Sue Harris Moses

My mother-in-law died this week.  She was a wonderful mother-in-law and an exceptional woman.  I could spend hours telling her stories.  There are probably many of them on this blog.  Just put Harris in the search box to read some of them.  Here is the obituary from the Huntington, WV paper:

SUE HARRIS MOSES, 98, of Huntington, widow of Jackson F. Moses, died Jan. 23 in Woodlands Retirement Community. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church. Visitation will be one hour before service at the church. Donations may be made to the Marshall University Foundation or Hospice of Huntington. 

Here is the bigger one in the Huntington Herald Dispatch Friday, January 26:

SUE HARRIS MOSES, 98, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2018, at Woodlands Retirement Community in Huntington, West Virginia. Sue was born in Twin Branch, West Virginia, on September 29, 1919, the daughter of Hewitt Samuel and Mattie Lee Harris. Sue was preceded in death by her parents, her three siblings, Nora, James and Everett, her husband of more than 60 years, Jackson Fitzgerald Moses (founder of Moses Auto Group), and her son, Jackson Fitzgerald Moses II. Sue is survived by her two sons, Robert Lee Moses and his wife Nikki and John Steven Moses and his wife Doris of Charleston, W.Va.; her daughter, Barbara Sue Moses Cook and her husband Ted of Knoxville, Tenn.; and her daughter-in-law, Marsha Hawkins Moses of Huntington, W.Va.; and her 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Sue was a loving wife and mother and a delightful grandmother who amazingly never forgot a single birthday. Sue graduated from Welch High School in 1937 and then attended college at Roanoke Business College. Sue was the first of her family to graduate from college. After graduation, Sue worked for Appalachian Power as a bookkeeper while her husband, Jack, was overseas fighting as a Captain of the Ninety-Ninth Company Division of the United States Army in World War II. Jack and Sue met through a mutual friend at a dance, which Jack later said was the greatest day of his life. They married in 1943, while he was on furlough, and later honeymooned on his return in 1946, at The Hotel Roanoke. The $11,000 Sue saved during her seven years working for Appalachian Power while Jack was deployed served as the seed money to help Jack buy his first Lincoln Mercury dealership in Welch, W.Va., in 1947. Sue and Jack were active in their local communities. Sue was a longstanding member of Welch's Women's Club and was chosen to represent her chapter at the National Convention. Upon moving to Huntington, Sue became an avid bridge and tennis player and also excelled at needlepointing. She was one of the first members of her community to take up jogging and earn her 1,000-mile jogging award. She was an honorary member of Guyan Country Club in Huntington, W.Va., as well as the Bent Pine Golf Club in Vero Beach, Florida. Sue and Jack loved to travel and visited every state in the union. Sue was also a faithful congregant of the Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Huntington, W.Va., for more than 71 years. Her warm and caring nature coupled with her abilities as a talented cook made the Moses household a magnet for family and friends alike. She was a wonderful person who will be greatly missed. The family would like to express their gratitude to the staff and nurses at Woodlands and her devoted caregivers, Wanda Adkins, Gail McComas and Jill Hatfield, who helped her so much in her later life. Services to honor Sue's life will be held Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church, 513 10th Street, Huntington, at 11 a.m., with Rev. Terri Deane officiating. Friends and family may call after 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Woodmere Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Marshall University Foundation or Hospice of Huntington. Beard Mortuary is assisting the family.

Published in The Herald-Dispatch on Jan. 26, 2018

Sue in 1938 at National Business College In Roanoke, Virginia:

Sue's sailfish:














Sue with son, Jack on her 80th birthday:


Sue with Marsha and Jack's grandkids 2011:


Granny and Drew:


Granny and Sarah and Rudy:



Granny with Suzanne and Virginia: