Ida M. Moss' Obituary
District Missionary Ida Mae Moss was born May 3, 1928, in Blytheville Arkansas to the late Fred and Evelyn (Watkins) Williams. Ida spent her early years in Arkansas, Missouri, and Southern Illinois. Ida’s elementary and early junior high school years were spent in Caruthersville, Missouri. She attended Douglas High School in Mounds, Illinois. In the Spring of 1947, the Williams family moved to Albion, Michigan.
Ida graduated from Washington Gardner High School in June of 1949. She attended Jackson Business University and graduated from Jackson Community College. Ida worked for Corning Glassworks in Albion, Michigan in the early 1950s. She later worked for the Jackson County Sanitarium as a secretary. She eventually served as a legal secretary with the Jackson County Friend of the Court, retiring from that position in the mid-1980s.
Ida was one of five sisters and three brothers of the Williams family. They were a very close-knit family and regularly gathered for family reunions. The shared values they grew up with emphasized both kindness to others and readily helping those in need. They also shared their love for God, each working faithfully in various capacities within their local churches.
In the late 1950s, Sister Moss served as a youth leader under Bishop James Lee, traveling to various local churches to set up and support youth ministries. Sister Moss was appointed District Missionary by Superintendent Robert Brown in 1986 when the Second Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction for Southwest Michigan was created. In 2001, she was appointed Assistant Supervisor by Mother Francis Curtis. She served faithfully until 2011 when she moved to Columbia, Missouri due to health challenges. In 2012, she was emeritized. District Missionary Moss demonstrated great devotion to God and his people, serving her church faithfully and providing support to other churches throughout the state as well.
She is preceded in death by her parents Fred and Evelyn (Watkins) Williams; her beloved husband, Elder Lewis B. Moss; son, Edwin Maurice; bonus daughter, Ernestine Jenkins; sisters, Elizabeth Lee Joplin, Vertie Lou (Nathan) Johnson, Vergie (Leonard) Berry; brothers, Fred (Kate) WIlliams, Jr., Roosevelt (Vinnie) Williams and Clarence (Donna) Williams.
Left to cherish her memory are her son Waldon (Janet) Moss; her bonus daughters Wanda (Richard) Holmes, Oletha (Alex) Curling, and Luella (Elmer) Hess; her bonus sons Lewis Moss, Jr., Melvin (Ella) Moss and Willis Moss, Sr.; her sister Lorene (Ronald) Gant; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews, great- nieces and great-nephews, great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews, cousins, and friends.
Heaven is rejoicing as the Father receives her home. Well done, good and faithful servant!
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