Marion-Sumter-Muscogee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Moss, Anne McGarrah March 3, 2008
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Tante Funeral Home  March 2008
Anne McGarrah Moss, 91, of Buena Vista, GA, died Monday, March 3, 2008, at St. 
Francis Hospital in Columbus.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. at First 
Baptist Church of Buena Vista. Music will be provided by Mark Taylor and Judy 
Wells. Interment will follow immediately in the Buena Vista City Cemetery. The 
family will receive friends at the home of granddaughter, Luanne Long. 

Mrs. Moss was born April 20, 1916 in Sumter County, GA to James Albert and 
Annie Lee Jennings McGarrah. After the death of her parents, she was raised by 
Rufus and Jessie McGee from Plains, GA. Coming from Lakeland, GA, Mrs. Moss 
had lived in Buena Vista for the past 61 years. She was Baptist by faith and a 
devoted member of First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for 
over 50 years and sang in the choir. She was also a past president of the 
Missionary Society. An elementary school teacher for 43 years in the Marion 
County school system as well as in the town of Leslie, GA, she touched the 
lives of many young people. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in 
death by her husband, Lucius King Moss, as well as a sister, Louise McGarrah 
Smith, and two brothers, James McGarrah and Leonard McGarrah.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Susanne Moss and Herman Long; 
two grandchildren, Luanne Long and Kyle and Kim Long; and two great-grand 
children, Shelby Long and Luke Long, all of Buena Vista. Also surviving are 
neices and nephews:  Jan and Richard Greene of Knoxville, TN; Pat and Lee Rush 
of Cochran, GA; Allene Barnes of Gray, GA; Sam McGarrah of Macon, GA; and 
Cliff and Carla Smith of Pinellas Park, FL. Her devoted caregivers, Joyce 
Blakely, Lisa Thornton, and Rose Mathis also survive.

Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions can be made to First 
Baptist Church, P.O. Box 84, Buena Vista, GA, 31803, or to the American 
Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 11454, Alexandria, VA  22312.


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