Elijah Moody, 72, of Twin City, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023, at Memorial Medical Center in Savannah. Funeral service will be Saturday, July 1, at 11 a.m. at Whitaker Funeral Home in Metter. Burial will follow in the Swainsboro City Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, June 30, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Mr. Moody was born in Bulloch County to Juanita Collins and Fleming Moody, Sr. He attended the public schools of Bulloch and Emanuel County. In 1970, Mr. Moody married the former Katherine Monroe. In 1972, he started a landscaping and cleaning business that he successfully ran for 38 years. He was a member of Newton Grove Baptist Church. Mr. Moody is preceded in death by his parents; two children, Andrea Moody and Veronica Moody; grandchild, Ricky Lee; two sisters, Ruby Joe Williams and Gloria Washington; and two brothers, Fleming Moody Jr. and Plaza Moody.
Mr. Moody leaves to cherish his memories with his wife, Katherine Moody; two children, Angela Moody Howard (Willie) of Clyo and Regenia Benson (Thomas) of Mobile, AL; five grandchildren, Angelica Moody, Elijah Jones, Rhikanna McMillan (Tychon), Laila Jones and Richard Lee, all of Twin City; five great-grandchildren, A’jlah Nobles, Justin Nobles Jr., Makalyn Moody, Brycen Moody and Embrii Moody; three sisters, Carolyn George, Catherine Gidden, both of Twin City, and Jewel LaCue of Augusta; two brothers, Isaac Moody (Laura) of Delray Beach, FL and Kennedy LaCue (Veronica) of Twin City; a host of nieces and nephews.
Services are entrusted to Whitaker Funeral Home of Metter.
