IN THE DAWNING OF A NEW DAY, OUR LOVE ONE ANTONIO GODFREY MOORE LEFT THIS WORLD BUT NOT OUR HEARTS. BORN ON JULY 7, 1961 TO JOHN T. MOORE AND SHIRLEY MITCHELL MOORE HALES OF NORFOLK VA. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON OCTOBER 10, 2022. ANTONIO WAS THE OLDEST OF THREE CHILDREN.
ANTONIO ( AFFECTIONALLY KNOWN AS TONY) WAS EDUCATED IN THE NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. HE GRADUATED FROM GRANBY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980. AFTER GRADUATION HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORP RESERVES.
TONY LATER WAS EMPLOYED AT NASH FINCH WHERE HE WORKED FOR 20 YEARS IN THE WAREHOUSE AS A MANAGER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE CONTINUED TO GROW IN CHRIST. HE LOVE THE LORD, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE LOVED TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH , HIS PRESENCE WAS WARM AND LOVING. THE GREATEST GIFT HE POSSESSED WAS THE JOY OF CARING FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
TONY WAS EXTREMELY DEVOTED TO HIS PARENTS. DAILY HE ENSURED HIS MOTHER WAS CARED FOR. HE FAITHFULLY TOOK HER TO DOCTORS’ AND HAIR APPOINTMENTS. HE MANAGED HER MEDICATIONS AND SPENT QUALITY TIME WITH HER.
TONY AND HIS DAD WOULD SIT FOR HOURS DISCUSSING VARIOUS WORLD AND LOCAL EVENTS. WEEKLY HE HELPED WITH YARD WORK AND ANYTHING THAT NEEDED REPAIRS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. THERE WERE THOSE SPECIAL WEDNESDAY THAT HE WOULD PICK HIS DAD UP
FOR THIER ROUTINE TRIP TO 7 ELEVEN FOR “MOCA FLAVORED ICE COFFEE” AND SIT FOR HOURS JUST TALKING AND TINKERING WITH LAWN MOWERS LIKE BEST BUDDIES!
HE LOVED AND HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS NECIES AND NEPHEWS AND WAS ALWAYS THERE WHENEVER THEY NEEDED HIM.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TONY WAS A DIE HARD DALLAS COWBOY FAN. “ DON’T TALK ABOUT THEM COWBOYS!”
TONY WILL BE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED AND CHERISHED BY HIS DEVOTED SWEETHEART AND PARTNER IN LIFE, FOR OVER 35 YEARS, HANNAH PATTERSON. THEY LOVED, LAUGHED AND ENJOYED LIFE TOGETHER. THEY LOVED TRAVELING AND SHARING ALL THE AMAZING PLACES THEY VISITED.
HE LEAVES HIS LOVE ONES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES; MOTHER, SHIRLEY(ELIJAH) HALES- NORFOLK VA; FATHER, JOHN (LINDA) MOORE – NORFOLK VA ; SISTER, CHERYL ( JOE) SEALS -VA BEACH VA; BROTHER, JOHN (TONJA TERRY) MOORE -NORFOLK VA. TWO STEP SISTERS; SACHA WALTON OF HAMPTON VA AND LAVONDA WRIGHT OF NOROLK VA. A HOST OF AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
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