Mildred Moats

Mildred Vandevander Moats, 76, of Harrisonburg, died Friday, November 19, 2004 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. She was born April 12, 1928, in Blue Grass, a daughter of the late Neal and Lillie Cathern (Vandevander) Vandevander.

On June 14, 1944, she married Johnny Lloyd Moats, who preceded her in death on September 7, 2000. She was also predeceased by a daughter Doris Tenary in January 2004; three sisters, Lola and Allie Vandevander and Ada Belle Snyder, and four brothers, Tom, Roy, Ephraim and Randolph Vandevander.

She is survived by a daughter, Cathern A. Moats Siron of Stuarts Draft; two grandson, Garnett Lyle and Matthew Douglas Siron, both of Harrisonburg; and a number of nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be conducted  at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 21, 2004, at Obaugh Funeral Home by the Rev. David Boger. Burial will be in McKendree Cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Garnett and Matthew Siron, Carl and Carlston Vandevander, James Nelson and Carl Richard Metts.

Honorary pallbearers will be friends attending the service.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m., Saturday at the funeral home.