Kenneth Lacy Moody, 84, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life Friday, March 1, 2024, at Nella’s at Autumn Lake Healthcare in Elkins and under the care of Mountain Hospice.
Kenneth was born Tuesday, July 4, 1939, on Muddy Creek Mountain in Greenbrier County, a son of the late George Estell Moody, Sr. and Margie Hanna Moody. On May 31, 1959, in Parsons, he married the former Shirley Grace Hardy for the first time, and they were married for twenty-one years. After a thirty-year span apart, he remarried Shirley on June 26, 2010, in Parsons.
Left to cherish Kenneth’s memory besides his wife are two sons, Kenneth Lacy Moody, Jr., and wife, Annie of Martinsville, VA, and Jeffrey “Clay” Moody and wife, Penny of Parsons, two grandchildren, Eric Scott Moody and wife, Kelsey of Bruceton Mills, WV and Heather Wade of Martinsville, VA., five great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild, a sister, Helen Moody Dosier, and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding Kenneth in death besides his parents was a brother, George Estell Moody, Jr., and a sister, Emily Faye Moody Estep.
Kenneth attended school in Rainelle and served in the U.S. Air Force for four years during which time he had obtained his GED. He was employed by Georgia Pacific, McClain Printing Company, The Parsons Advocate, and Goodyear Tire as a mechanic until he became disabled. Kenneth enjoyed his family, camping, Bluegrass music, and traveling. He loved his family and taking care of them.
Visitation will be held at Hostetler Funeral Home on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, from 5pm to 7pm. Funeral services will be held from the funeral home chapel on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at 1pm. Interment will follow in Parsons City Cemetery where members of the US Air Force Honor Guard, Tucker County Veterans Association, HW Daniels Post #29, American Legion, Tygarts Valley Post #3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct full military honors. The family requests memorial contributions be made in Kenneth’s name to Mountain Hospice, 1002 S Crim Ave, Belington, WV 26250 or www.mountainhospice.com/donate. The Hostetler Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Kenneth Lacy Moody, Sr. Send online condolences to the family at www.hostetlerfuneralhome.com.
