Nansemond-Halifax County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Ira E., 1988 

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IRA ESTES "SPIKE" MOORE

IRA "SPIKE" MOORE SUCCUMBS AT 72

   Charlottesville - A legend on the Suffolk sports scene, Ira E. "Spike" 
Moore, 72, died this morning, Feb. 25 at the Jefferson Lodge Retirement Home 
in Charlottesville.  A native on South Boston, he was a lifelong resident of 
Suffolk.

   Informed of Moore’s death, publisher T. Pat Cavanaugh said, "Truly, an 
institution in Suffolk has left us.  He was Mr. Suffolk News-Herald.  His 
passing will leave a void in all our lives here at the newspaper.  We all 
feel his loss as will the entire community."

   "Spike was a man who loved the Suffolk News-Herald, the young athletes he 
encountered during his many years here and the city of Suffolk.  Even though 
his death was expected, it is still a deep hurt."

   He had attended the College of William and Mary, and worked for the college 
newspaper.  He came to Suffolk News-Herald in the 1940’s.  Before his 
retirement in 1978, he had been managing editor and sports editor.

   Managing editor Jamie Brown said, "The athletes in the city, young and old, 
have lost a good friend.  The city has lost a good friend.  He touched so many 
lives in Suffolk for so many years, it is practically impossible to measure 
the loss."

   He was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and a past vestryman.  Other 
affiliations include being an honor member of the City of Suffolk Parks and 
Recreation Advisory Commission, and a member of the Suffolk Tennis Association.

   He was preceded in death by his parents, James Edward Jefferson Moore and 
Ethel Estes Moore; his sister, Alice Moore Bullock; and brother, William E.A. 
Moore.

   Survivors include two sisters, Mrs. Janice Hardee-Harrison of Norfolk and 
Mrs. Anne Agricola of Portsmouth; a brother, James H. Moore of Baltimore, Md.; 
six nieces, Peggy Moore of Suffolk, Mrs. Martha Turner of Midlothian, Mrs. 
Mollie Lovejoy and Mrs. Elizabeth Holleman, both of Charlottesville, Mrs. 
Janice Jacobson of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Judy Heinze of Batimore; five 
nephews, James Bullock of Charlottesville, William Bullock of Smithfield, Ira 
Agricola of Portsmouth, Ed Agricola of Courtland, and Jerry Moore of Atlanta, 
Ga.; several great-nieces and nephews.

   The family will be at the home of Margie Moore at 500 N. Broad St.

   Funeral arrangements are pending. R.W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home in 
Suffolk is handling arrangements.


Ira Estes "Spike" MOORE, 
retired "Suffolk News-Herald" managing & sports editor, 
South Boston native, d. 25 Feb 1988, Charlottesville, age 72, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 132*), Suffolk, 
"The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 25, 1988 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County 
   Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_m.txt 


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