Advertisement

Dennis Wade Moody Sr.

Advertisement

Dennis Wade Moody Sr.

Birth
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Death
19 Feb 2007 (aged 87)
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.5177994, Longitude: -80.6025009
Memorial ID
View Source
Dennis was the oldest of three children born to Wade Clarenton and Anna Catherine (Fogleman) Moody. He married Rose Foster Tilley in 1943 and they were the parents of four children: Dennis Wade Jr., Katherine Diane, ELizabeth Rose and Robert Hues.

Winston-Salem Journal, NC
February 21, 2007

MOUNT AIRY - Mr. Dennis Wade Moody, 87, of 317 Marion St., Mount Airy, widower of Mrs. Rose Tilley Moody, passed away Monday night, Feb. 19, 2007, at Salemtowne Retirement Community in Winston Salem. Mr. Moody was born March 28, 1919, in Surry County to the late Wade C. and Anna Fogleman Moody. Mr. Moody was the first president of the Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, charter member of the Mount Airy Rotary Club, past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2019, charter member of the Veterans Memorial Park board of directors, past president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association, founding trustee of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, former director of Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan, member of Renfro Masonic Lodge and Surry Shrine Club, where he recently received his 60- and 50-year pins respectively. Mr. Moody was a lifelong member and Elder of First Presbyterian Church in Mount Airy and was former president of Moody Funeral Services Inc. of Mount Airy, Dobson, and Stuart, Va. Mr. Moody was a very proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Win Thurber of Point Clear, Ala., Libby and Ben Goins of Mooresville; a son and daughters-in-law, Bob and Kathy Moody of Mount Airy and Carol Lee Cathey of Charlotte; 14 grandchildren, Darren Moody and his wife, Andrea, McCord Moody and his wife, Kerry, Tracey Moody, Alexa Cathey, Mary Esther Elliott and her husband, Bart, Winchester Thurber and his wife, Fran, John Wade Thurber and his wife, Rebecca, Ben Goins Jr. and his wife, Emily, Nicole Childress and her husband, Daryl, Adam Stanfield, Ann Grey Stanfield, Nicole Moody, Meredith Moody and Wade Moody; seven great-grandchildren, Rose Elliott, Barton Elliott, Elizabeth Elliott, Ella Claire Goins, Ben Goins III, Audrey Rose Childress and John Wade Moody. In addition to his wife and parents, Mr. Moody was preceded in death by a son, Dennis W. Moody Jr.; a granddaughter, Kimberly Moody; two sisters, Mary Lee Goad and Louise Folger. Mr. Moody lived his life as a great example of the importance of family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at Moody Funeral Chapel in Mount Airy, with the service conducted by Dr. Steve Lindsley. Burial will follow in the Oakdale Cemetery with graveside rites conducted by VFW Memorial Honor Guard Post 2019 of Mount Airy and Post 9436 of Pilot Mountain. The Moody Family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 1286, Mount Airy, NC 27030. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.


Dennis was the oldest of three children born to Wade Clarenton and Anna Catherine (Fogleman) Moody. He married Rose Foster Tilley in 1943 and they were the parents of four children: Dennis Wade Jr., Katherine Diane, ELizabeth Rose and Robert Hues.

Winston-Salem Journal, NC
February 21, 2007

MOUNT AIRY - Mr. Dennis Wade Moody, 87, of 317 Marion St., Mount Airy, widower of Mrs. Rose Tilley Moody, passed away Monday night, Feb. 19, 2007, at Salemtowne Retirement Community in Winston Salem. Mr. Moody was born March 28, 1919, in Surry County to the late Wade C. and Anna Fogleman Moody. Mr. Moody was the first president of the Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, charter member of the Mount Airy Rotary Club, past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2019, charter member of the Veterans Memorial Park board of directors, past president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association, founding trustee of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, former director of Workmen's Federal Savings and Loan, member of Renfro Masonic Lodge and Surry Shrine Club, where he recently received his 60- and 50-year pins respectively. Mr. Moody was a lifelong member and Elder of First Presbyterian Church in Mount Airy and was former president of Moody Funeral Services Inc. of Mount Airy, Dobson, and Stuart, Va. Mr. Moody was a very proud veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Win Thurber of Point Clear, Ala., Libby and Ben Goins of Mooresville; a son and daughters-in-law, Bob and Kathy Moody of Mount Airy and Carol Lee Cathey of Charlotte; 14 grandchildren, Darren Moody and his wife, Andrea, McCord Moody and his wife, Kerry, Tracey Moody, Alexa Cathey, Mary Esther Elliott and her husband, Bart, Winchester Thurber and his wife, Fran, John Wade Thurber and his wife, Rebecca, Ben Goins Jr. and his wife, Emily, Nicole Childress and her husband, Daryl, Adam Stanfield, Ann Grey Stanfield, Nicole Moody, Meredith Moody and Wade Moody; seven great-grandchildren, Rose Elliott, Barton Elliott, Elizabeth Elliott, Ella Claire Goins, Ben Goins III, Audrey Rose Childress and John Wade Moody. In addition to his wife and parents, Mr. Moody was preceded in death by a son, Dennis W. Moody Jr.; a granddaughter, Kimberly Moody; two sisters, Mary Lee Goad and Louise Folger. Mr. Moody lived his life as a great example of the importance of family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at Moody Funeral Chapel in Mount Airy, with the service conducted by Dr. Steve Lindsley. Burial will follow in the Oakdale Cemetery with graveside rites conducted by VFW Memorial Honor Guard Post 2019 of Mount Airy and Post 9436 of Pilot Mountain. The Moody Family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church P.O. Box 1286, Mount Airy, NC 27030. Online condolences may be made at www.moodyfuneralservices.com.




Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement