Nancy Moyer

Nancy Jo Wade Moyer (JoJo), 84 years old, of McCool, MS passed away peacefully on September 7, 2023 at Attala County Nursing Center.
She was born on December 12, 1938 in McCool, MS, to Bryan and Gladys Taylor Wade.
Funeral services are 3:00 pm Sunday, September 10, 2023 at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel with burial to follow at McCool Cemetery in McCool, MS. Visitation will be from 1:00 pm until 3:00 pm Sunday at Culpepper Funeral Home.
JoJo is survived by her three children: Robilyn Pettit (Jeff) of Kingwood, TX; Larry Joe Moyer of McCool, MS; and Lori Kyle (Mike) of Kosciusko, MS. Eight grandchildren: Jennifer Pepper (Webb) of Atascocita, TX; Jeffrey Pettit (Joel) of Austin, TX; Caleb Pettit (Breezy) of Atascocita, TX; JoEllen Pettit of Austin, TX; Garrett Moyer of Kosciusko, MS; Ryan Moyer of McCool, MS; Tanner Kyle of Kosciusko, MS; and Kyle Hopkins of Kosciusko, MS and eight great grandchildren, with a ninth baby girl great grandchild due in just a couple weeks.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband of 60 years, Larry (Pop) Moyer; grandsons, Colby Kyle and Michael Kyle and a sister Billie Jean Bailey.
JoJo was born and raised in McCool, MS and graduated from McCool High School. She attended Holmes Junior College in Goodman, MS and later The "W" in Columbus, MS. She had a beautiful voice, loved to sing and participated in many beauty pageants.
JoJo married the love of her life, Pop, in 1961 and in a very short time found herself running around chasing three small toddlers. She eventually began selling Tupperware and enjoyed all the "home parties". Many a day, it was all hands-on deck as JoJo would have rooms full of boxes of Tupperware that needed to be sorted through, matched with an order and "sacked" in clear plastic bags and delivered to its new home! JoJo even worked her way up to being a distributor and earned herself the "Tupperware" station wagon!
JoJo loved the outdoors as much as Pop. Just about any weekend you could find the family out camping, hunting or fishing somewhere, except for Lori, who chose to stay back and play house with her baby dolls! In 1979, JoJo and Pop started their business, The Pineapple Patch, which would become their lifelong endeavor. JoJo started by painting and staining all the different wood things Pop would make and selling those. It soon changed from woodworking and painting to clothes and selling jewelry and JoJo had found what she loved! JoJo and Pop soon bought a motorhome and trailer and off they went travelling all over the United States doing trade shows selling her clothes and jewelry. You would also find them every month in Canton, TX at First Monday Trade Days. This place soon became their home away from home, spending at least two weeks a month there every month for over 35 years setting up their booth and JoJo dressing every lady that came into the booth with the latest JoJo fashion! This was her heaven on earth! Even through those last few difficult months dealing with dementia, JoJo still had to have her rings, earrings and bracelets on every day!
The family would like to say a very special heartfelt thanks to JoJo's amazing caregivers, Misty Black and Lesa Hazley, who cared for and loved on mom just as if she was their own! Thank you, Misty and Lesa, from the bottom of our hearts!
Pallbearers: Ryan Moyer, Garrett Moyer, Tanner Kyle, Kyle Hopkins, Jeffrey Pettit, Joel Pettit, Caleb Pettit and Webb Pepper.
Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to McCool City Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 100, McCool, MS 39108.