Mabel Montine Moseley

Mrs. Mabel Montine Moseley, 97, of Stuttgart, passed away Monday, May 12, 2014 in Wynne, Arkansas at Southern Independent Living. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ned Moseley in 1999; parents, Charles and Ora Lee Brock Bowman; She was born in Moro, Arkansas on May 6, 1917, the 2nd of eight girls. She married Ned Moseley, June 24, 1936 and were married 63 years. Mabel received her BA from Arkansas A&M at Monticello and her BSLS from George Peabody College in association with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. She was a teacher and librarian for over 40 years, mostly spent in Stuttgart, McGehee and Clarendon as well as Hamburg, Warren and Corning. She was an original member of the "Committee of One Hundred" serving to preserve Arkansas' Ozark heritage and promote the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Society. After retirement, she was active in her community, including volunteer work at the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie and continued promoting higher education. She provided scholarships for deserving Stuttgart High School students for several years. Mabel and Ned both were dedicated to the education of generations. Survivors are her son, Charles Moseley of Wynne; sister, Doris Keasler of Marianna; grandchildren, Chris and Karen Mosely and daughter, Bess of Allen, Texas; Heather Jones and sons, Joshua and Austin of Conway, Arkansas; Win Moseley of Blytheville, Arkansas. Memorials may be made to Grand Avenue United Methodist Church and Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie. Funeral services will be at Grand Avenue Methodist Church in Stuttgart at 10:30 a.m. with burial in Moseley Cemetery at 2:30 in Warren, Arkansas.