Dr. George Moore

Dr. George Moore

Dr. George Moore, MD MPH, 88, retired physician, of White Stone, Virginia, died at his home on Saturday, September 11, 2010.

Surviving are his three daughters, Barbara M. Grover of Big Canoe, Georgia, Berwyn M. Brooker of Erie, Pennsylvania, and Devi M. Chancey of Chesapeake, Virginia; and four grandchildren, Aaron Bell Marshall of Raleigh, North Carolina, and Emma Grace Brooker of Erie, Pennsylvania, George Moore Chancey and Benjamin Zeke Chancey of Chesapeake. Also surviving is his sister, Shirley Moore Barnes of Billerica, Massachusetts; his wife, the former Constance Doris Roberts of Syracuse, New York, died on February 16, 2006, and is buried in the English Gardens of Historic Christ Church near Irvington, Virginia. They had been married over 60 years.

Dr. George Moore was born in Verona, New Jersey, on September 30, 1921, the oldest son of the Reverend George Moore (born on January 13, 1886 and died on May 23, 1952) and Marian Field Van Nuys (born on August 22, 1894 and died on May 24, 1973). Family cemeteries are at Pottersville, Oldwick and Spruce Run, New Jersey, Immigrant ancestor of 1710 was Johann Jacob Mohr of Nassau, Germany.

Dr. Moore graduated from Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn., in 1943 and received his MD degree from Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1947 and an MPH degree from the University of Michigan in 1951. He was certified in 1956 by the American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He served in the United States Army from 1943 until 1946 and was commissioned in the United States Public Health Service in November of 1950. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1967, he retired in 1972 with the rank of Captain.

His service career included tours at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Kathmandu, Nepal, Durango, Colorado, Battle Creek, Michigan, and Charlottesville, Virginia.

On retirement from the Public Health Service, he became Director of the Thomas Jefferson District Health Department in Charlottesville, Virginia, and taught at the University of Virginia. In 1977, he accepted an appointment as Associate Professor of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. In 1980, he was appointed as Director of the Northern Neck Health District. He retired from State of Virginia employment in 1984.

In his professional career, Dr. Moore published numerous articles on preventive medicine in scientific journals. He was a member of the Association of Military Surgeons, the Commissioned Officers Association of USPHS, the Northern Neck Medical Society, and the Retired Officers Association. He served both as Registrar and Past President of the Richard Henry Lee Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. In March 2009, Dr. Moore was presented with the United Surgeon General's Lifetime Exemplary Service Award at his home in White Stone.

He and his wife were members of the Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Weems, Virginia.

His guiding principle was: "Happiness comes from within and is based on work well done, on serving others, and in remembering the dignity and worth of human life" (from Thomas M. Durant MD, Professor of Medicine at Temple Medical School, 1947).

At 1 p.m. on Saturday, September 18, 2010, a gravesite committal will be held at the Historic Christ Church near Irvington, Virginia, followed by a memorial service at 2 p.m. at Campbell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Weems, Virginia, with the Reverend Clay Macauley officiating. All friends and relatives are invited to attend.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Palatine Families of New York, P.O. Box 8341, Universal City, CA 91608.



This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.