MOSS ABRAM PLUNKETT SR. was the son of Algernon Sidney Wade Plunkett and Mrs. Emma Judith (Bell) Plunkett.

He was the maternal grandson of James Washington Bell and Mrs. Rainey (Andrews) Bell.

His known siblings were ---

Ola B. Plunkett

Walter Carroll Plunkett

Rosie Plunkett

Sallie Plunkett

Oneida Plunkett

He was the husband of Mrs. Billie (Puett) Plunkett. To their union, two children were born, namely their son, Moss Abram Plunkett Jr., and their daughter, June Plunkett.

He was self-employed as a lawyer.

He preceded his wife in death.

Obituary Excerpt

"Moss Plunkett, Active Attorney Dies In Roanoke ---

Moss Abram Plunkett, prominent Roanoke attorney and longtime active in politics, died tonight in a Roanoke hospital. He was 69. Mr. Plunkett entered hospital last Saturday for treatment of a heart condition and complications.

Funeral service will be conducted at Lotz Chapel at 11 a.m. Thursday by Dr. Wade H. Bryant. Interment will be in Sherwood Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Billie Puett Plunkett; a daughter, Mrs. June P. Poe of Roanoke; two sisters and a brother, Mrs. Glenn A. Main and Mrs. Earl C. Snedegar, of Roanoke, and Walter C. Plunkett of NorfolK."

Arrangements under the direction of Lotz Funeral Home, Inc.

Sources

• Obituary of Moss Abram Plunkett Sr. as published in the Wednesday, June 19, 1957 edition of the Daily Press [the newspaper of Newport News, Virginia]
• Commonwealth of Virginia - Certificate of Death 14452 {self}
• Texas County Marriage Ledger & Index, 1919 [Page 122]
• 1880-1950 Census Records of Roanoke City, Virginia
• Virginia Marriages Records, 1884 {his parents}
• Commonwealth of Virginia - Certificate of Death #16008 {his father}
• Commonwealth of Virginia - Certificate of Death #26992 {his mother}

Notes

~ Their daughter, Mrs. June P. Poe, the wife of William D. Poe, of Roanoke, Virginia, was the informant on the death certificate.