Limestone CO. TX - OBIT: Pressly "Pette" Moffatt
   
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                           Pressly "Pete" Moffatt
                                      
                                      
   Pete Moffatt Funeral Services Held Last Friday
   
   Funeral services for Pressly "Pete" Moffatt, age 69, of Waco were held
   on Friday, May 21, in the First United Methodist Church of Groesbeck.
   Mr. Moffatt died on Tuesday, May 18, 1999, in Houston.
   
   Mr. Moffatt was born on August 14, 1929, Charleston, West Virginia.
   Mr. Moffatt moved to Groesbeck when he was 13 years old with his
   parents, the late Pressly Moffatt and the late Sadie Moffatt Ashton.
   
   Mr. Moffatt was united in mamage to Miss Rachel Kimbell on December
   20, 1949, in the First United Methodist Church of Groesbeck. He and
   his wife are 1946 graduates of Groesbeck High School. He received his
   B. S. degree from SMU. Early in his career, Mr. Moffatt taught school
   and coached in Waco and Ben Hur. At Ben Hue he took his basketball
   team to state.
   
   Prior to serving m the U. S. Air Force during the Korean War, he
   worked for a pipeline company in West Texas. Following service in the
   Air Force, Mr. Moffatt entered industrial rubber sales with Goodyear.
   He, his wife, and son went into business for themselves and opened
   Intex Rubber & Specialty in Waco in 1984. He and his family lived from
   1965 to 1984, in Vidor, Texas, where he was one of the founders of a
   new United Methodist Church.
   
   Mr. Moffatt was a loyal Mason for nearly 40 years. He was a 32nd
   degree Mason and a Shriner. He loved serving his community through
   these organizations and was particularly fond of the Shriners
   Children's Hospital.
   
   He is survived his wife, Rachel Kimbell Moffatt of Waco; one son, Pete
   Moffatt Jr. of Waco; two daughters, Rachel Kay Jenkins of Humble; and
   Laura Ann Fielder, of Waco; five granddaughters and three grandsons.
   
   Rev. Robert Herzig and Rev. Bill Harland officiated at thc funeral
   services.
   
   Pallbearers were Elmer Beene, Bennie Stevens, Roy Jones, Randall Rand,
   Tom Longbotham, Bob Stott, Eldon Beard, and Robert Barge.
   
   Interment was in Fort Parker MemorialPark.
   
   Groesbeck Funeral Ilome directed the services.

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