Joseph Moore Jr.

Joseph D. Moore PORTSMOUTH - Joseph D. Moore Jr. passed away July 9, 2010 in Hilton Head, S.C. He was born July 9, 1917 in Memphis, Tenn., son of the late Dema Hume Moore and Joseph D. Moore Sr.    Joe was a World War II Navy veteran. He retired after 26 years from Shop 31, Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, the Walter Gardner Coffee Club, Portsmouth Music Study Club, lifetime member of the American Federation of Musicians Local No. 125, VFW Post 1966 in Fort Lauderdale, and the reunion associations of the USS Bataan CVL29 and USS Shangri-La CV38. Joe's passion was his music. He played viola with the Norfolk Symphony for 30 years. He also played with the Virginia Beach Pops, the Peninsula Orchestra, the ODU Symphony, the Feldman Chamber Orchestra, the Virginia Opera Association orchestra, and one season with the Florida Symphony under Henry Mazer. In addition to his parents, Joe was predeceased by his wife, Margaret S. Moore; his first wife of 30 years, Marie S. Moore; and his son-in-law, William J. Creech Jr. Survivors include his daughter, Janice Austin Creech; grandson, William J. Creech III and his wife Ashley; granddaughter, Sarah M. Creech; stepson, Robert B. Sprott and his wife Lynn; sisters-in-law, Jean W. St. Clair and Mary B. Butler; special friends, Judson and Frances Moore, Richard and Audrey King; and several cousins in Memphis, Tenn. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, at Calvary Baptist Church in Portsmouth. Loving Funeral Home, Churchland, is handling the arrangements. The family suggests memorials be made to Calvary Baptist Church or the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Online condolences and Joe's guestbook may be signed at www.lovingfuneralhome.com.