Mr. Terry Sherwood Moore

Terry S. Moore of Roswell, Georgia passed away October 2, 2014 at the age of 70 after a brief illness. He was born February 13, 1944 in Santa Monica, California where his father, Allen W. Moore, a naval officer, and his mother, Mary Virginia Moore, were stationed from 1944-1947. In 1947, after his father’s retirement from the Navy, the family moved back to a family home in Hillsboro, on the eastern shore of Maryland. The family then moved to the nearby town of Queen Anne where Terry spent most of his early years growing up. During this time, Terry went on his first Christmas Bird Count with a Carolina County Bird Club member, Wilbur Rittenhouse. From this point on for the rest of his life, Terry devoted much of his free time to developing and pursuing his interest in ornithology. During Terry’s youth, he attended Caroline County Bird Club meetings and field trips, where he met the late Bill and Roberta Fletcher of Denton, Maryland, who were instrumental in furthering his interest and love of birds and bird watching. In the summers, he often went with the Fletcher’s and their son, Bob on extended camping trips across the United States, which involved bird watching and learning about nature and the outdoors. At the age of 16, Terry attended a spring meeting of the Maryland Ornithological Society at Ocean City, Maryland. At this meeting he met Chan Robbins, who would become his mentor and a life-long friend. Chan introduced Terry to bird banding at the Operation Recovery Banding Station in the Mountain Forest and 103rd Street area of North Ocean City, MD. Terry would later become a Master Bander and help to establish the Jekyll Island Banding Station (JIBS) with Don and Doris Cohrs in the late 1970’s. After graduating from Centerville High School in Centerville, Maryland in 1962, Terry attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated in 1966 with a degree in Industrial Engineering Terry spent the next several years working for the Georgia Tech YMCA while also traveling across the United States birding. In the April of 1969, Terry was hired by IBM as a Systems Engineer in Atlanta. Shortly there after, in October Terry was accepted into Officer Candidate School (OCS). After completing OCS in Rhode Island, Terry attained the rank of Ensign and was assigned to a sub tender, the USS Hunley, where he served as a supply officer. Thanks to the Navy, Terry traveled the world to such places as Guam, Hong Kong, Australia, Mexico and Japan all while birding, as well as carrying out his responsibilities for the Navy. He was honorably discharged from the Navy on May 9, 1972 and spent two more years serving in the Reserves, finally leaving the Navy with the rank of 1st Lieutenant JG. In October 1973, Terry returned to IBM in Atlanta where he worked for 37 years. While working as a Systems Engineer for IBM, he worked on a number of accounts including Riches, Honest Face, Bellsouth, and the Atlanta Call Center. During Terry’s 37 years at IBM in Atlanta he developed a wide network of friends and associates. In addition to his work at IBM, Terry remained active in the area of ornithology, his avocation. In the late 1970’s, Terry served as the president of the Atlanta Audubon Society for several years. His involvement with the Atlanta Audubon Society (AAS) also included writing the field notes for the AAS Wingbars for decades, and organizing and compiling the Marietta Audubon Christmas Count for 20 years. Terry was also heavily involved with the Georgia Ornithological Society (GOS); he served as the editor of the Oriole, official publication of the GOS, for 17 years, and participated on various committees for the GOS over the years. On December 13, 1980 Terry married Margaret (Peggy) Fletcher and in 1985 they moved to Roswell, Georgia where he resided until his passing. While living in Roswell, Terry was a devoted husband to his wife, Peggy, and a loving father to his two living children, Mathieu and Jillian. Terry was actively involved in his children’s lives by volunteering his time and energy to his children’s school and extracurricular activities. This included holding various positions of responsibility in their Scouting and Band activities. Terry imparted his love of nature and the outdoors to his family by encouraging yearly family vacations to his beloved Jekyll Island and further aboard to places such as Europe, Mexico to visit the Mayan ruins of Uxmal, Chichen Itza and Palenque, as well as Ecuador and Peru to visit the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu. Terry is preceded in death by his parents, Allen and Mary Virginia Moore, his brother, Allen Willis Moore, Jr. and his first child, Mary Margaret Moore. Terry is survived by his wife, Margaret (Peggy) Fletcher Moore, son, Mathieu Fletcher Moore, and daughter, Jillian Fletcher Moore, all of Roswell, Georgia. A private burial will be held at the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Georgia Ornithological Society (PO Box 122, Culloden, GA. 31016) or the Atlanta Audubon Society (4055 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30342). A memorial service will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 4:00pm at Roswell United Methodist Church. A reception will follow in the parlor.

Mr. Terry Sherwood Moore

February 13, 1944 - October 2, 2014