Joan Shirley Mosley

Joan Shirley Mosley, age 82, passed away peacefully at home on November 27, 2025.

Graveside services will be 1:00 pm Thursday, December 4, 2025 at Williamson Cemetery, Northport Alabama, with David Weldon officiating and Magnolia Chapel North directing

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Wyatt Mosley, her parents, Joseph Emil and Pauline Dyer Shirley, and great-grandson, Foster Lane Mosley.

Survivors include sons, Joseph Leon Mosley and James Wyatt Mosley Jr. and his wife Stacey Crain Mosley, grandchildren, Joe, Jack, Kate & Sam, great-grandson, Drake and sister, Polly Moore.

Joan was born on December 1, 1942, in Northport and graduated from Tuscaloosa High school. In 1964, after graduating from the University of Alabama where she was a proud member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, she married her high school sweetheart Jim and began a career teaching preschool before focusing full time on building a home a raising her family, joyfully spoiling each of her grandchildren from the day each was born. She loved traveling with her husband and family and friends and did so at every opportunity throughout many years. She was calm in a crisis and cared for her family deeply, teaching them to care for each other in turn.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Grandview Hospital NICU.