Buelon Moss

Dr. Buelon R. (Pete) Moss 

Buelon Moss was born October 24, 1937 in Adair County, Kentucky, the third of eight children (seven sons and one daughter) to Felix and Elizabeth Moss. He spent formative years in Illinois before the family returned to Adair Co. (1947) and later Barren Co. (1950) where he graduated from Hiseville High School. 

After graduation, he attended Berea College (KY) where he met and married the love of his life and best friend, Sue Moss. They were constant companions in all that came their way throughout their 65 years of marriage. In addition to his wife, he is survived by three loving daughters: Kathryn (Duane) Dickerson of Big Bear City, CA; LaVonia Olson of Livingston, TN; and Elizabeth Moss (Frank Jessie) of Glasgow, KY; and his six grandchildren—Elizabeth (Tim) Greene, Ruth Jeffries, Philip (Helmi) Olson, Esther Olson, Daniel (Joanna) Olson, and Anna Olson and his 6 great-grand children. Spending time with his family was a great joy of his life and they loved spending time with him. 

While at Berea College, he received a Bachelors of Science in Agriculture along with his life-long nickname “Pete.” Pete taught high school Vo-Ag before attending University of Tennesee where he obtained his doctorate in Animal Science including research at Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Commission. After a year on the UT staff he was a professor for 14 years at Montana State University in Bozeman and then a professor and dairy extension specialist for 20 years at Auburn University. In these positions, he taught, conducted research, advised dairy producers and the dairy industry in the States and during trips to China, Vietnam and Thailand. This included 6 months in Thailand as a Fulbright-JFT Scholar. In 2008, he received Berea College’s Distinguished Alumnus Award. Pete sought to have his recommendations, casual or formal, to be understood by those he was talking with, applicable to the real-world and understood by those he was talking with. As a professor, he strove to see his students succeed and advance in their own professional careers. He took great pleasure staying in contact with many of them throughout his life. 

Wherever Pete and his family lived, they were involved in a local church. Since moving to Glasgow, he has been a member, elder, teacher and leader at Glasgow Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Whether at work, home, church or just out and about, Pete strove to be caring, kind, and known for his integrity, diligence and dedication wanting others to know his long-term faith in Christ through his life. He loved talking with people and seldom met a stranger.

 In addition to his immediate family, he is survived by brothers Ken, Kelly, Bernie, Ron, Gerald and Morris David and sister Linda (Snyder), as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends across the globe. 

A celebration of his life will be held at Glasgow Cumberland Presbyterian Church Sanctuary on February 2, 2025, at 2pm. This will be followed by a dinner in the church’s Gore Hall. All are welcome. He held as precious all those he met along the way in this life. He is absent from the body but present with the Lord.

 In lieu of flowers, family is requesting donations be made in Buelon’s name to Glasgow Cumberland Presbyterian Church or Shanti Niketan Hospice Home in Glasgow, KY.

A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.