Thaddeus Mortimer Moseley

MOSELEY Thaddeus Mortimer Moseley, M.D. of Jacksonville, Florida, died on Monday, July 29, 2002, after a brief illness. Dr. Moseley was born in West Point, Mississippi, on January 1, 1919, to Thaddeus M. Moseley, Jr. and Sallie Cromwell Stacy, members of pioneer Mississippi families. He attended public schools and the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. At Vanderbilt University Medical School he graduated in 1943 with honors and memberships in AOA and ODK. After a surgical internship there, he served in the European Theater with the Army Medical Corps 5th Auxiliary Surgical Group, a forerunner of the MASH units, until the end of the war. Returning to Vanderbilt, he completed a surgical residency and, after post residency work at the Medical College of Virginia and Johns Hopkins University, moved to Jacksonville in 1950. Active in community affairs, Dr. Moseley was a key participant in Civilian Defense, worked with Boy Scout Troop 7 and served and chaired the Board of the American Red Cross. He was commodore of the Florida Yacht Club and served as the first president of the UNF Foundation. He was also an active member of the board which planned and developed Vicars Landing. In addition to his private practice at Riverside Clinic and Hospital, Dr. Moseley was on the faculty and attending staff at the Duval Medical Center, later University Hospital, and served in many capacities, notably as volunteer chairman of the surgical service. His lifetime passion was teaching and mentoring young surgeons with whom he co-authored many papers and he was instrumental in developing a full time teaching faculty at University Hospital and completing its affiliation with the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville. In addition to clinical professor status there, in 1994 he was appointed Clinical Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida Health Sciences Center in Jacksonville, appointments he held until his death. Each year the Moseley Award for Teaching is made at the Residents Banquet to a member of the attending staff. Regionally and nationally, Dr. Moseley was active in medical and surgical groups. He served as Editor of the Florida Medical Journal and was president of both the Duval County Medical Society and the Florida Medical Association and was also on the board of Florida Blue Cross/Blue Shield. He was a member of the Southern Surgical Association, President of the Southeastern Surgical Congress, and served on the Board of Governors and also as Vice President of the American College of Surgeons. Married in 1948 to the former Linda Fontaine Crank of Louisa, Virginia, he is survived by his wife and children, Thaddeus Maury and wife Fiona Strathern of Jacksonville Beach, William Armistead and wife Margaret Cravey of Birmingham, Stacy Fontaine and husband Joseph Scherer of Jacksonville; his grandchildren, Virginia Fontaine Moseley, William Walker Moseley and Robert Armistead Moseley, Thaddeus Nicholas Scherer and Fontaine (" Tai") Lillian-Laura Scherer, and by his sister, Sara Moseley Roberts of West Point, Mississippi. A skilled and diligent physician, avid sailor and gardener, faithful and loving husband, devoted son, father and brother, and wise and generous friend-Thad Moseley will be sorely missed by the many whose lives he touched and influenced. " Well done thou good and faithful servant". A memorial service, with Rev. Tom Are officiating, will be held on Thursday, August 1, at 11 a.m., at Riverside Presbyterian Church, where Dr. Moseley served for many years as a Deacon, Elder, and member of early boards of the Day School. A reception will follow immediately in Bittinger Hall. The family respectfully requests no flowers. Interment will be in West Point, Mississippi, at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Thad M. Moseley Endowment for Surgical Teaching at the Community Foundation at 121 West Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Fl 32002, or to the charity of the donors choice. Arrangements by Hardage- Giddens-Edgewood Chapel. Please sign the Guestbook at Jacksonville.com