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Woodberry Forest School Remembers the Life of Bobby Moubray
Bobby Moubray, a member of the Woodberry Forest staff for more than fifty years, died Tuesday, November 6.
Bobby joined the athletic department staff in 1961 as equipment manager. He began helping Leonard Dick, the long-time football coach and athletic director, hand-stamp the letters “WFS” onto the athletic gear issued to Woodberry boys for practices. Some time in the 1970s the gear became known as “Moubray wear” after Bobby and his brother, James, who joined the gym staff in 1972.
Though Bobby retired as equipment manager in 1999, he continued to drive Woodberry buses to athletic contests for another fifteen years before fully retiring in 2014. He was intensely proud of the Dick Gym’s appearance, and even in retirement would tidy up the gym if he saw something that needed fixing.
Bobby Moubray was born on August 9, 1934. His father was groundskeeper for the Woodberry golf course, and Bobby grew up on the campus.
He is his survived by his wife, Dorothy, and their three daughters. Bobby and Dorothy lived on the Woodberry campus for many years, and one of their daughters, Janet, has worked for the Woodberry Forest athletic department for more than thirty years; her husband, Gene Lewis, serves as Woodberry’s director of facilities and has been a member of the staff since 1981.
Bobby is also survived by his brother, as well as by seven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, and three great, great grandchildren.
The family will receive visitors at Preddys Funeral Home in Orange from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 8. A service will be held at Preddys at 11:00 a.m., with burial to follow at Graham Cemetery, followed by lunch at the North Pamunkey Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
James and Bobby Moubray, circa 1984.
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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