Ada Oralene Moody's Obituary
Ada Oralene Moody, age 76, of Pinckneyville, IL, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 3:01 a.m. in Pinckneyville Community Hospital, Pinckneyville, IL. Oralene was born on February 15, 1933 in Pinckneyville, IL, a daughter to Oscar and Martha (Kiehn) Bardle. On January 26, 1952, she married Mervin E. Moody at the Pinckneyville Baptist Church and he survives. Oralene was a lifelong resident of Pinckneyville. She enjoyed cooking and baking for her friends and family, playing Skip-Bo and bingo and watching the hummingbirds outside her home. She is survived by her husband: Mervin Moody of Pinckneyville, IL, two sons: Steven (Carol) Moody and Eugene (Bridget) Moody all of Pinckneyville, IL, one daughter: Nancy (Thomas) Presswood of DuQuoin, IL, eleven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren and two sisters: Virginia Flannary of Arizona and her twin sister: Fada Darlene Jones of Nashville, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers: Sylvester, Clifford and Alvin Bardle, one sister: Loraine Nixon and one sister who died in infancy. Funeral services will be held at Pyatt Funeral Home, Pinckneyville, IL on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. with Oralene's grandson Justin Moody officiating. Interment will be in Mueller Hill Cemetery, Pinckneyville, IL. Friends may call at Pyatt Funeral Home on Monday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital.
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