Annandale resident Gene Moyer, of Gene’s Antiques, passes away
Annandale man about town M. Eugene “Gene”
Moyer, passed away May 30. He was 79.
Moyer, passed away May 30. He was 79.
Moyer grew up in Muncie, Ind., but spent the
last quarter century in Annandale, where he owned an antiques shop and was a
regular patron of the Juke Box Diner, Sunset Grille, and George Mason Library. “Dad
loved Annandale,” says his daughter Rosemarie Moyer Nielsen of Lincolnia.
last quarter century in Annandale, where he owned an antiques shop and was a
regular patron of the Juke Box Diner, Sunset Grille, and George Mason Library. “Dad
loved Annandale,” says his daughter Rosemarie Moyer Nielsen of Lincolnia.
A long-time resident of Davian Drive, Moyer
was well known around Annandale and had many friends here. He didn’t like to
cook after his divorce, so he would eat out all the time, Nielsen recalls. When he became too
ill last year to continue, staff from the Juke Box brought meals to his house.
Moyer worked as a teacher for several years,
then earned a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin, and moved to the
D.C. area, where he was a health economist at the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
then earned a PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin, and moved to the
D.C. area, where he was a health economist at the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services.
After retiring from the federal government in
1999, Moyer owned Gene’s Antiques at the Antique Emporium on Little River
Turnpike for several years. When the antiques business declined—due in no small
part to the rise of eBay—he donated much of the inventory to the Treasure Trove, another Annandale institution where he was a regular.
1999, Moyer owned Gene’s Antiques at the Antique Emporium on Little River
Turnpike for several years. When the antiques business declined—due in no small
part to the rise of eBay—he donated much of the inventory to the Treasure Trove, another Annandale institution where he was a regular.
