Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Moseley, Sidney James Jr. May 10, 1943
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Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, Saturday, May 15, 1943

Military honors were accorded second Lieut. Sidney James Moseley, Jr., of 
Norfolk, Negro Army flier who was injured fatally in a place crash Monday, at 
funeral services here yesterday afternoon.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Moseley, of 1518 Forty-second street, he was engaged 
in a routine training flight in the vicinity of his home field, Tuskegee Army 
Airfield, Ala., when he met his death.

Lieutenant Moseley, 25, was graduated from the Booker T. Washington High School, 
and then studied in St. Paul Polytechnic Institute, Lawrenceville. He received 
his commission and silver wings April 29.

A guard of honor from Camp Hill, Newport News, attended the services, conducted 
in the Jerusalem Baptist Church. The Rev. C.D. Ellis, pastor, was assisted by 
Archdeacon B.W. Harris, of the Diocese of Southern Virginia; the Rev. Jasper 
Freeman, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Lamberts Point, and a white Army 
chaplain, Capt. Fred H. Heather, from Camp Hill.

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