Iona Moody, Flagler pioneer family member, dies

[Town Crier]

BUNNELL -- Iona Moody, a member of one of Flagler County's founding families, died Tuesday at Florida Hospital HospiceCare in Palm Coast of lung cancer. She was 78.

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[Mamabear]

BUNNELL -- Iona Moody, a member of one of Flagler County's founding families, died Tuesday at Florida Hospital HospiceCare in Palm Coast of lung cancer. She was 78.

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I really like Iona........ sigh She will be missed.

[C~Scape]

Robert Moody
Robert Moody, son of Isaac I Moody, CSA and Martha Elmira Miles, born 15 Sep 1876, Appling CO, GA died 21 Oct 1918, Flagler CO, FL, married 24 Mar 1898, Martha Nancy (Mattie) Barber, dau of John Benjamin Barber and Mary Smith born 10 May 1880, Baxley, Applngs CO, GA, died 10 Jun 1947, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL. Both are buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.
According to articles in the Bunnell Home Builder, the family moved to Bunnell around 1913 (note: from Volusia CO) and built their home.
He worked with his brother Isaac I Moody, Jr. Isaac Moody came to Bunnell in 1898 when the turpentine business was getting under way and worked a time for George W Deen. His brothers George and Robert arrived in 1904.
He registered on a list of Registered Voters for the Town of Bunnell, December 1, 1915 with his occupation given as “Turpentine.”
Robert was a Charter Member Bunnell Lodge #200 F & A M and she was a Charter Member of Bunnell Chapter No. 93, Order of Eastern Star (see sketch on John Benjamin Barber for more information on the Barber family).
Mr and Mrs Moody were the parents of eight children;
1. Dewey D Moody, born 04 Jun 1899, Appling CO, GA, died 20 Sept 1964, Bunnell General Hospital, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, married 05 Jan 1919 in the Richardson home at St Joseph (now Palm Coast), Flagler CO, FL, Murtrice Richardson, dau of Zeno Worth (Uncle Dick) Richardson and Elizabeth Elmira (Lizzie) Deen, born 04 Nov 1897, Baxley, Appling CO, GA, died 26 Aug 1977 Orlando, Orange CO, FL. Both buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL (see sketch on Zeno Worth Richardson for more information on her family).
In 1918, he was employed as an assistant cashier for the Bunnell State Bank. In the 1920 census of Flagler County the family is listed on page 15 with his occupation given as "Proprietor - Gen Mdse," with his widowed mother and her children living in the household, also her brother.
On 19 Jan 1922, he removed to Favorita where he accepted management of George Moody's turpentine still.
In Apr 1926, while surveying near the old Spanish Sugar Mills near Bulow, he ran across and old plough that was used on the Bulow plantation for cultivation of sugarcane and cotton about 1831 - the brand which, as nearly as could be deciphered was "Fell-rnfi Hitchcockfi New York 1831.
He was appointed Flagler CO, FL tax assessor in 1932 to succeed Hobart Barber who died in office and served in the position for 26 years, electing not to run for re-election in the Fall of 1963.
His surveys of early Spanish and British land grants in Flagler, St Johns, and Volusia counties led to an interest in preserving the history of this part Florida. Dewey was one of the founders of the Volusia Hammock State Park Association which acquired the Bulow Ruins and Tomoka State Park and other historic sites in Flagler and Volusia counties.
Mrs Moody moved to Orlando in 1965. She was a member of Bunnell First United Methodist Church and a former member of Order of Eastern Star, Colony Club and the Idlewood Club.
Issue;

(1) Dewey D. Moody Jr, born and died 18 May 1922, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL
(2) Juanita Elmira Moody, born 11 Oct 1926, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, died 03 Apr 1995, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL
(3) Robert Worth Moody, born 11 Mar 1929, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, died 09 Oct 1929, Palatka, Putnam CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL
(4) Iona Moody, born 11 Dec 1930, Bunnell, Flagler CO, FL, died 18 Aug 2009, Flagler CO, FL, buried Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL.
In Apr 1939, she won second prize in a contest sponsored by the Spanish-American War Veterans in Daytona Beach - she rendered a solo on the Hawaiian guitar.
Iona was a delegate to American Legion Auxiliary Girls State in Tallahassee in July 1947. She received her BA degree from Florida State and later did graduate work in bacteriology (5.5 years)
In Sep 1955, she was a registered lab tec in Jacksonville and was selected to take a 3 months course at Cornell Medical College in NY. In 1957 she was employed by Orange Memorial Hospital in Orlando, FL. She was a laboratory manager in Orlando with Humana Hospital/Lucerne for 17 years retiring in 1992.
She returned to Flagler CO in 1995 and was the first woman elected to the East Flagler CO Mosquito Board. She also worked as a real estate agent for Century 21 - Coach Real Estate Company.
2. Alvin Moody, born 23 Aug 1901, Appling CO, GA, died 10 Nov 1902, Appling CO, GA. There is a grave marker at Espanola Cemetery, Espanola, Flagler CO, FL, however, since the family did move here until 1904, it may be a memorial marker.
more here..http://www.flaglercountyfamilies.com/fam-moody-robert.html

[Armando]

I met Iona when I used to work at a local auto parts store. She was one of a kind and will be missed.