Summers-Raleigh County WV Archives Obituaries.....Vest, Joseph Moody April 29, 1992
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Hinton News, W.Va., May 5, 1992
J. Moody Vest died April 29, 1992, at Sweet Springs after a short illness. He
was born Feb. 2, 1914, at Jumping Branch, a son of Luther Wilson Vest and
Georgia Simmons Vest. He lived most of his life in Jumping Branch and was a
nine-year Sweet Springs resident. Mr. Vest was a former mail carrier.

Additional Comments:
His full name was Joseph Moody Vest but he was always known as Moody. He carried
the mail across White Oak Mountain in Summers and Raleigh counties in West
Virginia. Mr. Vest was an important fixture in everyone’s daily life. A frequent
question was, “Has Moody gone yet?” And if you missed the bus and needed to go
to Hinton, you could “catch a ride with Moody.”

His truck can be seen in a postcard (Main St., Showing Post Office, Jumping
Branch, W.Va.) in “Postcard History Series - Summers County in Vintage
Postcards” produced by the Summers County Historical Society, 2005, Arcadia
Publishing (ISBN 0-7385-4151-6), Page 103. The caption:  “Jumping Branch, Main
Street, Showing The Post Office. The c. 1966 pickup was used by Moody Vest, who
carried the mail from Hinton to Shady Spring. His father, Luther Vest, carried
the mail in a buggy. The postmistress at the time this picture was taken was Iva
Dodd. The post office building was once a restaurant. Barely showing in the
right of the picture is the grist mill owned by Frank Dodd, unused at this time.
In the background are two white store buildings, which were for many years the
general store of J.S. Walker. (Courtesy of Ben Vest)”  


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