Nansemond County-Danville City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Edward J., 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Edward J. Moore Rites Tomorrow Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at I.O. Hill Funeral home for Edward J. (Spike) Moore, 85, retired Suffolk health department sanitarian, who died yesterday in Kecoughtan Veterans' hospital. Rev. William A. Brown, retired bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Southern Virginia, will officiate and burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Moore, who lived at 219 Pearl Street, was Suffolk's only surviving veteran of the Spanish-American war. He had been in declining health for the past two years. He was a native of Danville, and came to Suffolk in the early 1920's as a sanitation officer. He had served during World War I as a civilian foreman in the reclamation and sanitation departments at the Quantico Marine base. He was a pioneer in the field of mosquito control, working on the project at Virginia Beach. He enlisted as a private in H company, 3rd Virginia Infantry, in April, 1898. The Spanish-American war unit was one of two from Danville. For many years, he was a regular marcher in Memorial Day parades. He was a graduate of the old Danville Military Institute. In the years following his retirement, Mr. Moore indulged his fondness for circuses, traveling to any performance within striking distance of Suffolk. For many years he served as a grounds official at the old Four-County fair here. Mr. Moore was the father of William A.E. Moore, Suffolk photographer, and Ira E. Moore, managing editor of the Suffolk News-Herald. His wife, Mrs. Ethel Estes Moore, died in 1956. Surviving in addition to his sons here are another son, James H. Moore of Baltimore; three daughters, Mrs. James M. Bullock of Smithfield, Mrs. Henry M. Hardee Jr., of Norfolk, and Mrs. William R. Agricola of Portsmouth; 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. [photo, captioned:] EDWARD J. MOORE ****************************************************************************** Edward J. Moore Rites Conducted Funeral services for Edward Jefferson Moore were conducted Thursday afternoon at Hill Funeral Home by the Rt. Rev. Williim A. Brown, retired, of Portsnouth. Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The casket was covered with a pall of white chrysanthemums and red carnations. Pallbearers were William J. Missett, Willie Aswell, Paul T. Cohoon Jr., James C. Causey Jr., Frank R. Watkins, J. Carr Hill, L.S. Burton, W. Gilmore Beasey, William E. Agricola and Malcolm Daniels. ****************************************************************************** Edward J. Moore Buried Sept. 7 In Cedar Hill Cemty. Funeral services were held at 4 P.M. September 7, 1961 at I.O. Hill Funeral Home for Edward J. (Spike) Moore, 85, retired Suffolk Health Department Sanitarian, who died September 5th in Kecoughtan Veterans' Hospital. Rev. William A. Brown, retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia, officiated and burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Mr. Moore, who lived at 219 Pearl Street, was Suffolk's only surviving veteran of the Spanish-American War. He had been in declining health for the past two years. He was a native of Danville and went to Suffolk in the early 1920's as a Sanitation Officer. He had served during World War I as a civilian foreman in the reclamation and Sanitation Departments at the Quantico Marine Base. He was a pioneer in the field of mosquito control, working on the project at Virginia Beach. He enlisted as a private in H Company, 3rd Virginia Infantry, in April 1896. The Spanish-American war unit was one of two from Danville. For many years, he was a regular marcher in Memorial Day parades. He was a graduate of the old Danville Military Institute. In the years following his retirement, Mr. Moore indulged his fondness for circuses, traveling to any performance within striking distance of Suffolk. For many years he served as a grounds official at the old Four-County Fair in Suffolk. Mr. Moore was the father of William A.E. Moore, Suffolk photographer, and Ira E. Moore, managing editor of the Suffolk News-Herald. His wife, Mrs. Ethel Estes Moore, died in 1956. Surviving, in addition to his sons in Suffolk, are another son, James H. Moore of Baltimore; three daughters, Mrs. James L. Bullock of Smithfield; Mrs. Henry M. Hardee Jr. of Norfolk, and Mrs. William R. Agricola of Portsmouth; and ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Edward Jefferson "Spike" MOORE, retired Suffolk health dept. sanitarian, Suffolk's last veteran of the Spanish-American War, b. 24 Jul 1876, Danville, d. 5 Sep 1961, Hampton, interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 132*), Suffolk, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 211, Wed., Sep. 6, 1961, p. 1; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 39, No. 213, Fri., Sep. 8, 1961, p. 1; "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 42, No. 37, Thurs., Sep. 14, 1961, p. 5 *Additional information: Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt A photo of his grave marker - added by Steve Poole - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #134360443. D.Cert. 22154 (Hampton #550) His wife's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," Oct. 7, 1956) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m600e2ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/m600e4ob.txt