As one of my daughters told me, "Heaven gained an angel today" in the passing of 96 year old Lula Jane (Watson) Moffitt. She passed away peacefully at her home on February 20, 2023, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Jane was born on October 28, 1926 in Pollard, Arkansas, to Loy R. and Zora May (Underwood) Watson. Jane was happily married to Dalphus O. Moffitt on May 9, 1949, in Piggott, Arkansas, a marriage that lasted for 63 years until his passing on January 3, 2013, and of this union no children were born. Only the many nieces and nephews that at times blessed her home with a visit that lit her face with a smile! Many of us were her children.

Jane is survived by many nieces and nephews along with many friends. She was preceded in death by her father Loy R. and mother Zora Watson, her husband Dalph Moffitt, sister, Jerrylean Ivester and brother-in-law Bert Ivester of Onaway, Michigan. Also sister Edna Jean Wheeler and brother-in-law David Wheeler of Piggott, Arkansas, and passing before their time were six nephews, John and Stanley Ivester, Donnie, Bobby, Leon, and Todd Moffitt and one niece was lost, Sandra Ivester.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 25, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. at the Hoggard and Sons Chapel in Piggott, Arkansas, with Rev. Dale Jones officiating. Burial is in New Hope Cemetery in Pollard, Arkansas. Pallbearers will be Chris Tarno, Randy Lemmons, Colton Cate, Mickey Williams, James Miller, and Doyle Moffitt. Visitation is Saturday from 12:00 p.m. until 12:30 p.m, at Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home in Piggott, Arkansas.