[WardFive] Services for Reverend Jerry A. Moore, Jr.

Reverend JERRY A. MOORE, JR.

Former Member, Council of the District of Columbia

 

On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 friends may visit with the family from 9 a.m. until time of service 11 a.m. at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, 4606 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC.  Interment at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.  Please direct contributions to the Benevolent Fund of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church.  Arrangements by McGuire.

Unafraid and confident in his future, Rev. Moore slipped peacefully into glory on Tuesday, December 19, 2017.  Beloved husband of the late Dr. Ettyce H. Moore; father of Jerry A. Moore III (Cynthia) and Rev. Juran D. Moore, Sr. (Hazel); grandfather of Juran D. Moore, Jr., Colonel Percy Moore (USMC) (Janice) and Sydni M. Williams; great-grandfather of Sade, Jordan, Skylar, Jaden and Jason Moore. Born on June 12, 1918 in Minden, LA, to the late Reverend Jerry A. Moore, Sr. and the late Mae Dee Moore.  Rev. Moore, Jr. led a long, faithful and accomplished life.  He was a 1940 graduate of Morehouse College and was awarded Bachelor of Divinity and Masters of Arts degrees from Howard University.  He was called to pastor the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church in 1946 where he served as Senior Pastor until he retired in 1996.  During this period he led the movement of the historical church from 19th and Eye Street NW to its current home 16th Street NW.  In 1997 Rev. Moore also served as Interim Pastor of the Faith Moravian Church.  In 1974 Rev. Moore was elected as a Republican to be an at-large member of the Council of the District of Columbia.  He held the position until 1985. During that service Rev. Moore chaired the Council Committee on Transportation and served on the board of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. He served in the latter position during the planning and creation of the Washington Metrorail System.  Rev. Moore was also a co-founder of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO).  He is the recipient of numerous honoraria and citations for religious and public service.

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Robert Vinson Brannum

Chairman, NAACP-DC Veterans Committee

Commissioner, Commission on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

Board Member, DC Open Government Coalition, Inc.

President Emeritus, DC Federation of Civic Associations, Inc.

Former President, Bloomingdale Civic Association, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus, 5^th District Citizens’ Advisory Council, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus, Ward 5 Democratic Committee

Former Interim Chairman, DC Commission on National and Community Service

Former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner

Incorporator and Founding Board Member, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc.