A funeral service for longtime Paris resident, Elliott Eddison Eddie Moody, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at McEvoys Funeral Home. Visitation will be Friday 4-8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. Moody, 90, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, having suffered from a stroke. Moody was born April 17, 1922, on his familys farm west of Paris. His parents are the late Fred Richardson and Eula Clymer Moody. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred Wesley and Daniel Lawrence Moody, and a sister, Vera Moody Honea. The Moody family linage includes George Lee Clymer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, as well as Moodys eighth great-grandfather, Jeremiah Moody, who settled in the Paris area in 1821. Eddie started his prosperous career as a business man at the age of 10 when he began to sell blocks of ice and scrap iron out of his little red wagon. He attended the historical Robert E. Lee and Atkins Porter Schools as a youngster. Then upon entering the seventh grade, Moody withdrew from school to participate in the National Youth Alliance. His studies in the NYA were shortened when he was hired to work in a local billiard hall and play professional pool. The Great Depression forced Moody to seek employment in Detroit and California, where he lived independently, away from family, and worked in a military aircraft plant and a box-crate factory as a young 16-year-old. In 1942, Moody relocated to the Paris area, where he met Betty Jewel Carr, his loving wife of seventy years. The couple married on March 29, 1942, in Caruthersville, Missouri. They have three sons: William Elliott Bill (Linda) Moody of Springville, Harry Thomas Tommy (Paulette) Moody of Paris, and Richard Lynn Rick (Missy) Moody of Paris. During the 1940s, Moody served in the United States Navy and also worked for the military police of the U.S. Army at the barrage balloon center, Camp Tyson in the Routon area. While at Camp Tyson, he also was chauffer for the highly-respected General John B. Maynard. Then in 1950, Moody went to work at the Holley Carburetor plant. While employed at the plant, Moody began to assist fellow veterans in purchasing Paris-area homes with GI Loans. Upon the recommendation of Paris attorney Charles Montgomery, Moody left the plant to work full-time as a real estate broker. In 1956, he founded Moody Realty Company, the top-producing real estate company in Paris-Henry County for the past 56 years. Moody accredits his companys success to relying upon The Golden Rule and acknowledging his lifes motto, In God We Trust. He has been a licensed Realtor for 45 years, and he has been awarded Realtor of the Year on several occasions. Moody served as Founder of the Tennessee Valley Board of Realtors and as a Political Actions Committee Member (Washington, D.C.) in 1983, Scout Master, Coast Guard Auxiliary, co-founder of the Henry County Rescue Squad, Chairman for Camp Tyson reunions, and the Chairman of the Local Elect Ronald Reagan Task Force. He took great interest in the Henry County Genealogical Society, Lee School, the Heritage Center, and he helped to establish the Henry County Patriot Quarterback Club. He and Betty are members of Jones Chapel Baptist Church in Paris. Moody is a lifetime member of the following organizations: National Rifle Association, American Legion Post #89, AmVets Post #45, Elks Lodge #816, and Sons of the Confederacy Camp 109. He was awarded the Republican Presidential Task Force Award by Elizabeth Doyle in 2006; he is a graduate of the Dale Carnegie course (October 1956), and in 2002, Moody was awarded his GED by the Henry County Board of Education. Moody has been a member of the Henry County Order of the Masonic Lodge #108 for the past 54 years, uniting him with 52 of the 56 Declaration of Independence signers who also were Masons. Moody was a Masonic Tiler for over 25 years. He has also served as a deputy under every Henry County Sherriff since 1946. Moody has seven grand-children: Candise (Rusty) Farmer, Ginger (Keith) Forrester, Carrye (Phillip) Jackson, Jon Paul (Erin) Moody, Madison, MaKenzie and Gavin Moody; and six great-grandchildren: Maconnell and Grey Forrester, Luke and Reed Jackson, Carter and Blair Moody. Pallbearers for the 11 a.m. Saturday service will be brothers of the Masonic Lodge. Honorary pallbearers will be his beloved agents and staff of Moody Realty Company (Mary Ellen Blanton, Jimmy Oliver, Billy Fuchs, Teri Edwards, Brent Knott, and Jenniffer Revel), as well as Bob Cathey, Chuck Butler, J.C. Ramos, a friend with whom he played pool every Tuesday night for the past 6 years, and all U.S. active military and veterans. Officiating will be Jerry Lee and Mitch Fiscus. The burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Memorials can be made to Henry County Helping Hand, P.O. Box 22 Paris. Elliott E. Moody is indisputably leaving a monumental imprint upon his community and even the world that he dearly loved. A benevolent gentleman, known to hand-out countless, crisp, one-dollar bills to those hed meet, strove to preserve the Christian heritage of our nation. Upon turning twenty-one, he voted in his first election, and he never missed casting his vote in any Presidential election. He was passionate about his country, family, community, and world. He claimed the greatest events of his life were giving his heart to Jesus as an 8-year-old boy in the Nazarene Church located in West Paris, marrying Mom, and having his children, grand-children and great grandchildren. Hes recorded stating, Who could want for anymore For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16