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[2 Nov. 76]
T.A.S. Moody
dies Sunday
Thomas Alvin Shields (T.A.S.)
Moody, 68, or Fuller Heights Road,
Quantico, a former State Police
supervisor and twice a candidate for
Prince William County sheriff, died
Sunday at Mary Washington Hospital,
Fredericksburg.
Mr. Moody was born and raised in
Chester, where he attended Chester
High School. He attended Randolph-
Macon Military Academy in Bedford
then worked for the Virginia Trust in
McIntosh County, Ga.
He joined the State Police in 1931 and
served in a variety of stations before
becoming a sergeant in 1939. His police
work was interrupted during World
War II when he served in the Far Eastern and European theaters with
the U.S. Army. At one time, Mr. Moody
was supervisor and instructor of four
State Police training schools. He spent
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the last 20 years of his police career as
supervisor of State Police areas which
included Prince William, Stafford and
other Northern Virginia jurisdictions.
He retired after 34 years.
In 1967 Mr. Moody made an unsuccessful
bid in the Democratic
primary for sheriff. In 1971 he ran for
sheriff as a Republican.
Mr. Mood is survived by his wife,
Doris Fick Moody of Quantico; two
daughters, Mrs. Gail Brown of
Quantico and Mrs. Suzanne M. Agnew
of Starksville, Miss.; a grandson, John
D. Brown of Quantico; and a brother,
Harry Moody and a sister, Leola
Goodwyn, both of Chesterfield.
Friends may call between 7 and 8:30
p.m. today at the Wheeler-Thompson
Funeral Home, Fredericksburg.
Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday at Sunset Memorial Gardens,
Fredericksburg.Transcriber
Adam KitchenLanguage
English