In Memory of
(as in the Key West Citizen, Written by Louraine)
RICHARD 'BUD'
EUGENE MOORE JR.
July 14, 1947 - Feb. 12, 2010
Richard "Bud" Moore passed away suddenly on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, at his home in Key West.
Born on July 14, 1947, at Scotts Air Force Base in Illinois, Bud was a musician and a landscaper. While still in high school in Winston-Salem, N.C., Bud played in many adult bands -- too young to drink in the bars but already an accomplished bass and guitar player with a mellifluous voice. He joined world-famous musician Bo Diddley's band and toured Europe with him in the 1970s. His music took him from North Carolina to New Mexico and California before returning to his Winston-Salem home. From there, he set out for Belize, intending to make his home there, fulfilling his passion for Mesoamerica and Mayan history. When he returned to the U.S., Bud chose to live in Key West.
He played bass with the Carl Peachey Band at Captain Tony's for the last eight years as well as created some very beautiful gardens around town, including at the Angelina Guest House. Besides music and horticulture, Bud was passionate about car racing, history, geography, biology and archaeology. He was a master raconteur and always had a great story or a joke to tell. He was also a songwriter and a fine artist. Bud made friends of everyone he met and his special friends, who knew him well, mourn his loss.
Bud was predeceased by his father, Richard Eugene Moore Sr., in January 2009. He is survived by his mother, Vera Barnes, and stepfather, Walter O. Barnes of Petersburg, W.Va.; sister, Charlene Cahill, her two children and four grandchildren, of Hyattsville, Md.; sister, Sherry Rushing (husband Jim), and their two children, two grandchildren and one more soon to be born, of Pensacola, Fla.; sister, Virginia Barnes, and her two children and four grandchildren, of Dorcas, W.Va.; his sister, Theresa Saunders (husband Robert), her daughter and two grandchildren; and brother, Walter J. Barnes, and his daughter and granddaughter, of Romney, W.Va.
A memorial service and celebration of the life of Bud Moore will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at Captain Tony's Saloon, 428 Greene St. Donations will be accepted there.
