Robert Blanding MOISE^{[1, 2]}

1921 - 2009  (87 years)

• Name	Robert Blanding MOISE  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	21 Dec 1921	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Education	graduated from Clemson College in 1943 with a degree in engineering  [6, 9]
  HIST	Robert adopted the two sons by a former marriage of his wife to Rainville- of Charleston, South Carolina he was from Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina He was a company commander; a member of the Pershing Rifles precision drill platoon. Date Published: March 18, 2009 ROBERT MOISE CHARLESTON -- Entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 16, 2009, Robert Blanding Moise, of Sumter and Charleston, widower of Ethel Claire McCutchen Moise, formerly of Sumter and Bishopville. Mr. Moise was a 1943 graduate of Clemson College. He was a company commander; a member of the Pershing Rifles precision drill platoon; sports editor of The Tiger; and captain of the Clemson varsity basketball team. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, having served in the Pacific Theater in the Marshall Island and attaining the rank of first lieutenant by war's end. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves at Shaw Air Force Base, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was an early member of The Fortnightly Club of Sumter and was a writer for The Sumter Daily Item with a column, "Not That It Matters." He was an active part of the Sumter civic and business community, serving as a member of the Sumter Optimist Club and president of the Sumter County Historical Society, the Central Elementary School PTA and the Sumter County Zoning Board. He was a partner with his brother, Francis Marion Moise Jr., until his retirement in Moise Insurance Services and Moise Real Estate of Sumter. Mr. Moise was born Dec. 21, 1921, in Sumter, a son of the late Francis Marion Moise and Ella Pauline Blanding Moise. He was predeceased by brothers, McFaddin Moise and Francis Marion Moise Jr.; and a sister, Pauline McFaddin Moise Harritt. His two surviving brothers are James DeLeon Moise of Stateburg and Francis David Moise of Dallas; and he is survived by his children, Ben and Anne Moise, Scott Moise and Bailey Crump of Charleston, Warren and Lucie Moise of Mount Pleasant, Michael and Teresa Moise of Loris and Claire Moise and Bill Thorpe of Columbia. Mr. Moise had five grandchildren, Melissa McLeod of St. Matthews, Sarah Moise Young of San Francisco, Michael Moise Jr. of Orinda, Calif., David Crump of Charleston and Bracey Moise of Mount Pleasant; and three great-grandchildren, Margaret Anne and Sarah Elizabeth McLeod of St. Matthews and Michael Andrew Moise of Orinda. Services will be graveside at 1 p.m. Thursday at the the Bishopville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 215 S. Main St., Bishopville, with Dr. Timothy Osment, pastor of Loris Presbyterian Church, officiating. Memorials may be made to the Clemson University Foundation, P.O. Box 1889, Clemson, SC 29633-1889. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Downtown Chapel.  [4, 6, 9, 10]
  MILI	served in World War II in several parts of the world, winning ribbons for bravery and the Victory Medal He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran, having served in the Pacific Theater in the Marshall Island and attaining the rank of 1st Lieutenant by war’s end. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves at Shaw Air Force Base, retiring with the rank of lieutenant colonel.  [6, 9]
  Occupation	joined his father’s insurance business which he and his brother now manage; he retired from Moise Insurance Services and Moise Real Estate of Sumter, South Carolina  [9, 11]
  _UID	1F17A2EF68874B22BE3B5520E56266B4F27A
  Death	16 Mar 2009  [6]
  Burial	19 Mar 2009	Presbyterian Church Cemetery, 215 S. Main St., Bishopville, South Carolina   [6]
  	J. Henry Stuhr Inc., Downtown Chapel, Charleston, South Carolina
  Person ID	I85198	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Francis Marion MOISE, Sr.,   b. 3 Oct 1893, Liberty Hill, Concord, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 16 Sep 1968, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Ella Pauline BLANDING,   b. 26 Jan 1894, Liberty Hill, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 2 May 1986, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1916	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [5, 8]
  _UID	D9AE82DDBEA54990A3447AC6646BDA9486C7
  _UID	D9AE82DDBEA54990A3447AC6646BDA9486C7
  Family ID	F59187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Living
  Children	1. Benjamin McCutchen “Ben” MOISE   2. Michael Edmund MOISE, Sr.   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Family ID	F59193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2008

  
  

• Notes

  at death- he had additional grandchildren and great-grandchildren- who are their parents? jkh [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S25161] James D. Moise. [S27233] Francis Davis Moise Sr. [S818] Harold Moise, (R. L. Bryan Companty of Columbia, South Carolina 1961), page 146, 273. [S8620] Pauline M. Harritt. [S11517] . [S11974] Robert Moise. [S1899] page 13. [S818] Harold Moise, (R. L. Bryan Companty of Columbia, South Carolina 1961), page 273. [S9] Cassie Nichols, page 312. [S7258] Cecile R. Moise. [S11975] Booth elected mayor; LeNoir named Mother of the Year.