William Poindexter Moore

Wm. Poindexter Moore, Jr., a well-known retired investment broker and community activist in the Charlottesville-Albemarle County area, died at Martha Jefferson Hospital on July 4, 2015. The date of his death was fitting. He was an ardent patriot and in recent years helped organize a public Fourth of July bell ringing in Charlottesville of the replica Liberty Bell presented by our country to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Moore was born in Christiansburg, Va. on Nov. 15, 1923, the second son of W. P. Moore and Lucy Alice Preston Moore of Blacksburg. He is survived by his brother's widow, Mrs. A. Preston Moore of Charlottesville; his niece Alice Preston Moore of Kinsale; his nephew Richard Henning Moore, M.D., and his wife, Felicia Anne Etzkorn, of Blacksburg; his nephew Alfred Preston Moore, Jr. and his wife, Sherri Eliades Barrow Moore, of Charlottesville; his niece Elizabeth Radford Moore Chesler and her husband, David Lawrence Chesler, M.D., of Charlottesville; his nephew William Hearne Brockenbrough Moore of Eugene, Ore.; nine great nieces and nephews; one great great nephew; and numerous cousins. He graduated from the Woodberry Forest School, the University of Virginia and the I.B.A. Management Program of the Wharton School of Business. During World War II and the Korean War, he served as a naval officer in both the Atlantic and Pacific battle zones. In between these military commitments, he was a staff employee of the U. S. Foreign Service posted in Helsinki, Finland. After his military service, he was employed by the trust department of the Wachovia Bank in Winston-Salem, N.C., for two years before returning to Charlottesville. For the next 46 years Moore was active in the investment industry, as either an officer or partner, for C. F. Cassell & Co., Inc., Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Thompson McKinnon, Inc. and Prudential Securities, Inc. Prior to his retirement he became an Associate Member of the New York Stock Exchange. He served on the boards of trade associations and on numerous boards of local charitable, historical and religious organizations such as the Salvation Army, Community Chest, Recording for the Blind, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, Masonic Lodge #60 and the vestry of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Ivy. Additionally, he served on the Executive Board of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia in Richmond. He headed up the local political campaigns of Albertis Harrison and later of Mills Godwin for governor and that of Oliver North for the U. S. Senate, and he was involved in a number of campaigns for local political office. Moore was appointed to the Albemarle County Planning Commission and served as its Vice-Chairman, helping to develop the first comprehensive zoning ordinance adopted by the county's Board of Supervisors. He was a long-time board member of the Lee-Jackson Education Foundation and the Virginia Frontier Culture Museum. He was a lifetime member of the Society of Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and the James Madison Family Association. As a traditionalist, he was an early member of the Continuing Traditional Anglican Faith movement in the United States and participated in the founding of the All Saints Anglican Church, Ivy, serving as its first Senior Warden. He was proud to be a Virginian and grateful for opportunities to perform various public services. A memorial service will be held at All Saints Anglican Church, Ivy, at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2015. The burial of his ashes in a family plot at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Forest, will be private, and will take place at a later date. Contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.