Jerry C. Moore Jr., affectionately known as “CMOE”, was born August 24, 1974 to Jerry C Sr. and Patricia Ann Moore. God sent His angels to usher Jerry Jr. home to heaven on August 5, 2020.

A Toledo native, Jerry Jr. attended Lincoln Elementary School, Robinson Junior High, and Devilbiss High School. His favorite childhood memories center around growing up on Norwood. It was on Norwood that the legend we call CMOE was born.

Jerry Jr. was always at the center of it all. The life of the party. Whenever you saw him coming you knew it was going to be a good time. When in his presence, Jerry Jr. had an incredible way of making you feel like you were the only person in the room. Especially if you were on the receiving end of his jokes. Jerry Jr. loved to laugh, and he had a smile that radiated from his soul. He encompassed the meaning of family, humility, and loyalty. To know Jerry Jr. was more than to love him. To know him was to know that you had a friend for life.

On July 29, 1997 Jerry Jr. took on the greatest role of his life when he became a Father. Jerry Jr. did not live in Fatherhood, He was Fatherhood, not only to his son Jerry III, but he was a stand in the gap father to all the kids he met. He loved children and he never missed an opportunity to shower them with love and affection, correction and discipline, and all his many life lessons that he taught them.

Jerry Jr. was an avid football fan and always expressed his loyalty to the Washington Football Team, formerly known as the Washington Redskins. His favorite football player was without a doubt, Jerry C. Moore III.

Jerry Jr. encompassed the spirit of graciousness and gratitude. He never allowed the circumstances of life to get in the way of the joy and happiness he always displayed. Over a 15-year illness and toll dialysis took on his body, Jerry Jr. never stopped believing, and spreading his love to everyone he met. Never once did Jerry Jr. complain. He believed that his mind was stronger than anything and that if he stayed positive, he could beat it.

Jerry Jr. was preceded his death by his son, Nicholas LaVon Moore; grandparents Alexander and Mildred Smith, Clemon and Mildred Brown; aunts Cosandrice Bell, Jeanette “Cathy” Moore-Gray, Babby Blalock, and Betsy Stevenson; and uncle Jasper Moore.

Jerry Jr. leaves to cherish his memory and continue on his legacy, the love of his life and his namesake son, Jerry C. Moore III (Kaayla McIntyre); his first love and daughter, Courtney Besteda; parents Jerry C Sr. and Patricia Ann Moore; sister Kisha Moore (Darnea Merrell); brothers Jasper Moore and Steve Wilburn; nephews Darnea Merrell and KeShawn Merrell; grandchildren Raegan, A’Naudia, and Logan-Michael; uncle Alexander Smith; aunts Clemontine Butler, Linda Price, and Clara Williamson; special cousin and big sister Sylvia Walker; bonus nephews Jakobe Crowell and Tyrone Johnson; bonus nieces Chloe Crawford, Chanel Smith, and Diamond Smith; best friend Jeremiah Bishop; lifelong friends LeVon Graham, Tyrone Johnson, Charles Anthony Jones, and Kelly Rushing; forever friend Jovan Stokes-Allen; children’s mothers Deleice Henderson and Nichole Williams; and a host of cousins, family and extended family.