Prince Moxley, 78, of Wyatt died Friday, July 4, 1997, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.
He was born Sept. 18, 1918, in Senath, son of Ernest and Pearl Shown Moxley.
He married Dorothy Mulkey on Aug. 13, 1941. She survives.
He was a landowner and retired farmer. He was a member of the Charleston United Methodist Church, the Missouri Sheriff's Association and the Brewers Lake Clubhouse. He was also a director of the Delta Growers Association. He was a member of the Rural School Board, and a former Wyatt city councilman.
Survivors include two sons, John A. Moxley and Ernest P. "Jack" Moxley, both of Charleston; three brothers, Byron Moxley and Fred Moxley, both of rural Charleston, and Don Moxley of Bertrand; four sisters, Gwen Hearnes of Little Rock, Ark., Margaret Farmer of Las Vegas, Emma Laird of Lady Lake, Fla., and Peggy Walker of Memphis, Tenn.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister.
Service will be held at McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston at 10:30 a.m. Monday, with the Rev. Rick White officiating. Interment will be in I.O.O.F Cemetery near Charleston.
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