Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



Anniece (Patterson) Moody
January 29, 1922 - March 2, 2014

Anniece Patterson Moody, 92, of Fairfield, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2014 in 
Fairfield. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at First United 
Methodist Church with Rev. T. Paul Kethley officiating. Interment will follow at 
Ft. Parker Memorial Park near Groesbeck. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 4, 
2014 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Capps Memorial Chapel. 

Mrs. Moody was born January 29, 1922 in Freestone County; to parents Hallie J. 
and Belle Young Patterson of Wortham. Mrs. Moody was schooled in Wortham 
graduating from high school there in 1938. She graduated with an A.A. degree in 
1940 from Westminister College in Tehuacana where she was also a cheerleader. 
She also attended Sam Houston State University and North Texas State University. 
She married John Thetford Moody on July 19, 1942 and he preceded her in death 
in May of 1994. She was a grade school teacher during WWII in Delia, Richland 
and Kirvin. She had been a member of First United Methodist Church since 1930. 
She began playing organ and piano at the church in 1936 and continued until 1977 
when moving to Fairfield. Other church activities included membership in United 
Methodist Women; 50 Plus Club and Servant Service. She maintained an active 
membership since 1950 in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and served in 
Coolidge, Kirbyville and Fairfield. She was an honorary life member of the PTA 
and was active the 25 years her children were in school. In addition to her 
parents and husband she was preceded in death by a daughter, Kae Moody Shaw; a 
brother, W. A. Patterson and a great-grandson, Chance Wheeler. 

Left to cherish her memory are two sons, John Pat Moody and wife Beverly of 
Weslaco; Ted Moody of Silsbee; two daughters, Rae Tidwell of Kirbyville; Joy 
Roberts and husband Earnest of Kirbyville; nine grandchildren, Bryant, Mark, 
Ryan and Montana Moody; Joshua and Jordan Paninski; Shelby Shaw; Tami Tidwell 
Horn; Leah Shaw Wheeler; 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

VISITATION
Tuesday March 4, 2014, 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at Capps Memorial Chapel 

FUNERAL SERVICE
Wednesday March 5, 2014, 2:00 P.M. at First United Methodist Church 

INTERMENT
Wednesday March 5, 2014 at Ft. Parker Memorial Park