GENE MOYES Gene Moyes passed away February 6, 2006 in Arlington, Texas. -Dorothy Cobb Neely (4/27/06) Thanks for the info, Dorothy. I'll post it. I couldn't find a photo of Gene in the yearbook. Do you have one? -Bill Lamkins (5/1/06) Bill, I don't have the pic that was in the annual......my annuals are packed up in storage. I do have several snapshots if that will work. Let me know. -Dorothy Cobb Neely (5/1/06) GARY G MOYES Born 24 Jan 1941 Died 06 Feb 2006 Age 65 At 76015 (Arlington, Tarrant, TX) SSN issued in Tennessee -SSDI (5/1/06) Moyes, Gary Gene Gary Gene Moyes, 65, went to be with the Lord Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, after a long illness. Funeral: 10 a.m. Thursday at the Gospel Temple Assembly of God, 2101 N. Riverside Dr. Burial: Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Alpine Funeral Home. Memorials: American Bible Society, St. Joseph Indian School, or St. Jude Children's Hospital. Gary was a former employee of Tri-Gas and served in the U.S. Navy and the Tennessee Air National Guard. Survivors: Sons, Scott Moyes of Horn Lake, Miss., and Chase Moyes of Arlington; daughters, Tammy Hill and Melissa Rosenblum of Bartlett, Tenn., and Shawn Campbell of Castaic, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. -Published in the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram on 2/8/2006. Guest Book for Gary Gene Moyes Page 1 of 1 February 15, 2006 I love you and I'll miss you Daddy. Missy Moyes Rosenblum (Bartlett, TN ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 14, 2006 Gene's passing leaves an empty space in our hearts and in our life that can never be filled. He was a wonderful person. Dorothy Neely (Germantown, TN ) -http://www.legacy.com/dfw/Guestbook.asp?Page=GuestBook&PersonID=16647673 (5/1/06) Gene was in the class of 1960, right? I cannot find him in my annual. So, send some of the ones you have. Thanks, -Bill Lamkins (5/2/06) Bill - Gene didn't graduate from Tech --- he joined the navy before graduating so he would probably be in the 59 annual (junior picture). I wish my albums weren't packed away, I'd send you mine. I am attaching a couple of pictures - let me know if they don't come through. Also, if you don't want to use these because he didn't actually graduate from Tech just let me know. Thanks, -Dorothy Cobb Neely (5/2/06) Both pix got here okay. I'll use them on the class website. -Bill Lamkins (5/3/06) Found at Gene's son's blogsite: Saturday, February 04, 2006 Dad's in the hospital, sisters are coming in town, gave up red meat (again), moving to a new apartment soon, need to do laundry. Monday, February 06, 2006 Gary Gene Moyes Monday, Feb. 6th 7:30 pm R.I.P. Dad, I love you and you will be missed. -http://www.xanga.com/spreadyourwings_spillyourpride?nextdate=2%2f4%2f2006+4%3a56%3a7.047&direction=p (5/3/06) Bill, I’m attaching a copy of my father’s obituary in case you want to include it on the web page. If you have any questions let me know. -Melissa (Moyes) Rosenblum (5/4/06) Thank you very much for the added info about Gene. I'm swamped right now but when I get to it, your dad's webpage will be at http://Memphis_Tech.tripod.com/Gene_Moyes.html -Bill Lamkins (5/5/06) Here is a biographical sketch on my Dad. Gene Moyes was very outgoing and never met a stranger. He was the kind of person that people immediately felt at ease with. He was a very caring person and loved his family above all else. He was a good man with a good heart. He loved people and especially loved kids. He left Tech high school to join the Navy where he trained as an airplane mechanic. He was stationed in Mountain View Ca for most of the 4 years he was in the Navy except for when he was on board ship. He was married to Dorothy Cobb and they had 3 children (Tammy, Scott & Melissa). After his discharge from the Navy he returned to Memphis and joined the TN Air National Guard. He worked at Dover Elevator for several years and later drove a truck. He and my mom divorced after about 11 years of marriage and my Dad moved to back to CA for a while and then eventually settled in TX where he remained until his death. He remarried (twice) and had 2 more children (Shawn & Chase). While in TX he worked for a CO2 company as a driver, then dispatcher, then manager ( I believe). He lived in New Mexico for a while also, but moved back to TX with his job. He was laid off after 20 years when the company he worked for was sold. He couldn't find a job for a year and ended up having to move to the Dallas area from Corpus Christi to find work. He worked up until he became too ill to do so. In 2003 he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The cancer was very advanced and at that time he was told he had about 3 years to live at the most. He spent his time before he became too ill visiting his children and grandchildren. He even drove to Memphis to be here for the birth of my daughter. He was honestly too ill to make that trip but it was very important to him to be here and I'm very glad he was. His final year was a hard one as he was in tremendous pain. However, even in his pain he kept a positive attitude and held out hope that he would beat the cancer. He continued to talk about his plans for the future. He didn't want to be a burden on anyone and wanted to do for himself as long as possible. His faith in God kept him strong I believe and helped him face the inevitable. He wasn't afraid to die and was comforted knowing he was going to Heaven. On Feb 2nd we got word that Daddy had been taken to the hospital. He'd collapsed in the parking lot of his apartment as my brother was taking him to the doctor. An ambulance took him to the hospital. My sister, mother, my daughter and I headed to TX that Friday to see him. My sister and I spent all day Saturday a the hospital with Daddy. He was joking and laughing and even though he was in pain he tried to hide it. We returned to the hospital on Sunday and spent the morning with him and I took my daughter up to see him. My daughter was 8 months old at the time and he'd not seen her in a few months. He loved kids and was very happy to see his granddaughter. We returned to Memphis on Sunday evening. We spoke to family at the hospital that evening and they said Daddy was doing fairly well. On Monday afternoon February 6th, we received a call to let us know that he'd taken a turn for the worse and within a couple of hours he'd passed away. My sister and I decided that since Daddy loved Texas so much he would want to remain there so we had him buried in the Veterans Cemetery there in Arlington TX. He had only 1 request for his funeral and that was that Amazing Grace be played on the bagpipes. I'm very happy that my sister and I were able to do that for him. It's still hard to believe that he's gone, but I'm comforted in the knowledge that he's no longer in pain and he is in a much better place. We all miss him very much. -Melissa Moyes Rosenblum (5/17/06)