Carl C. Moses

1921 - 2008

Carl C. Moses of WinstonSalem, N.C., passed away on Monday, September 22, 2008. Dr. Moses was born on April 14, 1921, in Princeton, W.Va., the son of Charles Luther and Berlie Graham Moses. He attended Roanoke College but left to join the Army Air Corps, serving as a bombardier-pilot instructor during World War II. After the war, he graduated from the College of William and Mary. He later attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, earning a master's degree and a Ph.D. in political science. Following faculty posts at UNC, NC State and Virginia Tech, Dr. Moses joined the faculty of the Politics Department at Wake Forest University in 1964, where he stayed until his retirement in 1992. He was married to Helen Peters Moses from 1943 until her death in 1998. Dr. and Mrs. Moses lived in Salemtowne Moravian Retirement Community since 1993. He was a long-time member of Home Moravian Church, to which he gave generously of his time and talents in many forms of service. He is remembered with great fondness as a loving husband, father and grandfather, as well as a caring teacher and mentor to several generations of Wake Forest students and as an adviser to the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. He is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Carl O. Moses and Glyn Church Moses, of Bethlehem, Pa.; daughter and son-in-law, Sarah Moses Tomaka and Tom Tomaka, of Atlanta, Ga.; and beloved grandchildren, Erica and Gillian Moses and Sam Tomaka. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 27, 2008, at Home Moravian Church, led by the Rev. Dr. Gerald Harris. Burial will follow in Salem Moravian Graveyard. The family will receive friends on Friday, September 26, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Salem Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial gifts be made to the Home Moravian Church Book of Remembrance, 521 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27101 or to Salemtowne, 1000 Salemtowne Drive, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27106. Online condolences may be to the family made through www.salemfh.com.