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::Celestial Gardens Cemetery--Cyril OK

© The Chickasha Express-Star 24 May 2006

Forrest Samuel Moss

Funeral services for Forrest Samuel Moss, 89, of Cyril, Oklahoma, will be 
held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2006, at the First Baptist Church 
of Cyril.

Rev. Charles Echols, Rev. Leon Shade and Rev. Andrew Moss will officiate.

Mr. Moss was the son of Ralph A. and Ocie Webb Moss. He was born January 
15, 1917, three miles south of Cyril, Oklahoma. He died May 22, 2006, at 
his home in Cyril.

He grew up in Cyril, graduated from Cyril High School and later attended 
The University of Oklahoma.

In March of 1942, he married Roberta Malcom, and later that year they 
moved to Berkley, California where they contributed to the war effort, 
working in the shipyards.

After the war, Mr. and Mrs. Moss returned to Oklahoma and later moved to 
Texas where he worked as a pipefitter/welder building refineries and power 
plants throughout Texas and all over the United States.

Mr. Moss moved his family to Odessa, Texas in 1950 where his three 
children received their primary education.

Mr. Moss was a deacon and Sunday School teacher at the First Baptist 
Church of Cyril. He was a devoted family man, avid hunter, and was 
involved in all activities at his church.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, David Lyle Moss.

Survivors include: wife: Roberta Moss; daughter and husband: Cheryl and 
Don Malone of Vernon, Texas; daughter and husband: Janis and Larry Gatlin 
of Austin, Texas; daughter-in-law: Janie Moss of Tulsa, Oklahoma; 
grandchildren: Matthew Malone, Aaron Malone, Kristen Gatlin Spencer, 
Joshua Gatlin, Andrew Moss and Carrie Moss; great grandchildren: Travis 
and Claire Malone, Parker and Campbell Spencer, Nathaniel, Benjamin and 
Emelia Moss; brother and wife: Floyd and Billie Moss of Walnut Creek, 
California; sister: Velma Padget of Graham, Texas.

Interment will be in the Cyril Celestial Gardens Cemetery. Services will 
be under direction of McRay's Cyril Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Cyril.
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