Willie Melverine Jones Dodson Moss, age 86, died Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at the Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley, MS. She was born in Pontotoc County on October 1, 1924 to the late William Finus and Maudie Mae Martin Jones. Willie retired from Big Yank of Water Valley, MS and was a member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church. She loved flowers, gardening, quilting and cooking. Willie enjoyed selling Avon and she loved spending time with her children and family.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 23, 2011 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley, MS. Funeral Service will be held at Seven Oaks on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 1:00 PM with Thurman Hodge officiating. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM in the Carey Springs Cemetery in Pontotoc County, MS with Shane Moss, Gage Moss, Robert Wood, Brandon Green, Matthew Lucas, Tony Winters, Jason Edwards, William Poyner and Gregory Mansfield serving as pallbearers.
Willie is survived by five daughters, Joyce Fay Williams of Bullard, TX, Martha Morita of Beavercreek, OH, Catherine McGehee of Jacksonville, FL, Sharon D. Harrison and Phillis Moss Jamison both of Water Valley, MS; two sons, Willie Moss of Batesville, MS and Dan E. Moss of Water Valley, MS; eighteen grandchildren, twenty six great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two husbands, Marvin Dodson and Royce Moss; sixteen brothers and sisters; and two grandsons, Justin Moss and David McGehee.