The family will receive friends at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Thursday, December 7, 2006 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Moody was born December 13, 1917 in Darlington, Louisiana. He was the oldest of nine children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. James Nathaniel Moody, Sr.
Mr. Moody attended the public schools of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from Southern University and the Master of Science degree from Columbia, University.
Mr. Moody was employed by the Caddo Parish School Board for forty years as a teacher of mathematics at Central Colored High School and Booker T. Washington High School, the principal of Hollywood Elementary School and Bethune Junior-Senior High School. The founder of the Caddo Parish Teachers Federal Credit Union, Mr. Moody retired after forty years as CEO/Treasurer on October 18, 2003.
Prior to coming to Shreveport, he served as principal of Mulatto Bend Elementary School, West Baton Rouge Parish, in the United States Army for four years as a commissioned officer, and as Assistant Dean of Men at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He retired from the Army Reserve as a Lt. Colonel.
Mr. Moody is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mrs. Estella Martin Mody; two children, Albert Maurice, Jr., Lanham, Maryland, and Tahira Abdul-Rahman (Mustafa); six grandchildren; one who preceded him in death, (Ishmail Abdul-Rahman); Richard "Rickey" Eugene Coleman, Palm Dale, California; Khadija Jamilla Abdul-Rahman; Safiya Zainab Adbul-Rahman Smith (Kevin); Ibn Mustafa Abdul-Rahman, all of Shreveport, and Naeema Abdul-Rahman Booker, (Chester), Indianapolis, Indiana; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Reverend James N. Moody, Jr., Henderson, Kentucky and Dr. Charles David Moody, Sr., (Christella) Las Vegas, Nevada; two sisters, Reverend Mary Edity Moody, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Mrs. Martha Moody Boone, (Morell), Keithville, LA and a host of other nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
Published in the Shreveport Times on 12/7/2006.
The family will receive friends at St. Paul United Methodist Church, Thursday, December 7, 2006 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Mr. Moody was born December 13, 1917 in Darlington, Louisiana. He was the oldest of nine children born to the late Mr. and Mrs. James Nathaniel Moody, Sr.
Mr. Moody attended the public schools of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Chemistry from Southern University and the Master of Science degree from Columbia, University.
Mr. Moody was employed by the Caddo Parish School Board for forty years as a teacher of mathematics at Central Colored High School and Booker T. Washington High School, the principal of Hollywood Elementary School and Bethune Junior-Senior High School. The founder of the Caddo Parish Teachers Federal Credit Union, Mr. Moody retired after forty years as CEO/Treasurer on October 18, 2003.
Prior to coming to Shreveport, he served as principal of Mulatto Bend Elementary School, West Baton Rouge Parish, in the United States Army for four years as a commissioned officer, and as Assistant Dean of Men at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He retired from the Army Reserve as a Lt. Colonel.
Mr. Moody is survived by his wife of 65 years, Mrs. Estella Martin Mody; two children, Albert Maurice, Jr., Lanham, Maryland, and Tahira Abdul-Rahman (Mustafa); six grandchildren; one who preceded him in death, (Ishmail Abdul-Rahman); Richard "Rickey" Eugene Coleman, Palm Dale, California; Khadija Jamilla Abdul-Rahman; Safiya Zainab Adbul-Rahman Smith (Kevin); Ibn Mustafa Abdul-Rahman, all of Shreveport, and Naeema Abdul-Rahman Booker, (Chester), Indianapolis, Indiana; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Reverend James N. Moody, Jr., Henderson, Kentucky and Dr. Charles David Moody, Sr., (Christella) Las Vegas, Nevada; two sisters, Reverend Mary Edity Moody, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Mrs. Martha Moody Boone, (Morell), Keithville, LA and a host of other nephews, nieces, relatives and friends.
Published in the Shreveport Times on 12/7/2006.
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