Veta E Moyes

Veta Little Moyes, 99, passed away May 30 after a long and happy life. She had most recently been a resident at The Bluffs in Columbia. There will be a graveside burial service at Memorial Park Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. on and friends are invited to a reception at 1:00 p.m.. Mrs. Moyes was born August 11, 1914, in Woodlandville, the second daughter of Vincil and Pauline Little. She was a 1933 graduate of University Laboratory School. After high school, she took business classes at Orton Rice Business School in Columbia and Monroe Calculator in Kansas City. While working, she met her husband, W.E. (Bill) Moyes, and they were married in 1937. They enjoyed nearly 68 years of marriage, before Mr. Moyes preceded her in 2005. Mrs. Moyes was a longtime member of Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women group at Wilkes UMC. She was a charter member of the Women’s Cancer Control Program at Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, and served on that board. Mrs. Moyes was a proud member of Rebekah Lodge 383. Mrs. Moyes is survived by “her one and only” son, William (Bill) Moyes and his wife Alice Wondra; her brother, E.V. (Bud) Little and his wife Ruth; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and two sisters, Elinor Dolen Dietz and Irma Whitehouse Sagen North.