Joseph Stephen MOOSE

Family/Spouse: Tasha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tasha. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Dorothy RIDENHOUR [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Second of four generations of pharmacists, he led his community in government,
public service, church and professional life. His funeral was at the St. James
United Church of Christ in Mt. Pleasant where he was elder emeritus.
Interment was in the church cemetary next to his wife, Polly. Mr. Moose,
former mayor and town board of commissioners member, owned and operated Moose
Drug Co. The company was founded in about 1882 by his father, the late Dr. A.
W. Moose, and his uncle, Dr. Paul Moose. Past president of the N. C.
Pharmaceutical Association, he was named North Carolina Pharmacist of the Year
in 1966. In 1969 he was Mount Pleasant Jaycees' first Man of the Year. He
helped form the town's first volunteer fire department and once was its chief.
He also helped start the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society, which renovated
the former Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute into a history museum. After
graduating from Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, he earned his pharmacy
degree from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy in 1927. He was a charter
member of the Mount Pleasant Lions Club and a founder of the Mount Pleasant
Booster Club.
Second of four generations of pharmacists, he led his community in government,
public service, church and professional life. His funeral was at the St. James
United Church of Christ in Mt. Pleasant where he was elder emeritus.
Interment was in the church cemetary next to his wife, Polly. Mr. Moose,
former mayor and town board of commissioners member, owned and operated Moose
Drug Co. The company was founded in about 1882 by his father, the late Dr. A.
W. Moose, and his uncle, Dr. Paul Moose. Past president of the N. C.
Pharmaceutical Association, he was named North Carolina Pharmacist of the Year
in 1966. In 1969 he was Mount Pleasant Jaycees' first Man of the Year. He
helped form the town's first volunteer fire department and once was its chief.
He also helped start the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society, which renovated
the former Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute into a history museum. After
graduating from Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute, he earned his pharmacy
degree from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy in 1927. He was a charter
member of the Mount Pleasant Lions Club and a founder of the Mount Pleasant
Booster Club.

Hoy married Mabel Pauline WHITAKER on 20 Aug 1929 in North Carolina. Mabel (daughter of William Wesley WHITAKER and Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie)) was born on 21 Nov 1905 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina; died in Feb 1987 in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; was buried in Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!BIRTH:Whitaker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

Moved to Mt. Pleasant, N. C. in 1927 to teach school.

The preceding are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick
during the summer of 1972.
!BIRTH:Whitaker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

Moved to Mt. Pleasant, N. C. in 1927 to teach school.

The preceding are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick
during the summer of 1972.

Notes:

!Marshall 0141, p. 14
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL:The Decendants of William Whitaker and his brother
Jonathan Whitaker I of Surry County, North Carolina; by Hester Bartlett Jackson;
NU-LINE PRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY; Bridge Street, Elkin, North Carolina;
1989; copy owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville, Alabama

!MARRIAGE:Whitker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville,
Alabama

!BURIAL:Buried in Hollywood Cemetary, Elkin, North Carolina

Born in Surry County near Pilot Mountain 19 November 1879 and died at Elkin in
Surry County on 22 August 1949 with burial in the Hollywood Cemetary in Elkin.
He was married at Pilot Mountain on 24 October 1897 to Charlotte "Lottie"
Harrell who was born 20 June 1880 and died 26 April 1974.

"Bill" Whitaker had several business interests in Elkin including Real Estate,
Insurance, an agency for the "Hupmobile", and owned a grocery store until he
died. He was the first Fire Chief for the Elkin Fire Department. Bill and
"Lottie" were prominent in Church and Civic affairs in Elkin where they lived.

The marriage of W. W. Whitaker of Pilot Mountain and Lottie Whitaker of Pilot
Mountain was performed by Noah Fulk on October 24, 1897 at 4 P. M. in Pilot
Mountain, North Carolina. Witnesses were Thanie James and Jennie Simmons.

Following are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick during
the summer of 1972.

October 24, 1897 -- Mim was 16 and Papa 17 -- were married and lived in Pilot
Mountain 4 years until Mother was 6 weeks. Moved to Elkin for 1 year, then to
Fries, Virginia for 1 year, then back to Elkin. Papa ran a store for his
father in Elkin and sold caskets, Singer sewing machines and furniture.

Their house on Church Street in Elkin was built in 1912 by the Penny family.
Papa bought it an moved in in 1917.

William married Charlotte Eleanor HARRELL, (Lottie) on 24 Oct 1897 in Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina. Charlotte (daughter of Andrew Brannock HARRELL, (Andy) and Dora MARSHALL) was born on 20 Jul 1880 in White Plains, Surry County, North Carolina; died on 26 Apr 1974 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina; was buried on 28 Apr 1974 in Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Marshall 0141, p. 14
BIRTH! Andrew Brannock Harrell Family Bible "Births & Deaths" pages, copy owned
by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., 7807 Fair Circle, Huntsville, Alabama 35802 (205)
881-1873. Name shown as "Lottie E. Marsh Harrell".

!MARRIAGE: Whitaker Family Bible; owned by Errol E. Hayes, Jr., Huntsville,
Alabama.

!BURIAL:Buried in Hollywood Cemetary, Elkin, North Carolina

The marriage of W. W. Whitaker of Pilot Mountain and Lottie Whitaker of Pilot
Mountain was performed by Noah Fulk on October 24, 1897 at 4 P. M. in Pilot
Mountain, North Carolina. Witnesses were Thanie James and Jennie Simmons.

Following are personal memories that Mim gave to Eleanor Hayes Myrick during
the summer of 1972.

When Mim was 5 years old, her mother died -- 1n 1886. Washburn Nichols married
Aunt Priscilla Marshall at Guilford and took Mim home with them to their White
Plains home. When Mim was about 8 she moved to the home of Uncle Dick and Aunt
Minnie Marshall and lived with them 5 years. Her father married Ellen
Marshall, her mothers sister, 4 years after her mother's death. Their children
were Bennie, Roy, Sparger, and Sadie. When 15 Mim went home to live.

October 24, 1897 -- Mim was 16 and Papa 17 -- were married and lived in Pilot
Mountain 4 years until Mother was 6 weeks. Moved to Elkin for 1 year, then to
Fries, Virginia for 1 year, then back to Elkin. Papa ran a store for his
father in Elkin and sold caskets, Singer sewing machines and furniture.