Elvis "Chip" Mooney

Elvis "Chip" Alexander Mooney Jr. son of the late Elvis A. Mooney Sr. and Edna Lois Mooney, was born on Aug. 8, 1957, in the Saint Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau and died on Aug. 2, 2013, at the SoutheastHealth Hospital in Cape Girardeau at the age of 55.

Chip lived his whole life in the Bloomfield area. He graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau with a B.S. degree in Business Administration and later a M.A. in community counseling. He graduated from St. Louis University with a J.D. Law Degree. He and his father owned and practiced in Mooney and Mooney Law Firm for many years. He became a community counselor at the end of his working career. He was a member of the Bloomfield Masonic Lodge #153 and was also a member of the American Seed Saver Association.

On Aug. 31, 1985, he was united in marriage to Regena Suzette Waltrip at the Calvary General Baptist Church in Kennett. Mrs. Mooney survives of the family residence.

Besides his wife he is survived by one sister, Kathryn Skelton of Bloomfield; one nephew Robert "Alex" Barney; and one great-nephew, Oliver Barney.

There will be a public grave-side service conducted on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. in the Walker Cemetery near Bloomfield with Rev. Sue Welborn officiating. The family requests memorials be made to the Stoddard County Children's Home, P.O. Box 164, Dexter, Mo., 63841 or the American Kidney Fund.

Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.