Truman Moore Obituary

MOORE, JR., Truman Truman E. Moore, Jr., husband of Margaret Peg Humphrey Moore passed away on the evening of October 4, 2008. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Moore, Jr., are invited to attend the memorial services of the former in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, 232 Calhoun Street on Wednesday, October 8, at 2:30pm. Friends may call at his home following the service. Burial will be private. Truman was born in Cobb, Georgia, the son of Truman E. Moore and Mary Catherine Hill Moore, and grew up in Myrtle Beach, SC. He graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and later obtained a MA in sociology from New York University. He began his career in New York as a freelance photographer for Life Magazine, where he specialized in photographing public figures, such as Bobby Kennedy, President Eisenhower, Malcolm X, Rocky Marciano, John Updike and Charles Kuralt. His Life photographs of Malcolm X were featured in an exhibit with Gordon Parks in April 1993 at the International Center for Photography. He had an exhibit in Charleston Out-takes from Life, in 1998. Truman was a founder of The Committee to Save the City, which played a major role in obtaining landmark status for the Ladies' Mile Historic District in New York City. He ran a photography studio in New York, doing commercial work for national corporations, such as GE Monogram kitchens, AT&T, IBM and Bethlehem Steel. His work has appeared in numerous national magazines, currently appearing in the Charleston Mercury. He was the author of three books: The Traveling Man, The Slaves We Rent and Nouveaumania. He and his wife, Peg, received a Phoenix Award from the Society of American Travel Writers and an award from the Victorian Society in America for their book, End of the Road for Ladies' Mile? Truman continued his concern for the preservation of historic buildings and the quality of life in historic districts when he moved to Charleston in 1994, where he was the founder of another Committee to Save the City with his wife, Dr. Jack Simmons and Lynn McBride. In May 2008, the group was honored by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America with a Ross award for their stewardship of classical architecture in New York and Charleston. Along with the Mazyck Wraggborough Garden District, The Committee to Save the City sponsored the Vision for Marion Square in 2003, which received an award this year from the Congress for New Urbanism. Truman and his wife published Complete Charleston, a walking guide, which celebrates the history and architecture of Charleston and is illustrated with his photographs. He was the recipient of the Three Sisters Award from The Committee to Save the City in February 2008. He was a member of the Piping & Marching Society of Lower Chalmers Street and the Carolina Yacht Club. Truman loved travel, history, chess, beach music, good food and wine. He is survived by his wife Peg, his daughter Rebecca, her husband, James Saft, and two grandchildren, Eleanor and Virginia, his sister, Jane Lamb and many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, 20 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036 or The Hospice of Charleston, 3879 Leeds Avenue, North Charleston, 29405. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.