Lois Lanell Mooney

LANELL MOONEY WAS BORN IN GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI TO DELMA, AND FORREST SMITH. 

LANELL WAS A COSMETOLOGIST AND TAUGHT AFTER GRADUATING SCHOOL IN GULFPORT. LANELL MOVED TO ST. FRANCISVILLE IN AUGUST OF 1978 AND CONTINUED HER CAREER AT 3-CORNERS WORKING WITH JEFF SOULIER FOR SEVERAL YEARS. 

SHE ALSO WORKED AT SHEAR COUNTRY WITH NONNIE NETTERVILLE AND WITH CHRYSTAL DELEE. SHE LOVED HER JOB AND THE PEOPLE SHE MET IN HER CAREER. LANELL WORKED AT THE HOTEL ON THE LAKE AS A NIGHT AUDITOR FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL SHE RETIRED. 

LANELL IS SURVIVED BY THREE CHILDREN, GWEN HOPPER (RODNEY), SHARON MAJORIA (SIDNEY) AND FORREST (BUTCH) MOONEY SIX GRANDCHILDREN, AMBER MOONEY, JUSTIN NEELY, JOSH MOONEY (SHELBY) AND KATHLEEN (KATIE) SCOTT (AHMAD). NATHAN MOONEY, AND JONNIE MOONEY. 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MACEE NEELY, LEIGHTON NEELY, SUTTON MCRAVEN, FORREST NEELY, HADLEY WHITEHEAD, PIPER WHITEHEAD AND THEODORE MOONEY. AND ONE HONORARY GRAND ADDYSON LYNN SMITH. 

LANELL IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, FORREST AND DELMA SMITH, HER HUSBAND, BOBBY MOONEY, HER SON, BRIAN MOONEY, SISTER, BELVA LOVETT AND NEPHEWS, BEN AND VICTOR LOVETT. 

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, FROM 5PM TO 7PM AT 14247 HIGHWAY 10, ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA.