Maxey Dell Moody Jr.
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Max Moody in 1961
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| Born | June 15, 1913 Jacksonville, Florida |
| Died | December 3, 1987 (aged 74) Jacksonville, Florida |
| Education |
Andrew Jackson High School United States Naval Academy |
| Occupation | Founder of MOBRO Marine, Inc. CEO of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. business magnate |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Boyd |
| Children |
7
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| Parent(s) |
Maxey Dell Moody Ethel Moody |
| Relatives | Sloman Moody (grandfather) |
Maxey Dell "Max" Moody Jr. (June 15, 1913 – December 3, 1987), also known as M. D. Moody Jr., was the president and CEO of M. D. Moody & Sons, Inc. from 1950 to 1987 and the founder of MOBRO Marine, Inc. As President and CEO he diversified and expanded M. D. Moody, firmly establishing it as a prominent business in the construction industry. His father’s business under his leadership became the oldest family-owned construction equipment distributor in the United States, and at one time the largest crane dealer in the southeast.
Moody was a founding member of the Jacksonville Businessmens Associations, a member of St. Vincent's Medical Centers Board of Trustees and on the Board of directors for the Florida National Bank Holding Company.
Max Moody Jr. was born on June 15, 1913 in Jacksonville, Florida, to Ethel and Maxey Dell Moody His mother Ethel Moody (née Müller) was born in Jacksonville whose father had immigrated to the United States from Germany in the 1870s. The same year that Max Jr. was born, his father Max established a construction distributor business called M. D. Moody in Jacksonville, Florida. Max attended Andrew Jackson High School and graduated in 1926.
On June 18, 1933 Max married Dorothy in Jacksonville. They had seven children: Maxine Rowland, Maxey Dell Moody III, Elaina Moran, Angel Throop, Thomas "Boyd" Moody, Richard Moody, Joseph "Joe" Moody.
After graduating from Andrew Jackson High School Max enrolled in the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The Naval Academy had a rule that graduates could not marry until two years after graduation. Max decided to drop out and marry Dorothy Boyd who he had met in Jacksonville. After Max left the United States Naval Academy he went to work for the United States Army Corps of Engineers on a levee-building project around Lake Okeechobee. He decided to work for the Corps of Engineers because his father was not happy with him for dropping out of the Naval Academy. Max worked on a dredge and killed alligators to sell their hides because there was nothing else to do.
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