Gilbert Oliver “Gib” Moody

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Gilbert Oliver “Gib” Moody

Birth
Hampton City, Virginia, USA
Death
14 Jul 1990 (aged 80)
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Burial
Security, Montgomery County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Son of William Oliver Moody and Sadie Angie Fitzgerald Moody

Gilbert and his brother Francis were given up for adoption by their parents who were destitute. Gilbert was sent to foster parents whom he grew to love very much. He left home at age 15 and traveled to New York and Philladelphia. He served in the Army but did not see any combat.

While working in the shipyards in New York City he met and married the daughter of a friend and co-worker Lucy B. Purswell Moody .

Gilbert died in 1990 of a stroke following surgery for mesothelioma lung cancer.

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Son of William Oliver Moody and Sadie Angie Fitzgerald Moody

Gilbert and his brother Francis were given up for adoption by their parents who were destitute. Gilbert was sent to foster parents whom he grew to love very much. He left home at age 15 and traveled to New York and Philladelphia. He served in the Army but did not see any combat.

While working in the shipyards in New York City he met and married the daughter of a friend and co-worker Lucy B. Purswell Moody .

Gilbert died in 1990 of a stroke following surgery for mesothelioma lung cancer.

Sec 2, row 11, plot 11