Luther Oliver Moser Jr.

He was born December 10, 1924 in Lynchburg. He was the son of the late Luther O. Moser and Hettie Yeatts Moser. Luther was retired from Moser Furniture Company. He was a member and former Elder of Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He taught Sunday School to teens for 31 years and was a Gideon since 1949. He was a member of the Board of Supervisors for Amherst County for 8 years. He authored the book, “A Sharecroppers Son.”

As a veteran of WWII in the 157th Combat Engineers, he was part of the D-Day invasion at Utah Beach. The men in his unit called him Holy Moe; he recalled his experience in the war in, “An essay on D-Day memories.”

Luther loved the Lord and was a very thoughtful, caring, and unselfish man. He will be missed by friends and family.

In addition to his parents, Luther was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Jean Nissen Moser, childen Lucy O Moser and Mark C. Moser, brothers Charles Moser and Van Moser, sister Ruth Comstock, and sister-in-law Clarice Raley. He is survived by one son, Gil N. Moser (Sheila) of Farmington, NM, three grandchildren, Sydney Moser of St. Augustine, FL, Jeff Moser of San Diego, CA, and Andrew Moser of Denver, CO, sister-in-law, Helen Moser of Lynchburg, brother-in-law Sam Nissen (Ann) of Columbia, MD and numerous nieces and nephews.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2:00 pm, Monday, September 12, 2016 at Presbyterian Cemetery with a reception to follow at Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church. Military honors will be presented by the American Legion Post 16.

There will be no visitation at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers and food, memorial contributions may be made to Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church, 2124 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA 24501 or Samaritan’s Purse, PO Box 33000, Boone, NC 28607 or Gideon’s International, PO Box 403810, Atlanta, GA 30813.