Elizabeth Mooney

MOONEY, ELIZABETH ANNE POSEY Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 7, 2011, at First Baptist Church for Elizabeth Anne Posey Mooney, age 54, who passed away on March 3, 2011. Rev. Matt Brooks with First Baptist Church will officiate with interment to follow at South Park Cemetery.

Liz was born to Lonnie G. and Velma Posey in Mobile, Alabama, on August 6, 1956.

Liz graduated from Alexandria Louisiana Senior High School in 1974 and went to college at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. While there she was a member of the Purple Jackets service sorority, Delta Psi Kappa, Baptist Student Union, and other organizations. She received the Outstanding Service Award for the universitys first Spring Service Court. She was elected to various football courts because of her beauty. She served as a summer Christian missionary in Southern Africa in 1976 and sang worship songs in that native language as her talent competition in the university beauty contest.

Liz was elected to Whos Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities in 1977. She was also named Miss Northewestern State University in 1978 by campuswide election. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in 1978 with a major in health, safety, and physical education and minor in special education. NSU is also the location of the Elizabeth P. Mooney Endowed Scholarship in the College of Education.

Liz and her family moved to Roswell in 1985 when her physician husband began work with Rio Pecos ObGyn. She taught special education in a public school for a year before becoming a cheerleader sponsor and stayathome mother.

Liz was a faithful member of First Baptist Church of Roswell since 1985, serving as committee member, Sunday school teacher, and prayer warrior throughout the years.

She married her college sweetheart, Richard Carl Mooney, on December 17, 1977. He survives her at the family home. She is also survived by her children, Benjamin Jacob Mooney of Lubbock, TX and Sara Elizabeth Mooney Johnson of Bowling Green, Kentucky, son inlaw Ryan Johnson and a grandson Gage Matthew Johnson. Her parents, Lonnie G. and Velma Posey of Alexandria, Louisiana and a sister Amanda Kubes of Pineville, Louisiana.

Liz and her family sponsor the annual Turtle MarathonHalf Marathon and Labor Day 5K in Roswell to increase awareness for Multiple Sclerosis and to raise funds for the MS Society

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the First Baptist Church, Liz Mooney Missions Fund or to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2021 Girard Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 871063100

Pallbearers will be Billy Owen, Billy Carlyle, Kurt Richardson, Mike Capps, Steve North, MD and Danny Fulkerson.

2 Corinthians 4:1618 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Visitation

LaGrone Funeral Chapel
900 South Main
Roswell, NM  88203
Saturday, March 5, 2011
9:00a.m.7:00p.m.

Service

Funeral Service

First Baptist Church
500 North Pennsylvania
Roswell, NM  88201
Monday, March 7, 2011
11:00 a.m.

Cemetery

South Park Cemetery
3101 S. Main
Roswell, NM  88203