Sussex-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Moore, Richard C. Jr., 2010 

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RICHARD CLEMENT MOORE, JR. 

  WAKEFIELD - Richard Clement Moore Jr., 64, died on March 3, 2010.

  He was the son of the late Richard Clement Moore and Mary Virginia Johnson 
Moore.  He was predeceased by his only child, Richard Clement Moore III.

  He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Jessica Collins Moore of Wakefield; 
and his brother, Austin N. Moore and wife, Peggy of Henrico, N.C.

  Mr. Moore was a native of Southampton County.  After he graduated from 
Southampton High School, he attended Chowan College and earned an 
undergraduate degree from Atlantic Christian College (now Barton College). 
He received a master's degree from East Carolina University.

  In 1969, he began a 33-year tenure as an educator with the Sussex County 
Public Schools.  During that time, he served as a teacher, assistant 
principal and principal before retiring as Assistant Superintendent of 
Schools.  After his retirement, he continued his professional and personal 
interests in adult education as a part time instructor with the adult GED 
classes.

  He was a resident of Wakefield for 40 years.  He was a member of Christ 
Episcopal Church, Waverly, where he served the Vestry as Junior Warden.  He 
was a councilman for the Town of Wakefield from 1986-1990.  He was a past 
director of the Sussex Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Blackwater 
Regional Library Board (2006-2009).

  Graveside rites will be held at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Macon B. Walton 
officiating on Saturday, March 6, 2010, at the Wakefield Cemetery.  His 
family will receive friends after the service at the Moore home at 136 West 
Main Street, Wakefield, and at other times at the residence.

  In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to the 
Richard Clement Moore III Scholarship.  Please send donations in care of 
Onnie L. Woodruff, Treasurer of Sussex County, P.O. Box 1399, Sussex, VA 
23884.


Richard Clement MOORE, Jr., of Wakefield, retired Sussex Co. educator, 
former town councilman, 
b. 3 Aug 1945, Halifax Co., NC, d. 3 Mar 2010, Sussex Co., 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Mar 2010, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Mar. 5, 2010, p. A-9 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His parents are buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Beechwood list (BE-AX1J-2):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/beechwd.txt 

Birthplace from NC B.Index.  (Ancestry.com) 


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