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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kay Moreland
Kay
Moreland
March 1, 1941 – September 3, 2017
Kay Moreland's Obituary
Kay Watkins Moreland, 76, of Union City passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017, at her home.
Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Rev. Tony Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be Tucker Archie, Jeremy Washburn, Paul Darst, David Watkins, Drake Parker and Daniel Lohrum.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Rives High School Class of 1959.
Mrs. Moreland was born March 1, 1941, in Rives, daughter of the late Oscar and Mildred (Bizwell) Watkins. She graduated in 1972 from The University of Tennessee at Martin with a degree in education. She taught school for 32 years; 17 years in Dresden, Tennessee, where she was assistant principal for 5 of those years, 6 years in Chincoteague, Virginia, and 9 years as first grade teacher at Ridgemont Elementary in Union City.
She will be remembered for her exceptional basketball skills at Rives High School as well as her other athletic abilities. She was crowned Carnicus Queen while attending University of Tennessee at Martin. She also will be remembered for her dedication to her family and students.
She retired from teaching in 2004 to travel with her husband, spend more time with her parents in their later years, and to be more involved in her grandchildren's activities. She was a member of Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Troy.
She is survived by her husband, Edd Moreland of Union City; her daughter, Tammy (Clay) Parker of Union City; her son, Ted (Rhonda) Archie of Mt. Juliet; 4 grandchildren, Drake Parker, Abby Lohrum, Tucker Archie and Lindy Kay Archie; three stepdaughters, Edie (Brett) Guilfoose of Paris, JoAnna (Paul) Darst of Denver, Colorado, and Kimberly (Jeremy) Washburn of McKenzie; one stepson, Brent (Natasha) Moreland of New Orleans, Louisiana; as well as 11 step grandchildren; and 4 step great-grandchildren; one brother, Phillip (Pat) Watkins of Martin; 1 niece; and 3 nephews.
The family requests that memorials be made to Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church or the Obion County Walk of Hope.
Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
731-885-1033
Funeral services will be conducted 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Rev. Tony Smith will officiate. Burial will follow in Obion County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be held at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday and from 12:00 p.m. until the hour of services Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be Tucker Archie, Jeremy Washburn, Paul Darst, David Watkins, Drake Parker and Daniel Lohrum.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Rives High School Class of 1959.
Mrs. Moreland was born March 1, 1941, in Rives, daughter of the late Oscar and Mildred (Bizwell) Watkins. She graduated in 1972 from The University of Tennessee at Martin with a degree in education. She taught school for 32 years; 17 years in Dresden, Tennessee, where she was assistant principal for 5 of those years, 6 years in Chincoteague, Virginia, and 9 years as first grade teacher at Ridgemont Elementary in Union City.
She will be remembered for her exceptional basketball skills at Rives High School as well as her other athletic abilities. She was crowned Carnicus Queen while attending University of Tennessee at Martin. She also will be remembered for her dedication to her family and students.
She retired from teaching in 2004 to travel with her husband, spend more time with her parents in their later years, and to be more involved in her grandchildren's activities. She was a member of Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Troy.
She is survived by her husband, Edd Moreland of Union City; her daughter, Tammy (Clay) Parker of Union City; her son, Ted (Rhonda) Archie of Mt. Juliet; 4 grandchildren, Drake Parker, Abby Lohrum, Tucker Archie and Lindy Kay Archie; three stepdaughters, Edie (Brett) Guilfoose of Paris, JoAnna (Paul) Darst of Denver, Colorado, and Kimberly (Jeremy) Washburn of McKenzie; one stepson, Brent (Natasha) Moreland of New Orleans, Louisiana; as well as 11 step grandchildren; and 4 step great-grandchildren; one brother, Phillip (Pat) Watkins of Martin; 1 niece; and 3 nephews.
The family requests that memorials be made to Mt. Ararat Cumberland Presbyterian Church or the Obion County Walk of Hope.
Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home
731-885-1033
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