Services for Betty Jean Thames Moak, of McComb, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, at Jones Family Funeral Services in McComb, with the Rev. James Ray Lawrence officiating. Burial will be in Moak's Creek Cemetery with the Rev. Melanie Lemburg officiating.

Visitation is Saturday from 11 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home.




Mrs. Moak, 75, died Feb. 20, 2008, at St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson. She was born on July 12, 1932, in McComb, to Jonas Jacob Thames and Ella Morgan Thames.

She was a member of The Episcopal Church of the Mediator/Redeemer in McComb. She was a retired sales clerk and was the first manager of the State of Mississippi's first Welcome Center. She was a graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University where she graduated at the age of 60 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and was cum laude in Social Work. She was counselor at the Hammond Developmental Center in Louisiana and enjoyed her work as counselor for alcohol and drug addicts. She was a friend of Bill W. for 24 years. She was a lady who enjoyed life and showed it when she went whitewater rafting at the age of 72 and skydiving at the age of 74. She helped organize the Friendship Water system and served as its first bookkeeper. She was a lady that was loved and admired by all that knew her.

Preceding her in death were her parents and a daughter, Pamela Claire Moak.

Survivors are her husband of 57 years, Willie Aubry Moak, of McComb; her sons and daughters-in-law, Jay Thames Moak, of McComb, Charles William "Bill" and Regina Wilson Moak, of Florence, and Thomas Matthew "Matt" and Deborah Love Moak of Brandon; her grandchildren, Melissa Evans, Cynthia Moak, Rustin Moak, Sara Moak, Jason Moak, Levi Moak, Carlie Jean Moak and Aubry Moak; her great-grandchildren, Jonathan Evans, Anna Lynn Moak, Alexis Moak and Christopher Evans.