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The Visitation will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 11:00AM – 12:00PM ET at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, located on 4606 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20011.
The Funeral Service will take place on Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 12:00PM ET – 1:30PM ET at the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, located on 4606 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20011. For those unable to attend the service in-person, you can participate remotely by viewing the live stream of the service (please scroll up to see the video).
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Obituary
DeMaurice Moses Jr., M.D. “Bucky” was born on July 11, 1933, at Freedman’s Hospital, he passed away peacefully at the age of 93 on September 16, 2026, at his summer home in Venice Beach, near Annapolis, MD, with his beloved wife, Charlene Drew Jarvis, by his side.
Nicknamed “Bucky”, he is a graduate of Yale University and received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1959, the year he married his first wife, Grace Louise Nash.
A former Army physician, he founded the Hilltop Children’s Clinic in Tacoma, Washington, offering free care to poor children of all races, eventually enrolling 4,000 children.
Upon his retirement, Dr. Moses returned to the Venice/Highland Beach community, where his family had spent summers since his childhood. There, he married Charlene Drew Jarvis, and together they continued to be cherished members of the community.
He was predeceased by his parents; his brother, John Ridgley Moses; his first wife, Grace; and his son, Aubrey Stuart Moses. He is survived by his wife, Charlene Drew Jarvis; his sister, Merle Charlotte Bowse; his daughter, Belinda Susan Moses (Mark Ray Mauren); grandchildren Isaac James Kastama (Maaian Sujatovich-Wilkis), Anna Laura Kastama (Cristopher Claeys), Samuel Adam Moses, and Jakob Richard Moses, two great-grandchildren, Carolina Grace Kastama and Alicia Lior Kastama; his “bonus” grandchildren Ernest Drew Jarvis II and Jacob Drew Jarvis, Mason David West and Collins Elizabeth Joyce West, and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center in Highland Beach, Maryland (www.fdmcc.org).