Guildford County, North Carolina, to Jimmie and Algie Moore, who preceded him in death in addition to two brothers Jimmie Jr. and Howard and two sisters Ola Mae Cuttino and Marie Evans. He departed this life on December 24, 2020.Clarence entered the armed forces and proudly served in the Army where he earned his GED and worked as Cook and Crane Operator until honorably discharged in August of 1977. According to scholars, kindred spirits are like-minded, like-souled people with whom an instant connection of love and understanding is mutually experienced, the connection is inimitable and often defies verbal description. Clarence and Diane are kindred spirits, they met when they were youngsters and married on October 27, 1972 and remained so until death separated them. No children were born from this union; however, Clarence and Diane have helped to support, mentor, and rear lots of children in and out of their immediate family circle. The couple loved to travel and were members of the People's Vacation Club which was the brainchild of the late Annie Richmond. Many souvenirs were purchased during their travels over the years including the infamous Rastafarian hat with dreadlocks! Family and friends still talk about the hat Clarence wore constantly. By the time of purchase, he had a shaven head and had been calling himself Kojack for years. The nickname was from a television show and the main character, Detective Theo Kojack was bald, always had a lollipop in his mouth and his signature tagline was "who loves you, baby." The Rastafarian hat with dreadlocks stories include the time Kojack thought a young girl was flirting because she was blowing her car horn and waving at him, in reality she was trying to let him know his dreads were smashed in the car door and waving through the air at 55MPH or the time a guy complimented him on how great his dreads looked, and the jokester Kojack pulled the Rasta hat off and handed the dreads to the guy! Kojack was a hard worker and had many jobs including Pepsi and First Baptist Church, however, he always had the desire to work for himself, thus Moore's Club and Moore's Club II were born. Both establishments were well-known throughout Greensboro as a place where a hard-working man or woman could get a cold drink, hear the crowd belting out a rousing rendition of "Honky Tonk Crowd" or "Shotgun" and dance the night away. Later after the clubs closed, Kojack opened a restaurant for a short time and then retired. Retirement afforded him the opportunity to enjoy many of his hobbies such as fishing, doing yard work, and attending/hosting antique car and motorcycle shows. Clarence was never afraid of dying, he used to say "you were born to die and when your number is up, your number is up" he knew he would see his loved ones on the other side and find rest with his heavenly father. He often joked about us having to do manual labor in heaven such as polishing the Streets of Gold, he would always say "somebody got to keep the streets shining." He said he did not mind having to work in heaven, but every now and then he wanted some type of worldly compensation, so he was going to ask the Lord for a "cold one" because he was not sure he wanted just milk and honey all the time! Although he joked about heaven, he loved the Lord and at an early age, he became a member of Saint John's Holiness Church and later joined the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church where he served faithfully as a trustee and sang with the male chorus.

Being in church and his upbringing helped him to understand the meaning of being "his brother's keeper" and thus he was a humanitarian. Clarence could often be seen on the streets giving food,clothes, money, and work to help the homeless and less fortunate. His favorite charities included the Salvation Army and the Greensboro Urban Ministry. He leaves to cherish his memories with his wife Diane McDonald Moore, sisters Doris Hariston, Cardelia Moore, Cheryl Moore and Vanessa Bulnes (Richard), sisters-in-law Jeanette Young (Randolph), Verona Whiteside (Dwayne), brothers-in-law Eugene and Levance McDonald, Marion Smith (Diane), and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other close family members and friends.

A public viewing will be held Tuesday, January 5, 2021, from 4:00 pm-6:00 pm in the Cassie Coote-Brown Chapel of Perry J. Brown Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC at 12Noon.