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A day of drinking that officials said led to Emily Susan Moseley's death did not begin with her father, he said.

"I bought four airplane bottles for myself," said Terry Moseley, 52, of Stokesdale, recalling Aug. 16, the day before his daughter died in an early-morning crash.

State Alcohol Law Enforcement officials disagree, and last week he was one of four people charged with giving alcoholic beverages to three teens involved in the crash that killed Emily Moseley, 19, of Stokesdale on Aug. 17.

There were no serious injuries for the driver, Richard Oakley, 18, of Stokesdale, or Taylor Moseley, 16, of Stokesdale — Terry Moseley's younger daughter.

Alan Fields, district supervisor for the ALE, said Terry Moseley bought four mini bottles of alcohol for the teenagers on Aug. 16.

On Monday Terry Moseley denied charges that include giving alcohol to an underage person, aiding an underage person's possession of alcohol and contributing to delinquency of a minor.

"I wouldn't give them anything," he said.

Moseley said he and the three teens went to Greensboro on the morning of Aug. 16 to visit his former workplace.

He bought alcohol, he said, and ate lunch with his daughters at an Arby's.

Fields alleges that shortly after Terry Moseley visited the ABC store, Taylor Moseley and Oakley began drinking.

After lunch, Terry Moseley left them, and the teens went to a pool party.

The party was at the home of Stephen Dale McBride, 52, his wife Sandra McBride and their son Stephen Lee McBride, 21, all of 1060 Eagle Pass Lane, Walunt Cove, in Stokes County, Fields said.

Fields alleges that the sisters and Oakley took Xanax and drank beer and vodka while there.

All three McBrides were charged with one count each of giving alcoholic beverages to an underage person and one count each of aiding and abetting an underage person.

The teens left the party about 11:30 p.m., Fields said. Oakley and Taylor Moseley got in Oakley's car, while Emily Moseley laid down in the back seat.

"According to Oakley, he got lost," Fields said, while they were driving back to Stokesdale.

About 12:20 a.m., Oakley lost control of the car on Lauren Road near N.C. 68, highway patrol said, and it flipped several times.

"Emily Moseley was ejected," Fields said. She died at the scene.

Oakley was charged with driving while impaired and reckless driving and was released on bond from Rockingham County Jail.

On Monday, Terry Moseley didn't have any ill will toward the others involved.

He only talked of his daughter's death.

"It's a feeling you can't describe," he said. "It just rips your heart out."

She graduated from McMichael High School in 2005, he said, with plans for nursing school.

Remembering her, and that night — the phone call about his daughters in an accident — made Terry Moseley's knees shake. He grabbed his elbows.

"I'm just glad I got to keep her for 19 years," he said.

She would've been 20 next month.

Contact Gerald Witt at 627-4881, Ext. 120, or gwitt@news-record.com