Herbert Mosley MOORE^[1]

1925 - 2014  (88 years)

• Name	Herbert Mosley MOORE
  Nickname	Herbert
  Birth	2 Sep 1925  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmville, NC   [3]
  	Herbert and his wife Rachel owned Moore's Wholesale. He was known as the 'Candyman.'
  Residence	21 Dec 1945	Walstonburg, Greene Co, NC   [4]
  WWII	Herbert served in the U.S. Navy.  [3]
  Death	19 Jan 2014	Farmville, Pitt Co, NC   [3, 5]
  	Herbert was 88 years old at the time of his death. Stella 'Fatt' Carmon had been his care giver during the last years of his life. Herbert died at 5:10pm at home, 3324 Lee Drive.
  Burial	23 Jan 2014	Farmville, Pitt Co, NC   [3]
  	Celebration of life and funeral services were conducted b Dr. Rick Bailey from First Baptist Church. Interment followed at Hollywood Cemetery.
  Person ID	I60436	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Robert MOORE   d. After 21 Dec 1945
  Mother	Effie HOBGOOD   d. After 21 Dec 1945
  Family ID	F7420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Bryan ANDREWS,   b. 4 Jul 1927, North Carolina d. 15 Dec 2009, Farmville, Pitt Co, NC (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1945	Farmville, Pitt Co, NC   [4]
  	Rachel and Herbert were united in marriage by minister C.B. Marshburn. Witnesses to the marriage were Mrs. B.R. Moore, mother of the groom, Alice Freuler, and Edna Earle Moore, sister of the groom.
  Children	1. Jacqueline MOORE   2. Dr. Patricia MOORE   3. Robert Mosley MOORE
  Family ID	F6257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  Herbert Mosley Moore, church pamphlet from celebration of his life, 23 Jan 2014.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3039] North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800 - 2000., Jacqueline Moore. Pitt Co, NC: Roll no. B_C079_66002, vol. 36, p. 901. [S3039] North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800 - 2000., Herbert Mosley Moore. Greene Co, NC: Roll B_C044_68001, vol. 8, p. 211. [S5563] Herbert Mosley Moore obituary, Farmville Funeral Home, Farmville, NC, January 2014. [S5584] Herbert Mosley Moore - Rachel Bryan Andrews, North Carolina marriage certificate no.460 (1945). [S5713] Katherine Baker Tew, "Herbert Mosley Moore death," phone call to Paula Futrell, January 2014.