Charles W. Moore

Charles William Moore was born on February 25, 1958 in Baltimore, MD, and raised by John and Marie Taylor. He was educated in the Baltimore City School system. After high school, Charles went to work with the Maryland State Department of Education in the office of Correctional Education, as an Administrative Assistant. After several years of service there, he went to work with Correctional Education Association as an Office Administrator. Charles loved his work and looked forward to assisting and attending his work conferences. He was especially gifted with computers; and would help guide you through any issue with a resolution. Charles, also referred to as Chuck, C Moore or Sir Charles, enjoyed life and could be seen around his neighborhood walking his dog Lexus, washing his car, and talking with his neighbors. On March 1, 2011, while driving to work, Charles suffered a stroke, which left him paralyzed on his entire left side. He never regained use in those limbs; however, that didn’t stop Charles from getting around. He could be seen riding around Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Hospital & Center on his motorize wheelchair visiting other patients, attending Happy Hour functions, and making new friends. Charles loved playing Wii bowling with his friends Arthur and Mary Jackson. After his two Wii partners passed on, Charles began recruiting other staff and patients to play and he began to teach them Wii golf. Overtime, the nerve ending pain increased, which kept him from participating in the campus social events. However, you could find Charles in his room on his IPad playing games, on the phone with his sister, downloading yet another stock market app, and/or listening to his Indian CD’s, R & B, or Gospel music. The Baltimore Ravens, Orioles, and Wrestling were a big part of Charles’ Television line up. On game day, you could hear the sounds of excitement emanating from his room, when the players where producing favorable results or sighs of disappointment, when their efforts ended in defeat. As for Charles, he was a man of faith and he refused to be defeated. Over the past 8 ½ years, this was evident in his tenacity to battle back from hospital trips that were sometimes lengthy and critical in nature. In a recent discussion with his nurse, she described him as the cat with nine lives, because he went into the hospital on Valentines’ Day and stayed there for six weeks, returning to the nursing home now with a tracheotomy and feeding tube, but was back eating regular food within weeks. Charles was a food connoisseur, eating was his passion. At the top of the list, and in First Place, was Chicken Parmesan, in Second Place, Fried Oysters and French fries, in Third place, his Sunday Italian BMT sub with Spicy Doritos, with caramel M & M’s as the icing on the cake. His compliments were not reserved solely for food, but for individuals as well. Charles was well liked and had an infectious personality and he always gave a compliment, whether it was about the outfit you were wearing or your hair cut or color. On Sunday October 6, 2019, Charles tried on a new pair of reading glasses, to see if he could read the Channel listing, he looked at the sheet of paper and said, “I can see the Travel Channel,” which he watched from time to time. That was a spoken word, for the real travel he was about to take on Sunday evening. This was safely sealed by the prayer of salvation, he prayed with his sister the night before. Charles is now at peace and moving toward the promises of God. He leaves to cherish his memory, his devoted sister Jaki Taylor, brother, Leroy Bradford, Sister-in-law Adrienne Jenkins, niece Jasmine Bradford and a host of family and friends. My Brother Creativity Hope Audacity Resilence Love Essence Strength Love, Jaki The family is thankful for the support from Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Hospital & Center and the staff members on Household 3. The family is extremely grateful to Michelle Herbert and Terri Lewis who genuinely valued, cared and supported Charles.

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Charles W. Moore

February 25, 1958 - October 6, 2019