Thomas Connor "T.C." Moss

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Thomas Moss Obituary

Thomas Connor "T.C." Moss CAMERON, SC - A Memorial Service celebrating the life of Thomas Connor "T.C." Moss will be held on Thursday, September 4, at Shady Grove United Methodist Church at 10:30 a.m. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall, following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to the Boy Scouts of America, Indian Waters Council, PO Box 144, Columbia, SC 29202. T.C. passed away on September 1, 2014. Born near Cameron on the family farm in 1922, T.C. was the son of Thomas Clyde Moss and Eloise Connor Moss. He attended Cameron Public Schools and graduated from Clemson College in 1943 with a degree in Animal Husbandry and a ROTC commission. Just before graduation, T.C. married Virginia Dukes with whom he shared a wonderful life until her death in 2001. T.C. served in the United States Army from 1943 until 1946, mostly in Italy, achieving the rank of Captain. He was awarded the Bronze Star. After the war, he came back to Cameron to farm with his father at Mossdale Farm. They raised Poland China hogs and Hereford cattle, along with cotton, grains, soybeans, and corn. In 1988, Mossdale Farm was named a National Bicentennial Farm to designate it having been in the same farming family for 200 years. T.C. was a lifelong member of Shady Grove United Methodist Church. He was a long time supporter of the Boy Scouts, serving as President of the Central SC Council (now Indian Waters ). He was a recipient of the Boy Scout Silver Beaver award. T.C. served on many community boards in various capacities. Surviving are his children, Virginia Clare (Gene) Allen and Thomas Connor (Lynette) Moss; grandchildren, Jenny Allen (Rich) Miller, Leigh Allen (Dan) Murphy, Lane Moss (Bill) Brown, Connor Moss, Cameron Moss, Lauren Key (Alex) Burns and Clinton (Kelly) Key; great-grandchildren, Daniel Murphy, Virginia Miller, Lilly Murphy, William Miller, Margaret Burns, Charlie Burns, Anna Key, and Findley Brown. T.C. was predeceased by his wife, Virginia; daughter, Anne (Tom) Key; grandson, Rutledge Moss; and a sister, Elizabeth Haigler. Online condolences may be expressed at www.dukesharleyfuneralhome.com. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier from Sep. 2 to Sep. 3, 2014.

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Jasman Wise

August 12, 2020

My condolences this photo and others were taken Nov 2014...there use to be a little house to the left of the photo I spent summers vacationing from New York to see my great grandmother Ms Rachael “Pat” Whaley and my cousin Charles. My grandmother Inez and her siblings all grew up here..behind the old white house that use to be to the left of the photo (closes to me in the pic you will see the drive way) was a wooden shack they grew up in when they were little...I remember picking figs off the fig tree, playing under the elephant ears (flowers), running up and down this dirt road, making mud pies...running in the rain watching the thunderstorms light up the sky, walking by the big house to go fish in the pond back in the wooded area...got stuck one day playing in the ditch (thought I could jump it)...we visited up until maybe 1997 after my cousin Charles passed away..the stories and memories of home and our family history all started here..just amazing...my great grandmother would tell me all about the big house and Mr T.C. And how she helped raise him, working the farm and cotton and how the family was so good to ours to allow my great grandmother and them to stay there for as long as we wanted...I just wanted to share my memories with the family..may you all continue to be blessed and thank you for being the kind hearted family you all were to mine through the years...maybe one day I can actually see inside the big house or at least sit on the porch ( I use to try a sneak when I was little but always got caught before I could get to the big cones is what I a called them...) smile..

S. Washington

September 3, 2014

Sorry for your loss. May the GOD of all comfort be with the family at this time.

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