Thomas Harry Moody

Danville

Funeral for Lt. Col. Thomas Harry Moody, 62, of Danville, will be Monday, November 8, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Enon Baptist Church with Chaplain Theron Gunn, the Rev. Marvin Gillespie and the Rev. Robert Yarbro officiating. Burial will be in Enon Baptist Church. Visitation will be today from 2 to 5 p.m. at Parkway Funeral Home.

Thomas Harry Moody, who died Friday, November 5, 2010, at Lawrence County hospital, was born August 26, 1948, in Moulton to J.B. and Mildred Moody. He was a retired Chaplain for the United States Army. He graduated from Decatur High School and served in the United States Army for 40 years, first as a draftee during the Vietnam era subsequently rising in rank to lieutenant colonel. He served in Iraq in 2003 and retired October 2008. He pastored civilian churches in Lawrence, Morgan and Madison counties. His greatest love was his Lord, his family and his soldiers. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Bruce Moody.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Melba McKay Moody; one son, Thomas Matthew Moody and wife, Jamie, of Speake; one daughter, Jennifer Rebecca Riddle and husband, Keith, of Wren; ten grandchildren, Greg, Jacob, Hannah, and Chloe Moody, Kristan, Corey, Colby Taylor and Colin, McKay and Carolina Riddle; one sister, Elizabeth Proctor and husband, Johnny; a host of nieces and nephews and extended family.

Pallbearers will be Matt Moody, Matt Bray, Greg Moody, Jacob Moody, Corey Taylor, Colby Taylor, Johnny Moody and Larry Carr.

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This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.