J. Wallace Moss Jr., 77, of Nederland, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at his residence in Nederland.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2005 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Nederland with Rev. Dan Malain officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches under the direction of Broussard’s in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday evening with a scriptural rosary to be recited at 6:00 p.m. at the mortuary.
Mr. Moss was a native of Port Arthur, and lived in Nederland since 1952. He retired from Gulf Oil Corporation in the Budget and Projects Department with 38 years of service. He was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, and a charter member, and served as treasurer, of the Knights of Columbus, Father Brooks Council # 5145 in Nederland. He also served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, in the South Pacific.
Mr. Moss was preceded in death by his parents, Wallace and Margaret Moss, and his sister, Virgie Begnaud. He is survived by his wife, Viola Blanchard Moss of Nederland; four daughters, Sether Maha of Port Neches, Rachel Holland and Rebecca Newman of Nederland, Leah Moss of Houston; one son, Joel Moss of Nederland; two step daughters, Nancy Pelt of China, and Sharon Livingston of Pinewood; four step sons, Wayne Blanchard, Billy Blanchard, Jay Blanchard, all of China, and Michael Blanchard of Nome; two sisters, Betty Gardemal of McKinney, and Jerry LaRose of Houston; twenty-two grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren.
