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Submitted by Myrick on Mon, 10/28/2024 - 2:26pm
Pappy Moss of Southern Pines was the son of W.O. and Byrd (Currin) Moss. He was the "Keeper" of the Moore County hounds for the annual fox hunt.
The following is from the Walthour-Moss Foundation webpage:
Ginnie and Pappy Mosses' vision of a special place in the Sandhills took shape in 1974 when the Walthour-Moss Foundation was formed as charitable trust. At a time in life when many people would have been thinking of retirement, Ginnie and Pappy created the "vessel" into which they and the community would place over 4000 acres in the next 30 years. Pappy Moss died in 1976. Sadly, he did not live to see his dream of the "Foundation" become a physical reality. But his legacy lived on.
In 1978, with a bequest from Pappy's estate of 1739 acres, the Foundation which we know today truly began. This was the first of many gifts from the Mosses....
In January 2006 Virginia Walthour-Moss passed away peacefully at home on her beloved Mile Away Farm - so named by Pappy and Ginnie when they moved there in 1937 because "it was a mile away from the train station in Southern Pines." She was 96.
As the community came together to celebrate her remarkable life, the true dimensions of Mrs. Moss's vision and her belief in the future were revealed yet again.
The Walthour-Moss Foundation was advised that Mrs. Moss had bequeathed 114 acres of additional land in the heart of the North Country to the Foundation. This magnificent tract included Sweetheart Lake and joined together three North Country parcels purchased between 1993 and 2000. Her wonderful gift effectively completes the "North Country circle" and brings the total gifts of land by Ginnie and Pappy Moss to over 2,500 acres and the Foundation to almost 4,100 total acres.
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