Luther Moore's Obituary
Luther "Bud" Moore III, age 75 , a long time resident of Rehoboth Beach, passed away Friday June 22, 2007 at Green Valley Terrace, Millsboro, DE , after a long illness.
He was born in Valdosta, GA the oldest son of the late Luther B. Moore II and Lillian Wilkes Moore. He was raised in Salisbury, MD and while still a student at Wicomico High School he enlisted in the Air Force during the Korean War. He later met and married Abigail Ralph of Salisbury while still a student at Washington College where he earned his Bachelor degree. In the course of a 35-year career with Westinghouse, he served as speech writer for several Corporate chairman and spent three years in Paris as Director of International Public Relations. He retired as the Director of Executive Communications. He was a member of the Arthur W. Page Society, an association of senior corporate public relation executives.
He had a summer house in Rehoboth for more than 35 years before retiring there in 1994. Bud was a frequent and always entertaining guest of his life-long friends Jack and Carol Hyde at their home in Rehoboth.
A writer by vocation and avocation, he was a voracious reader and avid student of the English language. He maintained a large collection of both prescriptive and descriptive dictionaries and knew the difference. Among his favorite authors were Earnest Hemingway, Patrick O'Brian and Somerset Maugham. Much of his reading was devoted to history. He spent years engaged in studying the lives of Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill.
A lifelong athlete, he ran track at Wi High and the United States Military Academy at West Point. Four years after a car accident in which he broke his left arm and leg, he ran the Pittsburgh Marathon at the age of 53. He later competed in Olympic distance triathlons and at the age of 68 was still logging more than 100 miles a week on his bicycle.
He is survived by his wife Gail; sons, Mark and wife Patricia, Scott and wife Jessica, Shawn and wife Jan and Christian and wife Kristen; five grandchildren- Liam, Nigel, Alex, Kate, and Olivia; and his sister-in-law Charlotte "Mimi" Weiland. His sister, Jacqulin Moore of Salisbury passed away in 1998.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday June 26, 2007 at 10:00 AM at St. Edmond's Catholic Church, King Charles & Laurel Streets, Rehoboth Beach, DE. There will be no calling hours. Burial will be private at Epworth Methodist Cemetery, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971.
In lieu flowers contributions are YMCA 105 Church Street Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971- World Vision, PO BOX 9716, Federal Way, Washington 98063-9716
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