Mary Moorehead
Posted: July 1, 2016
STARKVILLE — Mary Martin Moorehead, 84, died June 30, 2016, at Carrington Nursing Center. Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church Sanctuary in Starkville. Burial will follow in Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services. Mrs. Moorehead was previously employed with Mississippi State University Athletic Office. She was a graduate of Corinth High School, Northeast Mississippi Community College and Mississippi State College for Women. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was also a member of the Starkville Women’s club, the Garden Club and Bridge Club. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vester Martin and Claudia Wood Martin; and brother, O.V. Martin. She is survived by her husband, Joe Benson Moorehead; daughter, Lynn Rutledge; sons, Jim B. Moorehead and Jack M. Moorehead; five grandchildren; and two great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Children’s Building, 106 East Lampkin Street, Starkville, MS 39759.