Hoy Archibald MOOSE

Male 1903 - 1991  (87 years)


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  • Name Hoy Archibald MOOSE 
    Birth 28 Jun 1903  Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Jan 1991  Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 2 Feb 1991  Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21373  Marshall and Allied Families
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2012 

    Family Mabel Pauline WHITAKER,   b. 21 Nov 1905, Elkin, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1987, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 20 Aug 1929  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Hoy Archibald MOOSE, , Jr.
    +2. William Whitaker MOOSE
    Family ID F7406  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.