Clegburgh H. Moseley
Clegburgh Hepburn Moseley of Springs, who worked for the East Hampton Town Highway Department for more than 10 years, died at home on Friday of cancer, his family said. He was 78.
Mr. Moseley, who was known to friends and co-workers as Mr. T, was born on Aug. 11, 1939, in Riverside, Hanover, Jamaica, to Julia Cunningham and Ethan Moseley.
Before coming to the United States, Mr. Moseley was a carpenter and a farmer, growing fruit and vegetables and raising cows, pigs, and goats. He cared for a large number of pet pigeons, and, his family said, they would become excited when they heard the sound of his approach on a Honda 50 motorcycle, which he rode everywhere.
An early union, with Iris Campbell, produced a daughter, Adricka Moseley of Jamaica, who survives. Later, he met Pearlina Samuel, from the neighboring Jamaica community of Gingerhill. They lived together for 15 years before marrying on Aug. 6, 1976, and they had six children. His family said Mr. Moseley was a dedicated husband and loving father. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in East Hampton.
The couple and their youngest child, Melisa, came to East Hampton in 1997, seeking better opportunities. The couple petitioned the federal government the next year to allow their other children to join them here, and they were successful in 2005. They also bought a house in Springs that year. Ms. Moseley died in 2016.
Mr. Moseley is survived by his children, Lynsfred Moseley, Andrew Moseley, Sandria Moseley, Julianne Moseley, and Melissa Moseley, all of East Hampton, and Curtist Moseley of Florida, in addition to Adricka Moseley.
He is also survived by four brothers and four sisters, Wincent Moseley of Florida, Abraham Moseley, Clifford Dockery, and Joseph Dockery of Jamaica, Iris Edwards of the Bronx, Berdina McMahon of Pennsylvania, and Evadney Dockery and Frances Moseley of Jamaica, as well as 23 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be on Monday from 10 a.m. to noon at Calvary Baptist Church, with a funeral to follow at the church. Burial will be at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in East Hampton after the service.