Throckmorton Co., TX - Obituaries - Burl H. Moffett

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The Abilene Reporter News
Monday, June 18, 2007


Burl H. Moffett

Throckmorton - Burl H. Moffett, age 78, of Throckmorton, Texas passed away on
Saturday, June 16, 2007 at a Throckmorton Healthcare Center.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2007 at the First
United Methodist Church in Throckmorton with the Rev. Ava Berry of Abilene and
Rev. Monty Barnett of Throckmorton officiating. Burial will follow in the
Throckmorton Cemetery under the care and direction of the Merriman - Archer
Funeral Home of Throckmorton.

Burl was born to Douglas and Neva "Ayers" Moffett, one of eleven children. He
graduated from Hobbs High School and joined the United States Army in 1950 and
served in the Korean War. He was a lifetime member of the V. F. W. He married
Lane McNutt in 1955 in Abilene, Texas.

He worked for W. T. U. for 8 years. He worked for Royal Electric Company and at
this time he helped save a young man's life and won an award for this. He worked
at Missile sites at Bradshaw and several others. He was a farmer and rancher and
an Oilfield business owner. He started his own business in 1969 - Moffett's
Magneto Service of Throckmorton. He retired from that business in 1987.

He was a member of First United Methodist Church and has served on the
Administrative Board and Board of Trustees. He served on the Board of
Throckmorton Housing Authority and Throckmorton County Hospital Board.

Survivors include: his wife, Lane McNutt Moffett of Throckmorton, Texas; two
daughters, Kem Fogleman of Snyder, Texas and Kelle Moffett Lillie of Wichita
Falls, Texas; two brothers, Roy Moffett of Colorado and Leland Moffett of
Snyder, Texas; four sisters, Wanda Lieb of Abilene, Texas, Zelma Dendy of
Abilene, Texas, Linda Wilsey of Keller, Texas and Betty McClain of Pottsboro,
Texas; and grandchildren, Lynn Fogleman of Big Spring, Texas, Amy Fogleman of
Snyder, Texas and Audrey Lane Lillie of Wichita Falls, Texas.

Merriman-Archer Funeral Home
Throckmorton, Texas