Jay Moore

Jay Field Moore, 85, of Rock Hill, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2025, surrounded by his family. Born Friday, January 20, 1939, in Gary, Indiana, he was the second of five children to the late Prentice Moore and Margureite Mason Moore. He graduated from Wabash College where he studied Speech and English Literature, was in the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and enjoyed playing on the football and baseball teams. He also served his country in the United States Army Reserves. His gregarious personality was well suited to his long career in sales as a regional sales development manager for Cryovac. Jay was very social, humorous, fun loving and often the life of the party. Jay’s commitment to the love of Christ flowed through his heart in many ways. He was a volunteer with hospice for many years and would come home often talking about how special it was to be of assistance to those about to transition. He was also a co-founder of the not for profit Mayday in Clover, SC where he established fund raisers for homeless and underprivileged children in need in the Clover School district. He took a tremendous amount of pride in being of service to others. He was a life long avid golfer, he loved the sport so much that his after retirement, his fun job was selling high end golf tours in Great Britain and Spain for SGH Golf. Jay was also a lover of music. He started playing piano by ear at age 5 and hardly a day went by throughout his entire life that he didn’t play. He played piano beautifully for the enjoyment of self, family and entertainment of others. He and Nancy loved to travel and spent much of their retirement years traversing the globe. It brought Jay tremendous pleasure to create loving fond memories with friends and family. Jay’s larger than life personality and big love, just like his music, will forever resonate in the hearts of those who were fortunate enough to soak it up. 

Jay is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Nancy Ellen Smith Moore; son, John Moore (Anne Gessner); daughter, Julie Moore Lindsey; brothers, Dick, Bill and Tim (Barb) Moore; sister Jeanine (Ken) Hansen; granddaughter, Micah Lindsey and grandsons, Mason Lindsey, Renner and Russell Moore. Jay is also survived by 18 nieces and nephews and their families.

A celebration of Jay's life will be held Saturday, February 22 at 2:00 p.m. in the Community Room at Park Point Village, 3025 Chesborough Blvd Rock Hill, SC 29732.

Please sign his online guestbook at www.palmettofuneralgroup.com